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Vincent Mulford Jr. Dead at Age 78 By Staff Reports 10/31/1989
Vincent Strong Mulford Jr., oil producer and financial consultant, died Sunday. He was 78. Services are scheduled at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Episcopal Church, under the direction of Stanleys Funeral Service. Mulford attended Montclair (N.J.) Academy and was a graduate of Choate Academy, Princeton University and Harvard Business School. Before coming to Tulsa in 1940, Mulford developed real estate in the Palm Beach, Fla., area, and was president and chief executive officer of Mulford Securities. He was a trustee for the Salvation Army and Philbrook Museum of Art, former president of Planned Parenthood of Tulsa and Sons of the American Revolution, chairman of the Endowment Fund for Trinity Episcopal Church and St. Simeon's Episcopal Home, and a member of the Oklahoma Society of Mayflower Descendants, Tulsa Polo and Hunt Club and Southern Hills Country Club. Survivors include his wife, Rosamond F. Mulford, of the home; two sons, John Buell Mulford, Eugene, Ore., and Robert Day Mulford, Walnut Creek, Calif.; daughter, Elizabeth P. Mulford, Cerpentino, Calif.; two step-daughters, Patricia K. Olsen, Tulsa, and Margaret M. Boerner, Arlington, Va., and seven grandchildren. Friends may contribute to Trinity Episcopal Church or the Salvation Army of Tulsa.1st wife may be Eleanor Belmont Degener b: 19 AUG 1905 in New Yorkd 9/10/1998 NYC
m 3/11/1931 NYC had 5 husbands, Mulford only a year.Betty Buell Mulford(Bradford), the only child of J Garfield and Ethel Peebles Buell. She married Vincent Strong Mulford Jr in 1936 and divorced him in 1949 or 1950. She married Loring Gifford Bradstreet Jr in 1952 and died March 20, 2001. per Bob Mulford
ROSAMOND MULFORD b 04 Sep 1919 d 15 Nov 1996 (V) 74136 (Tulsa, Tulsa, OK ) 74136 (Tulsa, Tulsa, OK ) 477-07-3593 MinnesotaServices for Philanthropist Mulford Scheduled Monday By 12/2/1996
Rosamond Fandel ``Posy'' Mulford, a prominent Tulsa philanthropist, died Wednesday. She was 77. Services are slated for 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church under the direction of Fitzgerald Funeral Service. Mulford -- widow of Tulsa investor, oilman and philanthropist Vincent Mulford Jr. -- will be remembered for her work for the Tulsa Philharmonic, the Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa Ballet Theater and Trinity Episcopal Church as well as many other charities. One of Mulford's many acts of philanthropy -- sponsorship of the Philharmonic's performances of Handel's ``Messiah,'' is scheduled for Dec. 5 and 6 at Holland Hall School. She served on several boards of directors and advisory boards, including the advisory board of the Tulsa Center for the Physically Limited. She is survived by daughters Pat Olsen, of Tulsa and Peggy Boerner, of Arlington, Va.; stepchildren John Mulford, of France; Robert Mulford of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Elizabeth Mulford of Cupertino, Calif.; brothers Val Fandel, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; John David Fandel, of St. Cloud, Minn.; Thomas Fandel of Big Harbor, Wash. and Michael Fandel, of
St. Cloud Minn., sisters KathrenBenien, of Tulsa; Mary Lou Clote, of Oklahoma City; Carol Ann Francis, of Silver Springs, Md. and Gretchen Hassler, of Minneapolis, seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild. Friends are making memorial contributions to Catholic Charities, Saint Simeon's Episcopal Home or the Tulsa Center for the Physically Limited.
Vincent Mulford Jr. Dead at Age 78 By Staff Reports 10/31/1989
Vincent Strong Mulford Jr., oil producer and financial consultant, died Sunday. He was 78. Services are scheduled at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Episcopal Church, under the direction of Stanleys Funeral Service. Mulford attended Montclair (N.J.) Academy and was a graduate of Choate Academy, Princeton University and Harvard Business School. Before coming to Tulsa in 1940, Mulford developed real estate in the Palm Beach, Fla., area, and was president and chief executive officer of Mulford Securities. He was a trustee for the Salvation Army and Philbrook Museum of Art, former president of Planned Parenthood of Tulsa and Sons of the American Revolution, chairman of the Endowment Fund for Trinity Episcopal Church and St. Simeon's Episcopal Home, and a member of the Oklahoma Society of Mayflower Descendants, Tulsa Polo and Hunt Club and Southern Hills Country Club. Survivors include his wife, Rosamond F. Mulford, of the home; two sons, John Buell Mulford, Eugene, Ore., and Robert Day Mulford, Walnut Creek, Calif.; daughter, Elizabeth P. Mulford, Cerpentino, Calif.; two step-daughters, Patricia K. Olsen, Tulsa, and Margaret M. Boerner, Arlington, Va., and seven grandchildren. Friends may contribute to Trinity Episcopal Church or the Salvation Army of Tulsa.1st wife may be Eleanor Belmont Degener b: 19 AUG 1905 in New Yorkd 9/10/1998 NYC
m 3/11/1931 NYC had 5 husbands, Mulford only a year.Betty Buell Mulford(Bradford), the only child of J Garfield and Ethel Peebles Buell. She married Vincent Strong Mulford Jr in 1936 and divorced him in 1949 or 1950. She married Loring Gifford Bradstreet Jr in 1952 and died March 20, 2001. per Bob Mulford
Betty Buell Mulford(Bradford), the only child of J Garfield and Ethel Peebles Buell. She married Vincent Strong Mulford Jr in 1936 and divorced him in 1949 or 1950. She married Loring Gifford Bradstreet Jr in 1952 and died March 20, 2001. per Bob Mulford
Tulsa arts' ace volunteer mourned By Staff Reports 3/23/2001
