Date Published: October 01, 2010 He played my son-in-law in the show. JM: No, actually when you went downstairs was when we were arriving back at the hotel. I was thinking good for him, what a great man he is. It was a brick house. JE: Did your mother have a problem with this? And next-door to Joe, was a woman Joes age in the same grade as Joe and her name was Donna Pollack. And then we moved to a house at 317 West Seminole Street, which is on the corner of Seminole and University Street. Well, that was exactly right. You could see, but never touch, and I hated that. COME PLAY! We saw the need for a childrens attraction in Seminole and in this area, Jasmine Moran said. JE: Name some of your friends while growing up. They elected officers and the teacher who came for the food, her name was Marci Donaho, and she became the president of the board. You know, it was a really wonderful place. Melvin Moran: We were married in Tulsa at Bnai Emunah Synagogue. This is a town of 7,500 people and we have that many. said, Senators, by the time you get back to the Unites States to the mainland the war is going to be over. And the senators did not know what to think and one general said, We are about to invade Japan and lose 500,000 men and the war is about to be over. A few days later they landed in San Francisco and there was a newsman at the airport where they landed and on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle the letters were so big there were only three words on the whole page. Motors and everything else, metal and sheet works and all of that kind of stuff, was made there in Birmingham. MM: I thought he was a fine senator. Years of dance and scoliosis have caught up to her, but her mind, humor, kindness and passion remain the same. The University of Missouri was known for its Journalism School. My mother had told her that she had planned to name her daughter Jeannie, but my fathers sister who was still in Europe, died in Europe and her name was Ethel. Because that last name was so close to the. I had never seen such a large piece of meat in my life because rationing in England at that time was 2oz of meat per person per week. JE: Did she have a big influence on your life? Then we moved to Seminole when I was four or five years old to a house on Wilson Street. He died on October 21 at the age of 87. Isnt this dangerous to stop and pick up soldiers like this? So the young man on the bus just smiled at me and turned around, raised up his shirt and he had a whole rack around his stomach of bullets scars. We thought it was a very nice house. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Jasmine Dolores Moran (Seminole, Oklahoma), who passed away on March 5, 2022, at the age of 87, leaving to mourn family and friends. He said, We will be invading Japan. These are the points that we are going to land to invade Japan. Obituaries Section. JE: And then I believe there was a drugstore at 21st and Utica? And so for many weeks after that whenever we could get leave we would go in to London, which was about 60 miles away. But there, you are talking about 1,000 or 2,000 years old. The next morning Reggie, called and asked, When are you next coming to Oklahoma City? I said, Im coming today because I have a meeting there. He told me, When you finish your meeting come by my office. I went by his office and he gave me a check for $200,000. As I would throw the papers from my bike, I really wasnt, very good, and occasionally I would throw them on the roof of the house, so I would give them another paper. Jasmine Moran ACA Qualified Financial Accountant at Young Lives vs Cancer Bristol, England, United Kingdom 113 followers 113 connections Join to connect Young Lives vs Cancer Sheffield Hallam. But after having several dates, she decided she wanted to dump me, but to do it in a nice way. I remember it very distinctly. Youll make your fortune with your face, the woman said. Thats while I was in junior high school. And so the people that I thought would be interested in this type of project would be educators and young mothers. But anyway, I said, Well, you know it wont do any harm, if we dont like each other we will just walk away. So I went and it was about mid-afternoon and I was to meet him at the theater that I was working at. The Morans became patrons of the high school debate team and supported Seminole State College in numerous ways. Did you save your money? and very early on he says, Ive never been to a childrens museum, I dont know what one is, theres no way I could commit to anything when I dont know what Im talking about. MM: In the offices of Moran Oil Enterprises and Moran-K Oil in Seminole, Oklahoma, one block off of Main Street. And I would lay it out on the lawn and give another section to another