Oklahoma Cemeteries Website
butterfly
image
Click here to break out of frames
This information is available for free. If you paid money for a
subscription to get to this site, demand a refund.

Albert Parker Weeks
Sep 2, 1939 - Dec 4, 2021
Posted by
Jo Aguirre


BARTLESVILLE EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
Published Jan 30, 2022
Albert Parker Weeks, 82, of Dallas, Texas, died on December 4, 2021. Mr. Weeks was born September 2, 1939 in El Dorado, Arkansas to Warren Brinson Weeks, Sr. and Elizabeth Flo Parker.

Mr. Weeks grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. In 1957, he entered the University of Oklahoma, where he was an honors student, the outstanding Air Force ROTC student, and was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity, serving as its President. It was the beginning of the computer era, and Mr. Weeks found his calling. He received the first undergraduate Computer Science degree at the University of Oklahoma, and went on to get a Masters. He later received an MBA from Michigan State University.

In 1963, Mr. Weeks began his career with IBM in Endicott, NY, where he worked on an early Fortran compiler. In 1966, he and four associates founded Remote Computing Inc, one of the early network computing companies that preceded the Internet. During his career, he also worked for General Electric, Burroughs, and Computer Sciences Corporation. In the 1980s, Mr. Weeks followed his lifelong love of genealogy and developed one of the first computer genealogy programs, First Family.

Mr. Weeks was a supportive father of his children's activities and dreams, He was often seen on the side of the pool shouting "pull" at his daughter's swim meets. He introduced his son to computer programming at an early age, which has led to a lifelong love and career.

Mr. Weeks was a patriot and loved his southwest heritage from Oklahoma and Texas, where he spent the last twenty years of his life.

Mr. Weeks is survived by his former wife, Charlotte Jones Weeks, and his younger brother, Thomas Winston Weeks, wife Linda Sowards Weeks. His older brother, Warren Brinson Weeks, Jr, died November 18, 2020. Mr Weeks's children are Stephen Taylor Weeks and Cameron Elizabeth Watts, husband David Funderburke Watts Sr. His grandchildren are David Funderburke Watts Jr., Matthew Parker Watts, and Taylor Allen Weeks.

Mr. Weeks was buried on December 16, 2021 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma (36.08730° N, 95.87960° W).

BURIAL Memorial Park Cemetery 5111 S Memorial Dr Tulsa, OK 74145 36.08730° N, 95.87960° W December 16, 2021 at 2:00pm
flag


Thank You For Your Service!

Memorial Park Cemetery | |Tulsa County Cemeteries|  |Home|




This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries

The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.