Betty Bradstreet, a champion Tulsa fund-raiser whose quiet acts of kindness spread goodwill around the world, died Tuesday. She was 85. A celebration of her life is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at All Souls Unitarian Church. ``Tulsa has lost a wonderful citizen in Betty Bradstreet,'' said Gov. Frank Keating. ``Her passion for the arts and her commitment to Tulsa will be missed.'' Bradstreet was born in San Antonio, Texas, and spent much of her young life in California, where she graduated from high school at the age of 14. She traveled widely, studying French at the Baronne de Sommer- vert's school in Paris, Italian at Donna Elena Giannuzzi-Savelli's school in Florence and Rome, and German at the Baroness Van Wolff's school in Germany. She completed her formal education at Connecticut College and Barnard College. Despite Bradstreet's wide travels, her family was establishing Oklahoma as base of operations. Her father, J. Garfield Buell, was one of the nation's most active independent oil producers, with operations throughout the area centered in Muskogee. In 1942, family connections brought her to Tulsa, where she was to spend the rest of her life. Bradstreet was best known as a tireless fund-raiser for Tulsa charities. She was constantly selling tickets for various causes, friends said. She had the process organized scientifically, remembering which donors were good for which types of events and always making sure that all contributions were graciously acknowledged. A 1988 Tulsa World profile estimated that during the previous 20 years she had been responsible for more than $4 million in donations, mostly raised $10 to $25 at a time. She tirelessly worked the telephones and board room selling tickets to events for the Tulsa Philharmonic, Tulsa Ballet Theater, Tulsa Opera, the Assistance League of Tulsa, the Tulsa Historical Society and many other groups. Bradstreet once remarked that she preferred concentrating on her next effort rather than remembering her past successes, but ``they give you a plaque every once in a while. At least you can remember the date.'' The plaques were, indeed, numerous and prestigious. In 1974 she was named Woman of the Year by the Altrusa Club of Tulsa. In 1963, she was named Woman of the Year by the American Women in Radio and Television. On May 13, 1971, she was surprised with a plaque personally presented by first lady Pat Nixon saluting her ``outstanding and dedicated volunteer service to the community and the nation.'' In 1989, she and her husband, Brad, were honored by the National Jewish Center of Immunology and Respiratory Disease. In 1987, she won the Kathleen P. Westby Lifetime Award from the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa. Her biography includes other honors from the Tulsa Ballet Theater, Tulsa Historical Society, Tulsa Press Club, Tulsa Civic Ballet and citations from several Tulsa mayors. In 1995, she retired from fund-raising after 59 years of work. Her work for Tulsa charities went beyond monetary concerns. At one time, the ``offices'' for the fledgling Tulsa Ballet Theater were the trunk of Bradstreet's car. The situation worked well until the car was stolen. The car was eventually recovered with the ballet's files undisturbed. She served on a long list of trusteeships and boards of directors, including the Center for the Physically Limited, Tulsa Philharmonic and the Philharmonic Women's Association, Pro-America, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa Junior League, Tulsa Opera, Civic Ballet, Tulsa Ballet Theater, Tulsa Historical Society, Patronesses Sigma Alpha Iota, Sister Cities of Tulsa, Tulsa Global Alliance, Children's Medical Center and the Volunteer Council. She was a lifetime member of the Tulsa Assistance League, a founding member of the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa, the International Council of Tulsa and the Tulsa chapter of Experiment in International Living. She was key in developing the children's living history program at Philbrook Museum of Art, and in 1964 she was the chairwoman of the city's first arts festival, the predecessor to the annual Mayfest celebration. Her daughter, Elizabeth Mulford, said she discovered years later how Bradstreet used that first arts festival as a quiet means of social change. At a time when integration was still a controversial notion, she arranged for art exhibits from still largely segregated black and white schools to be displayed alternately so that while the schools were segregated, the art show was not. Mulford said that demonstrated the way Bradstreet used her position in society as a means of quietly creating social change and emphasizing the worth of every human. Another means of accomplishing that was in her work with international students. As a world traveler with abilities in many languages, the Assistance League's International House, which offers help to international students, became one of her favorite causes. While her fund-raising efforts were well known, her quieter acts of benevolence for her international friends were often accomplished behind the scenes. When the South Vietnamese government fell, she work quietly to free three families with ties to Tulsa. On another occasion she walked an international student's wife who spoke no English through a local store, teaching her the English words for the needles and threads that were the tools of her dressmaking trade. Her facility with foreign languages made her an interpreter and host for visiting musicians from foreign lands for the Tulsa Opera and the Tulsa Philharmonic. Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Loring G. ``Brad'' Bradstreet of Tulsa; three children, John Buell Mulford of Algonsheim, France, Robert Day Mulford of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Elizabeth Bradstreet Mulford of Cupertino, Calif.; and four grandchildren. The family requests no flowers.