Mavis Ann Posten

Mavis Ann Posten was born to Rosemary Rollins and Harold Severs Posten on March 22, 1939 in Sand Springs, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. 

​She married Roy Charles Gann on November 30, 1957, in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.

Name: Mavis Ann Posten
Birth: March 22, 1939. Sand Springs, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
Death: September 24, 2017. Sand Springs, Oklahoma USA
Buried:  Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery
Sand Springs, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

Father: Harold Severs Posten
Mother:  Rosemary Rollins

Notes:  Married: November 30, 1957

Spouse: Roy Charles Gann
Birth: December 6, 1934 Amarillo, Potter County, Texas USA
Death: November 18, 2010 Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
Buried:  Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery
Sand Springs, Oklahoma USA
Plot BLK45D Space 1

Military:  First member USMC “Big-Red Company”
Father:  Roy Alonzo Gann
Mother:  Mary Naomi
Notes:
Owner Unique Metals.  USMC slogan “Oklahoma is first in football; Oklahoma Marines are first in defense.”

Children: Randy Lee Gann (         ), Lori Ann Gann (            )

Mavis’ Obituary
Mavis was born on March 22, 1939, and passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2017. Mavis was a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma at the time of passing. Burial will follow at Woodland Memorial Park. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Thursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., with family receiving friends 5-7 p.m. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service of Sand Springs. Her Life Story is forthcoming. Thursday, September 28, 2017, 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service 211 E Broadway Sand Spring, OK 74063 Family Receiving Friends Thursday, September 28, 2017 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service 211 E Broadway Sand Spring, OK 74063 Friday, September 29, 2017 10:00 AM Christ United Methodist Church 3515 S. Harvard Avenue Tulsa, OK 74135.
 
Roy’s Obituary
“Roy Charles Gann, owner of Unique Metals, passed away Thursday, November 18. 2010, of mesothelioma. Roy was born December 6, 1934, in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas to Roy Alonzo and Mary Naomi (Gann) Gann. In his early years he lived in the Sand Springs Widows Colony with his mother and sister. He graduated in 1954 from Sand Springs High School, Sand Springs, Oklahoma. In January of 1956, he was accepted as the first member of the United States Marine Corps' new "Big-Red Company", a 221 member all Sooner group named in honor of OU's national champion football team. The "Big Red" Company enlisted as a unit; trained as a unit; and came home on leave as a unit. Their slogan was "Oklahoma is first in football; Oklahoma Marines are first in defense". While in training at San Diego, the "Big Red" company was selected as the honor platoon from among more than 4,000 new Marines. They arrived home for their first leave on two special dome liner cars of the Santa Fe Railroad's Texas Chief. After leave they were assigned to the Recon Company, Second Battalion of the famed 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California. On November 30, 1957, he married Mavis Ann Posten in Sand Springs, Oklahoma and they moved to Tulsa in 1960. He began Unique Metals in 1966, because he had "always been fascinated by people who work with their hands and always wanted to build things that last. "It doesn't matter that probably no one will know who made the pieces I'll leave, but it's important to me that they know someone cared enough to do his best with metal". He never hired employees, believing he would be "too strict" and wanted to be responsible for the craftsmanship of the company. His products included wrought iron gates, fences, lights, fireplace screens and accessories, tables, most of which were one of a kind. While most work was local and can be seen all over Tulsa, he also did work for people all over the nation. One set of gates was for the West Virginia estate of the historically famous Jefferson family. Another was for the Glen Burnie Estate, established in 1732, at Winchester, Virginia. The original gates were designed for carriages and the opening was a dry-laid stone wall, built by slaves. The owner wanted iron gates of the same period design, so the opening was enlarged to 10.5' high by 12' wide and he reproduced a pair of gates built in 1795, for the early Colonial Christ Church in Philadelphia. His remark was "it was a challenge and an honor to make the gates" which weighed 1250 pounds. He was member of the Friendship Class of Christ United Methodist Church. Above the entrance of the Sanctuary are his hand forged wrought iron sculptures of the church's symbol. He filed the head of a hammer into the shape of a cross so that each hammer's blow left a small cross on the surface of the sculpture. He was a 32nd Degree Mason. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and his sister Mary Joyce (Gann) Sharp. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Mavis Ann, their son and daughter-in-law Randy Lee and Judy Gann of Tulsa; their daughter and son-in-law Lori Ann and Wayne Versaw of College Station, Texas; and two grandchildren; brother-in-law Bill Sharp, nephew, Martin Sharp, niece, Rachelle Fuller all of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; special friends Bill and Joyce Puroff, Eugene Byfield, all of Tulsa, and Bill Burns of Emporia, Kansas. The family wishes to thank the members of the Friendship Class of Christ United Methodist Church, Anna's Belles Ovarian Cancer Support group, Kathy Goodman of Barnes Home Health and St John's Hospice for their care and support during Roy's illness. Service will be 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, November 24, 2010, at Christ United Methodist Church-Tulsa. Interment will be in Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Moore's Southlawn.”