Barbara Jean (Ross) Kurland
October 9, 1928 - September 12, 2022
Posted by: Jo Aguirre

Examiner-Enterprise
September 30, 2022
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)

A memorial Service will be held for longtime Bartlesville residents Bob and Barbara Kurland on March 30, 2023.

It will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery at 11:00 am. Family, friends and associates are welcome to attend.

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After a long, happy and healthy life, Barbara Jean Ross Kurland passed away September 12, 2022. She was 93.

Born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma October 9, 1928 to Turner Alexander (AT) and Hazel Ross, she had two older brothers, Russel and Jack Ross, deceased. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert A. Kurland of St. Louis, MO, September 2013. She is survived by her four children: Robert Alexander Kurland (Leanne) of Richmond, VA; Ross Alan Kurland (Penny) of Johns Creek, GA; Dana Marie Warner (Robert) of Lake Wales, FL; Barbara Ann Rintala (Ron) of Doylestown, PA. She is also survived by 7 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Barbara was raised in Bartlesville and graduated from College High School, after which she moved to Denver, CO to attend Colorado Women's College, then moved to Dallas, TX to attend Southern Methodist University. She returned to Bartlesville and began working at Phillips Petroleum, where she met and married Robert A. "Bob" Kurland, fellow employee, basketball great, and most of all, best friend. They had a long and happy marriage, raised their four children living in various parts of the country, ranging from Wichita to Denver to Memphis to Cincinnati to Atlanta to Bartlesville. They traveled the country extensively, with car trips her favorite mode of travel. Together with Bob, she was always involved in athletics, whether attending a Basketball Hall of Fame gala, playing a tennis match or a round of golf, or watching her children's numerous basketball & football games and swimming meets. Ultimately, they settled down on Sanibel Island, FL where they were long-time residents.

In short, Barbara was a beautiful, smart, kind, sporty gal who loved the natural world and all its beauty. Most of all she loved her family and friends and was loved in return, always getting the most out of life.

A joint memorial service for Barbara and Bob will be held in Bartlesville next spring.

Memorial donations may be made to The Nature Conservancy, The Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, in Osage County, OK. (www.nature.org). It was a place near and dear to her heart and heritage.

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