Person:Lyle Tullis (1)

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record Name: Lyle V Tullis Birth Year: 1921 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Iowa State: Colorado County or City: El Paso Enlistment Date: 12 Oct 1942 Enlistment State: Colorado Enlistment City: Pueblo Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 3 years of college Civil Occupation: Airplane And Engine Mechanic Marital Status: Married Height: 68 Weight: 139

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Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - November 3, 2007 Deceased Name: Lyle Vere Tullis

Dr. Lyle Vere Tullis was born March 10, 1921, in Decatur, Iowa. He was the second of six children. His parents were Lorin V. and Orpha G. (Pottorff) Tullis. He passed from this life in the early morning hours of October 30, 2007, in Oklahoma City. Lyle spent his early years in Decatur, where his father was a farmer, auctioneer, and local businessman. After the untimely death of his father in 1931, the family continued to live in Decatur, where his mother supported the family as a rural mail carrier. After graduating from Decatur High School in 1938, he enrolled in the Colorado Springs Bible Training Institute, now Oklahoma Wesleyan University. While there, he met Dawn Emery, the second daughter of the school president. On February 17, 1942, they were married and in the summer of 1942, they moved to Newkirk, Oklahoma where Lyle was assigned his first pastorate. Lyle was inducted into the U.S. Army on October 12, 1942. He was trained as an antiaircraft gunner and sent to the South Pacific in April of 1943. He served in Fiji, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, and the Philippines as a canonneer and truck driver. After returning to the U.S. in November of 1945, the family moved to Owasso, Michigan where Lyle attended Owasso College, earning a Bachelor's degree in Theology, and Central Michigan University, earning a second Bachelor's degree and teaching certificate. He then enrolled in Michigan State University, earning his Master's degree in Sociology in 1950. In the early 50's, Lyle was a pastor in Hermiston, Oregon. In 1955, he began teaching Social Science and Theology at his alma mater in Colorado Springs and later at an affiliated school in El Monte, California. While in California, Lyle began working on his PhD. in Sociology at the University of Southern California. In the fall of 1963, he began teaching at Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, also serving as Registrar and later, Dean of the College. It was during this time that he completed his doctoral studies at Oklahoma State University. In 1972, the family moved to Yukon, Oklahoma and Lyle accepted a position teaching Sociology at Southern Nazarene University. He was to remain there as a professor and department chair until his retirement. After retirement, Lyle and Dawn traveled extensively, usually on long driving trips throughout the United States and Canada. In retirement, he also volunteered for many activities, being active in Habitat for Humanity projects, Yukon TRIAD, as a tour guide at the state capitol, and as an airport volunteer with the Travelers Aid Society. He was a very active man with a wide range of interests. He could build a shed and talk about philosophy at the same time. He was generous to a fault and believed wealth was measured in what was given away. He is survived by three sons, Ross and his wife Laura of Yukon, Oklahoma, Rex and his wife Phyllis of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and K.J. and his wife Alice of Yukon, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Lance Tullis, Jonathan Tullis, Renee Gorny, Rhett Tullis, and Patricia Tullis; six great-grandchildren; two sisters, one brother and many, many friends and relatives. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dawn; parents, Lorin and Oprha Tullis; one brother and one sister. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Southern Nazarene University Lyle V. Tullis Sociology Scholarship Fund or the Lyle and Dawn Tullis Athletic Scholarship Fund. Services are at 7:00 p.m., Monday evening, November 5, 2007, at the Oklahoma City First Church of the Nazarene, with private interment in the Fort Gibson National Cemetery.