SHORT, Clarann S.,  

Transcribed Obituary for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma



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SHORT, Clarann S., died on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, at the age of 85. 

She was born in Okmulgee, OK, to Kate Keath and John Daniel Swartz. She 

grew up in Tulsa, attended Central High School, and graduated from the 

University of Missouri. She married Donald Miller Clark in 1942, and after 

World War II, they made their home in Midland, TX, Bartlesville, OK, and 

New Orleans, LA, where Mr. Clark died in 1958. Clarann then moved to Tulsa, 

where she taught business subjects at Monte Casino High School and 

Marquette High School. She then worked as an Executive Secretary for a number 

of years, and married, Guy Richard Short in 1964. Clarann and Richard were 

married for 29 years until his death. She was an active member of the Delta 

Delta Delta Sorority Alumna organization, a member of St. John's Episcopal 

Church and an avid bridge player. Clarann is survived by: her daughter, 

Nancy Clark Pruitt and her husband, Thomas Pruitt of Tulsa; her granddaughter, 

Sarah Pruitt of Tulsa; and her nephew, James Short of Norman; as well as many 

long time Tulsa friends. Bequests may be directed to the Arthritis 

Foundation- Eastern Oklahoma Chapter, 7170 S. Braden Ave., Suite 170, 

Tulsa, OK 74136. Service will be held 10 a.m., Friday, November 3, at St. John's 

Episcopal Church, with entombment at Rose Hill Memorial Park. Moore's 

Eastlawn, 622-1155. 

 

Published in the Tulsa World on 11/2/2006.