Obit of Haimson, Fima - Washington County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Terri 16 Oct 2005 Return to Washington County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/washington/washington.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.html ========================================================================== Surnames: HAIMSON, GORDON, WOOD, GRIGSBY, BUCK, STILLWELL, AGEE, RICHARDSON from 1-3-2003 Examiner Enterprise Fima Haimson Friends and family will join together for a celebration of the life of Fima Haimson at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 4, 2003 in Trinity Baptist Church, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Pastor Ed Gordon presiding. Fima Haimson was born Jan. 28, 1921 in Lithuania to Abraham and Malka Haimson who had left Russia after the Revolution. Fima immigrated to the United States in 1940 at the age of 19. He enlisted in the Army in September 1941 and served throughout WWII with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) participating in clandestine operations in Japanese-occupied Burma. He held the Bronze Star Medal and his organization was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. He also helped the OSS train Koreans in amphibious landing and other tactile maneuvers in preparation for clandestine operations in Japanese-occupied Korea. After the war, he was recruited by the "young" United Nations organization to help set up various U.N. agencies and to coordinate management. Fima held assignments with the Foreign Service in Paris and with the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC, the Department of State, and UNESCO. Fluent in German and Russian, Fima was employed by Phillips Petroleum as a translator / interpreter from 1969 - 1985. Continuing as a consultant through 1992. He is survived by his wife, Irene, of the home; three sons: David of Fort Collins Colorado, Rob of Greeley, Colorado and Mike of San Jose, California; three step daughters: Treva Wood of Rogers, Arkansas, Cindy Grigsby of Shreveport, Louisiana, Dawn Buck of Cedar Key, Florida, four stepsons: Alvin Stillwell of Milford, Utah, David Stillwell of Ramona, Oklahoma, David Agee of Rockledge, Florida, Don Agee of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; four grandchildren; 14 step grandchildren and 5 step great- grandchildren; one nephew Eugene Haimson of Fort Collins, Colorado. With the passing of Fima we have lost a true hero who loved his adopted country with all his heart. He was very proud to be an American. A poem that he shared with his wife, Irene, is "To Those I Love" by Isla P. Richardson: If I should ever leave you whom I love To go along the Silent Way, Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears, But laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you there. (I'd come - I'd come, could I but find a way! But would not tears and grief be barriers?) And when you hear a song or see a bird I loved, Please do not let the thought of me be sad For I am loving you just as I always have You were so good to me! There are so many things I wanted still to do So many things to say to you Remember that I did not fear It was just leaving you that was so hard to face We cannot see Beyond. But this I know: I loved you so - 'twas heaven here with you! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Washington County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/washington/washington.html