Carolyn Hurd of Tulsa passed away on April 22, 2021. She was born in Oklahoma City on February 11, 1936 to Tom and Rebecca Chatburn. After graduation from Classen High School, she obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Math from Phillips University where she met and married William "Lloyd" Hurd. She later obtained a Master's Degree in Education from Northeastern University. She taught at Rogers High School for many years.

Carolyn had a passion for education. She traveled extensively with her husband to many places in the United States, Canada, and Europe, visiting parks and historical sites. Carolyn was a long-time member of Yale Avenue Christian Church and served as deacon, elder, Sunday School teacher of the adult Friendship class, and participated on several committees. She was a member of the church Stitch Group making quilts for church members who were ill or had lost family members as well as items for charity.

Carolyn is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Phyllis and Frank Holdsclaw, her grandsons Andrew Holdsclaw, Timothy Holdsclaw, and Zachary Holdsclaw and his wife Ciara Holdsclaw. If someone wishes to make donations in her memory, the family requests donations to the American Diabetes Association or to the Yale Avenue Christian Church Scholarship Fund.

Memorial service will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at Yale Avenue Christian Church, 3616 S. Yale, Tulsa, OK.

"Do not stand at my grave and weep:
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there, I did not die."

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