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Father William K "Bill" Skeehan
Dec 8, 1925 - Nov 29, 2014
Posted by Ann Weber

BARTLESVILLE EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE
Bartlesville, Washington CO, OK
(permission granted)

Father William K. Skeehan, or "Father Bill" as he was familiarly known, passed away early Saturday morning November 29,2014. Members of St James Parish and The Church of the Resurrection were with Father Bill around the clock during his time in hospice care at the Franciscan Villa.

Father Bill was born on December 8, 1925 in Forest Hills New York, to Eva Mary Keally and Edward Michael Skeehan. He was the youngest of five children. Father Bill was ordained in 1960 and served pastorates at Sacred Heart Church in Oklahoma City, St. Joseph's Church in Norman, and the Church of the Resurrection in Tulsa, where he was founding pastor. Father Bill was moved to the Church of St. James in Bartlesville in 1978 and was the pastor there and at St. Catherine Church in Nowata until his retirement.

He was preceded in death by: Edward Michael Skeehan killed in WWII; John Charles (Jack) Skeehan formerly of Los Angeles, California; Mary Margaret Minter formerly from Annapolis, Maryland; and Jeanne Patricia (Pat) King formerly of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He is survived by 24 nieces and nephews and 61 great nieces and nephews, as well as hundreds of parishioners whom he considered family.

Friends can honor Father Bill's memory with contributions to Martha's Task, or Catholic Charities.

Rosary service will be at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3, 2014. Funeral mass will be at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, both at Christ the King Church, Tulsa.

Internment will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Fitzgerald Ivy Chapel 918-585-1151. For more information regarding Father Bill's life of accomplishments, please refer to www.fitzgeraldivychapel.com

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