person. MM: Yes, the Fine family lived in St. Joseph, Missouri and they had a small grocery store. I, was blessed with a very good singing voice. She is now our executive director of the museum. MM: And then he went to the Holocaust Museum there. So she left the cafeteria and came. Well, she spent most of the day in our grocery store at the museum and her mom says now she wants to be a grocery checker. And there, Melvin is, walking with orange juice. And then before we had the expansion, she came up with all kinds of ideas for what we could and couldnt do. The bank that had the mortgage on it foreclosed on it, and the building had been empty for a year. She knew a lot of people there and she was very good with visual things. MM: No, I didnt, not at all. JM: Actually, I tried to talk Melvin into staying in England. So the norm was to put the smallest low-beam lights on and then if there were air raids coming in, whoever owned the car, had to run out to their car and turn off those lights during that period of time. And then the second time was with Hillary, so that time I took my camera and I was right across the table from Hillary. I found when I first arrivedIll be very honest with you my awful thoughts weregood heavens Ive died and gone to the bowels of the Earth. I, was born in Hornchurch and its a really small town outside of London, about 35 or 40 miles outside of London. They had their gunnery lessons every day with us. Israel arranged a trip for Mickey Edwards to come to Israel and Jasmine and I were invited to go with him and his wife and also another couple from OKC. Happy 90th birthday on 01/02/23. He was. In fact we are the only city in Oklahoma outside of Oklahoma City and Tulsa that has a synagogue. I had invited him to come to the museum a number of times and never got any response. After several years of this depression of the oil business, we were down to about 20 firms, and those that were left were just shells themselves. Five years later in 1937 my sister Ethel was born. And going back to the Grand Jury days, if good people dont get involved then we are not going to have good government, so Ive continued to be involved one way or another ever since. MM: She was the most, gentle person Ive ever met. JM: You have what they call a mikvah, which is like being baptized. But she had this need to help people. The extracurricular activity that I hadI wrote for the school newspaper. So you went in small groups to the church services. It's surprising how much a musical selection can affect mourning. JE: But it was near you? So, in January of 1941 we moved to Tulsa. She accepted, and they were married not long after. And we thought this is so sad that there are many, many people who are just not celebrating their own holidays and festivities. The women in Morans family were Gaelic, known as the faerie people, and they were famed for being able to see the future. And Melvin went through the same thing. As Jasmine graduates to Heaven, she leaves here her adoring husband of 68 years, Melvin Moran; 3 successful children who practice Jasmines civic commitment Marilyn Moran-Townsend (Bill Townsend), Elisa Moran (Gary Kleiman), and David Moran (Kris Olsson); 6 granddaughters Allison Sackett (Aaron), Julie Townsend (Francisco) Michelle Shiffman (Eric), Nicole Kleiman-Moran, Annika Moran and Ingrid Moran; 5 great-grandchildren Nathan, Jasmine, Natalie, Francisco and Kate; sister Davina Skedzuhn, sisters-and-brothers-in-law Laurie Beavis, Sid and Ione Moran, Jeannie and Jerry Tiras, and nieces/nephews Bruce and Jennifer Beavis, Alexandria Skedzuhn, Debbie and Everett Moran, and Alan, Scott and Mitchell Tiras. And said, Are you Jasmine? And I was so, taken aback I didnt have time to think and I said, Yes, I am. And he said, Well, Ive had an accident. There was a man and a woman in the car. Was it over there that you had a near death experience? While working on South Pacific, Jasmine met a member of the U.S. Air Force, Melvin Moran, on a blind date. I dont know if you believe in prayer or not. In 1951, Rodgers and Hammersteins South Pacific opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in Londons West End. We were just barely making a living. MM: Not the only Jewish family, but the only Jewish kid in my class. Jasmine Dolores Moran Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information Jasmine Dolores Moran May 7, 1934 - March 5, 2022 View Obituary & Service Information Login Print The family of Jasmine Dolores Moran created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories. I can remember very well when Governor Nigh was running for governor. The other fellow had just gone off back to the base. So we thought this would be a really nice idea to do something here in Seminole. And