Robert William "Bob" Witcher of Tulsa went home to the Lord on Friday, February 23, 2007, after a long and valiant battle with cancer.

Bob was born in Mooreland, Oklahoma on September 30, 1943, and was raised in Skellytown and Spearman, Texas.

He moved to Shawnee in 1962 to attend Oklahoma Baptist University, where he met and married his wife, Theresa Taron, in 1968 {with whom he just celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary}.

Bob Witcher worked for the Shawnee YMCA during his college years and later in the circulation departments of the Shawnee News-Star and the Dallas Morning News in Grand Prairie, Texas. He owned the MFA Insurance Agency in Shawnee and served on the Shawnee City Commission from 1976 to 1980. He worked in political lobbying and oil and gas funding in Oklahoma City before the "Fall of Penn Square Bank," and was later employed in Tulsa by the Eustice Fire Equipment Company and the Firemaster Company. He owned and operated "Mugs on Mugs," a computer imaging company and worked for and later owned and managed Dental Care in Tulsa. He returned to school and graduated from Southern Nazarene University in Tulsa in 1980 and in his retirement worked in custodial care and computer management at his beloved Church of the Madalene in Tulsa.

Bob's quick smile, sense of humor, ready wit, generous spirit and "never say 'can't'" attitude will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Betty M. And Arthur Ray Witcher, of Spearman, Texas, and his father-in-law, Pierre F. Taron Jr. of Shawnee.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his precious daughters, Amy of Oklahoma City; and Tina and granddaughter Presley of Tulsa.

He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Glennabelle Taron of Edmond; his sisters, Dianna Mason and husband, Harry, of Enid; and Mae Bell Pendleton of Albuquerque, New Mexico; along with nieces, Cheryl Cole and Lynne Janzen of Cheyenne, Wyoming; nephew, Craig Pendleton and family of Seattle, Washington; sisters and brothers-in-law, Monica and Bill Casey of Edmond; Charlotte and Gary Sellers of Choctaw; Tom and Becky Taron of Shawnee; Mike and Jennifer Taron of Phoenix, Arizona; and Terry and Trish Taron of Broken Bow; numerous nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews and his parish family of the Church of the Madalene in Tulsa.

A Prayer Vigil was held at 6:30 p.m. Monday and the Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1:00 p.m. Today at the Church of the Madalene in Tulsa.

In lieu of flowers and gifts, tax deductible donations may be made to: The Epiphany Life Enhancement Foundation, for The Robert W. Witcher Memorial Fund, in care of, and mailed to: Epiphany Life Enhancement Foundation, P.O. Box 701378, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74170-1378.