Obituaries
Phillip Norman Murray
Phillip Norman Murray, 60, of Arpelar, died Monday, July 26, 2021 in Arpelar. The family will greet friends and visitors from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 30, 2021 at Bishop Funeral Service. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 31, 2021 at Bishop Chapel of Memories officiated by Rev. Clint Gray. Burial will follow at Arpelar Cemetery.
Robert Rawls
Robert (Bob) Rawls, age 74, passed away July 26, 2021. He was born February 17, 1947 in Florala the son of Rufus Rawls and Ruth King Rawls. Bob joined the U.S. Army and faithfully served his country in Vietnam. After serving his country he worked as an electrical engineer working for Saudi Aramco in the oil industry until retiring to take care of his wife Susan in 2007.
Shaikh M. Amin
Shaikh M. Amin passed away on July 17, 2021. Shaikh Amin earned his diploma from the New York Institute of Photography and started his photography career in 1965.
Paul D. Christensen
Paul D. Christensen, 74, was born in Richmond, CA to parents Christopher (a Dane) and Wilma Christensen. He had two older brothers, Jim and David. He spent his childhood years in Rastanura, Saudi Arabia.
David C. Wyland
David C. Wyland of Greenville, SC passed away peacefully on June 30, 2021. Born in St. Louis, MO on May 24, 1930. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Katherine Mosner Wyland and by his 3 children Kathy Wyland and spouse, Betsy W. Shively, Robert Wyland and spouse, and 5 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren.
Horace Augustus Braggins, Jr.
Horace "Jay" Augustus Braggins, Jr., 97, of New Port Richey, FL passed away at the Medical Center of Trinity on Sunday, June 27, 2021. The cause of death was congestive heart failure, with pneumonia and complications from Covid-19.
Syed Mohammad Hasni
Our colleague and friend Syed Mohammad Hasni #71903, Saudi Aramco Retiree passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2021 around 05:00 PM (Pakistan Standard Time) in Lahore due to brain hemorrhage.
Maggie Cresswell
Maggie Cresswell (Dyer) passed away in Norwich Hospital on Thursday 24th June from kidney failure. British-born Maggie was recruited from Australia as a Grade 09 Secretary and retired to Norwich in Norfolk, England where she had been arranging the 8th UK Aramcon Reunion on 3rd October 2021. Arrangements are being made to contact those who would have attended.
Guenther Wolfgang Roppel
Guenther Wolfgang Roppel, Saudi Aramco retiree, passed away in Bogota, Colombia on June 4th, 2021 at the age of 86. He was born in Fulda, Germany on July 3rd, 1935, grew up in Baranquilla, Colombia and studied Petroleum Engineering at The Colorado School of Mines and The University of Tulsa.
Nancy Dee Holly
Nancy Dee (nee Thatcher) Holly passed away June 22, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 87. She was born in Plainview, Texas, November 7, 1933, to Walter Edwin and Nita Nell (DeJarnatt) Thatcher, the youngest of three daughters.
Donna Elaine Egan Donahoo
Donna Elaine Egan Donahoo left us on 17 June 2021. She passed away peacefully after a long and hard struggle with cancer. Donna was born on October 21, 1941 in Joliet, Illinois the daughter of Donald and Annabelle Reed Egan.
Olga Allocca
Olga Allocca, 90, of Huntington Station, NY passed away on June 16, 2021. Olga worked for Saudi Aramco and Pan Am Airlines then became a homemaker and is remembered by many for her amazing baking ability. Beloved wife of the late Theodore.