Alwilda Millikin Owings was a former Tulsa philanthropist who died January 21st, 1973 in Santa Barbara, California, where she had lived for 27 years.
Her first husband was Tulsa oil man George S. Bole, who died August 26th, 1939. She married Zebulon Paul Owings Jr., an executive for Shell Oil Co, five years after Bole's death. While in Tulsa, she and Bole resided at Oakwold, a 25-room mansion constructed in 1929 on a 30-acre tract on the southwest corner of 41st and Lewis. Later, the estate was subdivided for homes and became known as Bolewood Acres.
Alwilda was a Holland Hall School trustee and donated the house to the school in 1942. She was a member of Philbrook and First Presbyterian Church and a board member of Tulsa Town Hall. She was survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick.
Her first husband was Tulsa oil man George S. Bole, who died August 26th, 1939. She married Zebulon Paul Owings Jr., an executive for Shell Oil Co, five years after Bole's death. While in Tulsa, she and Bole resided at Oakwold, a 25-room mansion constructed in 1929 on a 30-acre tract on the southwest corner of 41st and Lewis. Later, the estate was subdivided for homes and became known as Bolewood Acres.
Alwilda was a Holland Hall School trustee and donated the house to the school in 1942. She was a member of Philbrook and First Presbyterian Church and a board member of Tulsa Town Hall. She was survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick.
Alwilda Millikin Owings was a former Tulsa philanthropist who died January 21st, 1973 in Santa Barbara, California, where she had lived for 27 years.
Her first husband was Tulsa oil man George S. Bole, who died August 26th, 1939. She married Zebulon Paul Owings Jr., an executive for Shell Oil Co, five years after Bole's death. While in Tulsa, she and Bole resided at Oakwold, a 25-room mansion constructed in 1929 on a 30-acre tract on the southwest corner of 41st and Lewis. Later, the estate was subdivided for homes and became known as Bolewood Acres.
Alwilda was a Holland Hall School trustee and donated the house to the school in 1942. She was a member of Philbrook and First Presbyterian Church and a board member of Tulsa Town Hall. She was survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick.
Her first husband was Tulsa oil man George S. Bole, who died August 26th, 1939. She married Zebulon Paul Owings Jr., an executive for Shell Oil Co, five years after Bole's death. While in Tulsa, she and Bole resided at Oakwold, a 25-room mansion constructed in 1929 on a 30-acre tract on the southwest corner of 41st and Lewis. Later, the estate was subdivided for homes and became known as Bolewood Acres.
Alwilda was a Holland Hall School trustee and donated the house to the school in 1942. She was a member of Philbrook and First Presbyterian Church and a board member of Tulsa Town Hall. She was survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick.
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Burial Date: 1/23/1973
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