Harry Leland Wirick Jr.

Harry Leland Wirick, Jr., 90, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died August 6, 2013 at his country home, Walnut Grove Farm, in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Born November 5, 1922, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, he was the son of Harry and Lillian Wirick. He graduated from Cascia Hall High School and attended the University of Arizona and the University of Arkansas. He graduated from the Sparten School of Aeronautics in Meteorology. Harry was married to Margaret Jean Slemaker Wirick of Tulsa, Ok, on June 25, 1943 until her passing on July 10, 2002. They were married for 59 years. His friends in the business community knew him as a man with an indelible, entrepreneurial spirit and also a passionate proponent of the independent, small business operator. For the past, 60 years, Mr. Wirick ran Wirick Resources, an Oklahoma-based, independent oil and gas company and Walnut Grove Farm, a family-owned producer of grass-finished beef in Arkansas. To his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, he was affectionately known as “Biggie”, the patriarch of the family, who never waivered from the traditional, southern-gentleman values by which he was raised. He was a long time member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma where he once served as treasurer. He was also an active member and longtime supporter of the Oklahoma Independent Oil Producers, National Independent Oil Producers and Arkansas Cattleman Associations. His philanthropic interests included the Tulsa Boys Home, the Alzheimer’s Association and the MS Foundation. Harry is survived by his two daughters, Ruthie Landsaw and husband Bob, and Susie Gilbert and husband Jim, all of Siloam Springs, Arkansas; his sister, Lillian Jane Wirick of Tulsa, Oklahoma; five grandchildren, Jeannie Shaw, Jim Landsaw, Harry Landsaw, James Gilbert, and Meg Courtney; and 13 great grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends. Memorial services will be 11:00AM, Saturday, August 10th, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S. Cincinnatti, Tulsa, OK. Internment services will be 12:15 PM, Sunday, August 11th, at Grace Episcopal Church, 617 N. Mt. Olive, Siloam Springs, AR. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church; Grace Episcopal Church, 617 N. Mt. Olive St., Siloam Springs, AR 72761; or Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, AR 72762.

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Harry Leland Wirick Jr.

November 5, 1922 - August 6, 2013