Washington Co., AR - Obituaries - Loran Maples

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Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
February 4, 1998

TULSA, Okla. – 

Loran Maples, 76, of Tulsa died Jan. 30, 1998. He was born
Aug. 14, 1921, in Tioga, Texas, and grew up in Bonham, Texas. He was a
member of the band at Texas A&M University and was a captain in the Army
during World War II, serving in the Philippines. He was superintendent for
U.S. Gypsum Co. of Port Clinton, Ohio, for 20 years before retiring to
Fayetteville, where he grew orchids. He moved to Tulsa in 1991 and was a
past president of the Tulsa Orchid Society, the American Orchid Society and
the Southwest Regional Orchid Growers Association.
Survivors include his wife, Ninette Allen Maples of Tulsa; one daughter,
Vickie Jones of Fayetteville; one son, Don Maples of Harker Heights, Texas;
one brother, Herron Maples; four grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; six
stepgreat-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at St. John's Episcopal Church. Burial
will be at 3 p.m. in Fairview Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville under the
direction of Stanleys Funeral Service of Tulsa.