Dorothy Ann Bryan, 98, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died on Saturday, September 12, 2020. She was born in December 1921, in Norman, Oklahoma, the youngest child of former University of Oklahoma football coach and athletic director, Bennie Owen and wife Nina Bessent Owen. Dorothy Ann grew up in Norman with her sisters Jane and Ruth, and attended OU, pledging Kappa Alpha Theta, as had her mother. In August 1940 she married a recently commissioned regular US Army 2nd Lt., Thomas Law Bryan, of Oklahoma City. Dorothy Ann spent the next 30 years supporting her career-soldier-husband and a family, which grew to include three children, by making loving homes for them in locations ranging from Japan, Germany, and Korea, to Hawaii, Washington, D.C., El Paso, and, in 1968, Oklahoma City. Upon her husband's retirement in 1970, Dorothy Ann remained in Oklahoma City, where her husband worked on the staffs of then-Governor David L. Boren, and, subsequently, Governor George Nigh. Dorothy Ann and Tom traveled extensively, and especially enjoyed visiting their children and grandchildren in Massachusetts, Colorado, Oregon, and Germany. She was a peerless hostess, cook, and gift-giver, and delivered party favors as her alter ego, the Magic Fish. Nothing was ever 'too much' for Tutu – from a full traditional Thanksgiving dinner on a beach in Hawaii, to allowing her grandchildren and great-grandchildren to eat on her finest china and cook fondue as soon as they could grasp a fork. She loved Sunday dinner, and hosted this meal at her home for years - often with five generations of family at her table. Her friends remember her as someone who always listened intently and joyously to every word they said – she thought every detail marvelous! She was predeceased by her husband Tom, and their eldest child, Sandra Bryan Trudgeon of Oklahoma City. She was survived by son Robert Owen Bryan of Corinth, Texas; and daughter, Ann Bryan Stussi of Portland, Oregon; her sons and daughters-in-law, Jon Trudgeon, Helene Bryan, and David Stussi; nine grandchildren, Ann Trudgeon, Kelly Isaacson (Scott), Jon Trudgeon (Katie), Jessica Horowitz (David), Cary Martin (Luke), Thomas Stussi, Sean Bryan, Megan Bryan, and Randall Bryan; eight great-grandsons, Thomas Isaacson, Ben Isaacson, Hunter Trudgeon, Henry Trudgeon, Owen Martin, Calvin Martin, Solomon Horowitz, Simon Horowitz; and much-loved nieces, nephews, and family friends. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, 17 September, at the Smith & Kernke Funeral Home, North May Avenue chapel.

Notes: Complete birthdate added per auto SAC on 20 Jan 2022. Special thanks to contributors: 48188825, et al.