then suddenly a grand jury was called and by the luck of the draw my name was one of the 24 names called. And this well was making about five barrels of oil a day. Visit our, To plant trees in memory, please visit the, Anthony Allen on behalf of the entire Allen family from Seminole, Kelly Haney Center at Seminole State College. JM: Shes been wonderful. We were supposed to meet outside of the theater. children, Allison and Julie. It as a VIP kind of trip, we visited all of the historic places. And of course it would run your motor down if you had a very small motor. But, generally they were on their own. He met his wife Jasmine while serving the United States Air Force in London. With a new song dropping March 18, he's ready to up the ante. You can translate that however you wish. So that connected of course with my peanut brain that I must get to that telephone and call her. So he left my mother in very dire circumstances with three children. I was a city councilman at the time. I cant explain it, but I still have that in my memory and of course I hate guns, so we dont have them around our house. Notes: Recorded by John Erling in Tulsa, Oklahoma. MM: We were out an OIPA Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association meeting in Shangri-, La before the museum opened. When she landed in New York it was important to my family that she already be officially converted to Judaism before we were married. He said, Frank got your letter and he asked me to see you about your project. However, my mother was very much like Melvins mother. At the end of the tour I knew things were going well Wednesday and said, I cant wait to come back with my grandkids. Finally he said, Now what do you want from us? I said, We, have always wanted to put a surgery suite and our healthcare exhibit. He asked, What would it cost? I gulped hard a little bit and I said, We do have some plans for it and it would cost about $100,000. His response was, Melvin you are thinking too small, why dont you ask me for $500,000 and Ill raise that for you and you can put in a state-of- the-art healthcare exhibit? I said, Yes, please. He and Kim raised $100,000 each from five hospitals. One of the places that he didnt want to gohe got invited to go but did not want, to gowas the Holocaust Memorial in Israel. Well, when the war was declared, Hornchurch suddenly became a strategic airbase because it was in a very vital area between London and the coast. And I looked especially bad because the one young man that worked beside me he was very efficient. And we were about ready to kill you. JE: During your summers then, while you were in college, you said you worked at Streets department store. It was a dreadful time because Queen Elizabeth was being married, and getting any kind of vehicle in or out of England was dreadful, you just couldnt. With kosher meats the animals are slaughtered in a certain way. He had to shave his chest, too, because it was just awful, Moran said. In this interview, Jasmine will tell you about her walk to elementary school while German bombs were falling during World War II. So what they decided to do was to break you up into small groups. There were three people in the race and the top two were in, a run-off election. Although, they said his voice was not. Jasmine P. Logan FUNERAL HOME 102 South Ave Petersburg, VA JASMINE LOGAN OBITUARY LOGAN, Jasmine P., In her brief yet meaningful 28 years, she lived out a masterpiece, coloring our world. Roberts secretary called me and said, Senator Gore is going to be at Roberts home on Saturday and he would like for you to come and meet him. I thought to myself it would be kind of neat meeting, a presidential candidate. She came from a long line of strong women who had endured struggles. He came from the country of Latvia. wonderful because you can have someone out of sight, a considerable distance away and make the robot move. I found out she was dead when I went to school the next day and they said they never found all of her body she was just blown to pieces. And do you know that night, he had walked around all day apparently all on his own and he came back and he said to me, What you told me really was a rude awakening. I walked through the door, there was a gentleman coming, out and he sort of gave me a startled look but he didnt say anything. Seminole resident, mother, wife, friend and well-known philanthropist Jasmine Moran died at the age of 87 on Saturday, March 5, and though gone, her legacy will live on through her various projects and community outreach. But I really enjoyed it. And whenever the backseat was full, well then the African Americans would have to stand. Our very first trip there we were on a tour. 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