McCutchen, Adelene D. (Dixon), 83, retired police officer, died Saturday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Mount Zion Baptist Church. Jack's
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Ministers' wives from Adelene McCutchen's generation were expected to dedicate themselves to church work exclusively.
But while always a good partner to her husband, the Rev. G. Calvin McCutchen, Adelene elected to buck the trend.
Feeling "especially adventurous" one day, the Tulsa mom went down to the Tulsa Police Department and applied for a job.
"I wasn't even sure the police department hired women in this capacity, but I applied anyway," she told the Tulsa World once of her desire to become a juvenile officer.
Her timing was just right: The previous juvenile officer, Mary Horn, who had also been the department's first black female officer, was retiring.
Following Horn as the second black female officer to work for TPD, McCutchen joined the department in 1962.
She would go on to a 20-year career there, eventually becoming an investigator in the detective division.
Adelene Deborah McCutchen died Dec. 21. She was 83.
A service was held Friday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church under direction of Jack's Funeral Home.
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Ministers' wives from Adelene McCutchen's generation were expected to dedicate themselves to church work exclusively.
But while always a good partner to her husband, the Rev. G. Calvin McCutchen, Adelene elected to buck the trend.
Feeling "especially adventurous" one day, the Tulsa mom went down to the Tulsa Police Department and applied for a job.
"I wasn't even sure the police department hired women in this capacity, but I applied anyway," she told the Tulsa World once of her desire to become a juvenile officer.
Her timing was just right: The previous juvenile officer, Mary Horn, who had also been the department's first black female officer, was retiring.
Following Horn as the second black female officer to work for TPD, McCutchen joined the department in 1962.
She would go on to a 20-year career there, eventually becoming an investigator in the detective division.
Adelene Deborah McCutchen died Dec. 21. She was 83.
A service was held Friday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church under direction of Jack's Funeral Home.
McCutchen, Adelene D. (Dixon), 83, retired police officer, died Saturday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Mount Zion Baptist Church. Jack's
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Ministers' wives from Adelene McCutchen's generation were expected to dedicate themselves to church work exclusively.
But while always a good partner to her husband, the Rev. G. Calvin McCutchen, Adelene elected to buck the trend.
Feeling "especially adventurous" one day, the Tulsa mom went down to the Tulsa Police Department and applied for a job.
"I wasn't even sure the police department hired women in this capacity, but I applied anyway," she told the Tulsa World once of her desire to become a juvenile officer.
Her timing was just right: The previous juvenile officer, Mary Horn, who had also been the department's first black female officer, was retiring.
Following Horn as the second black female officer to work for TPD, McCutchen joined the department in 1962.
She would go on to a 20-year career there, eventually becoming an investigator in the detective division.
Adelene Deborah McCutchen died Dec. 21. She was 83.
A service was held Friday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church under direction of Jack's Funeral Home.
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Ministers' wives from Adelene McCutchen's generation were expected to dedicate themselves to church work exclusively.
But while always a good partner to her husband, the Rev. G. Calvin McCutchen, Adelene elected to buck the trend.
Feeling "especially adventurous" one day, the Tulsa mom went down to the Tulsa Police Department and applied for a job.
"I wasn't even sure the police department hired women in this capacity, but I applied anyway," she told the Tulsa World once of her desire to become a juvenile officer.
Her timing was just right: The previous juvenile officer, Mary Horn, who had also been the department's first black female officer, was retiring.
Following Horn as the second black female officer to work for TPD, McCutchen joined the department in 1962.
She would go on to a 20-year career there, eventually becoming an investigator in the detective division.
Adelene Deborah McCutchen died Dec. 21. She was 83.
A service was held Friday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church under direction of Jack's Funeral Home.
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