Curtis Edwin Westlake, 91, passed from this life on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Edwin was born to Bryan and Faye Westlake in Plainview, Arkansas, on February 19, 1931. Edwin, along with two of his siblings, Bryan Jr. and Ruby, attended the Arkansas School for the Deaf until 1938 and then attended the Oklahoma School for the Deaf, where he graduated in 1950.
Edwin enjoyed and excelled in sports. He was named to the 1949 All-American team as a halfback in football, All-District Team in basketball, and did well in the track team’s high jump and long jump. When not in school, Edwin worked on the family farm, where he plowed fields, milked cows, churned butter, and hoed weeds. At school, he met his lifelong sweetheart Gerry Jo Jackson, to whom he was married for 65 years until Gerry’s passing in 2016.
Edwin worked at the Tulsa World newspaper for over 35 years. Edwin and Gerry were very active in the Tulsa Association of the Deaf and First Christian Church of Sapulpa. They attended many events held by the Deaf association and liked spending time with their friends. Everyone that met Edwin admired him. He was smart, hard-working, funny, and enjoyed life, especially traveling with his sister Ruby and her husband, Harold.
Edwin was preceded in death by his wife Gerry, his parents Bryan and Faye Westlake, brothers Bryan Jr., Robert, Scotty, sister Ruby Moeller, and granddaughter Megan Nicholson.
Edwin is survived by his four children, Terry Westlake, Danny Westlake and wife Jana, Randy Westlake and Kim Butler, Janie Huff and husband Tim. He is also survived by grandchildren Curtis Westlake and wife Khris, Tawnya Atkisson, Cassy Huff, and Ty Huff; great-grandchildren Everlee Nicholson, Silas Nicholson, Jack Westlake and Nora Kate Westlake; sister Marjorie DeArmon; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 6-8 pm, Thursday, 28, 2022, at Traditions Funeral Chapel in Kellyville. Services will be 2:00 pm, Friday, April 29, 2022, at the First Christian Church in Sapulpa with Lance Peterson officiating
