Obit.Tulsa,OK Willie Victoria Twist-Runswick
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From the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune 02-25-2004 at www.mailtribune.com

A graveside service for Willie Victoria Twist-Runswick will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, 2004, 
in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Twist-Runswick, 96, of Medford, died Wednesday (Feb. 18, 2004) at Sunrise Foster Care Home, 
near her granddaughter Tina Karlan and her family. Mrs. Twist-Runswick was born on Nov. 9, 1907 
in Tulsa, OK. Her great-great-grandfather walked on the "Trail of Tears". This made them the 
first pioneer settlers to Oklahoma. She was 1/8 Cherokee Indian.

She attended a private women's Indian School in Tulsa, OK.

Mrs. Twist-Runswick was a member of a Cherokee women's organization.

Survivors include; two daughters, Norma Sonnefeld, of Florida and Claudette Curry of 
Hawaii; a son, Sonny Schubert of Calif.; her granddaughter and her husband Tina and Ed Karlan 
of Medford; and her great-grandchildren, Lacy and Justin of Medford. She had 10 other 
grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.