Richard Burdette "Dick" BANKS

1931 - 2017  (86 years)

• Name	Richard Burdette "Dick" BANKS
  Nickname	Dick
  Birth	16 May 1931	Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E4448FEE602F441F8D9DFD515E331EC07EAB
  Death	4 Jun 2017	Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  Notes	From findagrave.com: Richard B. “Dick” Banks was reunited with dear friends and family in the presence of his Lord on Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2017. Dick was born on May 16, 1931 in Denver, Colorado to Burdette and Esther Banks. A lifelong lover of Colorado and mountains, Dick graduated from Colorado School of Mines in 1953 with a degree in Geology. After serving in the U.S. Army on Okinawa, he obtained a master’s in Petroleum Engineering at UT Austin. While working for Pan American Petroleum in Odessa, Texas, Dick married his one great love. Pan American (later Amoco) transferred Dick to Tulsa. They wanted to transfer him to Chicago, but smart and hardworking, and now the father of two boys, Dick started his own company instead. He founded Scientific Computer Applications in Tulsa in 1969, moved his office home in 2016, and never retired! He was a dependable volunteer and mentor, who loved scouting, mountain climbing, skiing, fishing and. He led Boy Scout Troop 162 for many years. He loved greeting people at the front desk of First United Methodist every Sunday and leading music in his Sunday school class. But most of all Dick will be remembered for heading up the Bicycle Ministry at FUMC. If you needed a bike, he’d give you one. Dick loved riding and working on bicycles, and rode Freewheel for several years. For 20 years, he led training rides twice a year for a week for students at Eugene Field Elementary School. He gave them all bikes, helmets, t-shirts, backpacks and water bottles—and taught them the rules of the road. He loved being a great husband, a devoted father, the best grandfather ever and a loyal and adventurous friend who always had a new joke to tell. The family would like to thank Seasons Hospice for their incredibly capable and compassionate care. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Tulsa, 1115 S. Boulder, Tulsa 74119 (www.fumctulsa.org) for Gathering Hearts for Honduras or the Tulsa Hub (www.tulsahub.org), a non-profit continuing Dick’s vision for helping adults and children through cycling. Condolences and remembrances may be sent to the family at www.floralhaven.com There will be a Celebration of Life Service 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 12, 2017 at First United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  Person ID	I6642	America
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Norma Jean Minter
  Children	1. Bradley Burdette BANKS   2. Gregory Lee BANKS
  Family ID	F2578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 4 Jun 2017 - Oklahoma, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.