Obituary of Arvel Fransisco

Mr. Arvel Anderson Fransisco, age 89, retired machinist passed away on Friday, December 31 at his home in Tulsa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 4 in the Ninde Brookside Chapel, officiating will be his son, Rev. John Fransisco and Rev. David Sears . Pallbearers will be his nieces and nephews. Burial will be in the Bixby Cemetery, Bixby, Oklahoma. Mr. Fransisco was born on Ocotober 18, 1921 in Watkins, Oklahoma to James Arvel and Nora Edith (Lamb) Fransisco. After his high school graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was honorable discharged on October 4, 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. For over 50 years he was a machinist in the tool & dye industry working for various companies mainly in the Tulsa area. He was known as "Cisco" to family and friends. In the past few years he was called "Pops". He is survived by two sons, Rev. John Fransisco and his wife Kerri of Lima, Peru and Ray Fransisco of Tulsa, a daughter, Sharolyn Fransisco of Tulsa, his brother Clyde Austin Fransisco of Jenks, granddaughters, Kristen and Katherine Fransisco, grandsons, Austin Fransisco and Derick Koehn, 2 great granddaughters, Amari and Aruzhan Koehn, also many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Alta Rosezella Fransisco, a sister, Edith Pauline Fransisco and 3 brothers, Floyd Lee, Cletus Earl and James Lee Fransisco. In lieu of flowers the family request that memorials in his name be given to a charity of choice.