Tulsa, OK, Obit ASHBY, John F
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Posted by Jeff Smith on 5may2002

John F. Ashby, retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western 
Kansas, died May2001. He was 72. Ashby was born in Tulsa and educated 
at Oklahoma State University and the Episcopal Theological Seminary 
of the Southwest. He was ordained as a priest in 1955 for the Diocese 
of Oklahoma. He served churches in Hugo, Antlers, Durant, and Colgate. 
In 1959, he became rector of St. Luke's Church in Ada, where he 
remained for 20 years. Elected bishop of western Kansas, he was 
consecrated in Salina and served there until his retirement in 1995. 
During his career, he was active on the liturgical committee, was a 
Mills Fellow in Pembroke College and the University of Cambridge, and 
served as a chaplain in the Oklahoma National Guard with rank of 
lieutenant colonel. Upon retirement, he made his home in Tulsa, 
where he assisted in pastoral visitations in the diocese. He was 
noted for his preaching and his heritage as embodied in the Book 
of Common Prayer. He is survived by his wife, Mary Carver Ashby of 
Tulsa; two daughters, Anne Ashby Ghost Bear and Elizabeth Ashby 
Wiseman, both of Tulsa; and four grandchildren. 
Fitzgerald's Ivy Funeral Service.