Margaret "Maggie" Elizabeth Teis

Margaret Elizabeth Teis was born on Wednesday November 4, 1942 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jack L. and Almer (Locke) Sullivent. She passed this life on Wednesday July 19, 2023 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She was 80 years, 9 months and 15 days of age. The former Miss Maggie Sullivent was a 1960 graduate of Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was married to Ed Teis on October 18, 1968 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Maggie loved animals, raised horses and cattle, being in the country and spending time with her family. She was an excellent cook, enjoyed going to the theater (Plays) and staying in contact with everyone. Maggie had a personal relationship with the Lord. The family requests memorials to John 3:16 Mission, 506 N. Cheyenne Ave., Tulsa, OK 74103 or john316mission.org. She is survived by, Her husband, Ed Teis, of the home Daughter, Christi and husband Mark Hopkins, Tulsa, OK Virginia and husband Sean Killingsworth, Jacksonville, FL Son, Rob and wife Kim Teis, Tulsa, OK Grandchildren, Maggie Teis, Kelley Teis, Chase McCall, Dylan McCall, Jaxon Hopkins, Meredith Langenheim, Emily Langenheim Great Grandchildren, Dante McCall, Nora Langenheim Brothers, Fred Sullivent and Jim Sullivent Maggie was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Almer; Brothers, Tom and Bob Sullivent; Sister, Edith Sullivent. A Letter to the World: .The LIFE OF Margaret (Maggie) E Teis by Her partner, from a 55-year Perspective of sharing life and loving this wonderful woman. I first met Maggie at a party at the Stratford Apartments in Tulsa in 1968. She was stunningly beautiful physically as well as mentally, we both had dates but we managed to strike up a conversation. I immediately fell in love with her. I’m not very good remembering names but I told my mother about her and that she worked at Sun Petroleum in Tulsa. Mother knew the executives at Sun and got her home phone number for me. I called her for a date and she accepted it was magic except the fact that while showing off, I blew the water pump on my Corvette on ‘the way to dinner. We could not find a friend to pick us up so we called a Yellow Cab the Uber of the day. We went to the hospital to borrow mom’s car and when mom first saw Maggie, she said that she worked with another nurse at the Okmulgee Hospital that looked like Maggie. Maggie asked what her name was and it turned out the other nurse was Maggie’s aunt. It also turned out that mom signed Maggie’s two older brother’s birth certificate as hospital superintendent. We went on to the Cup club but the kitchen was closed so we went the Harvard club and the kitchen was closed there as well so we just went to the bar for a drink. At this point I figured it as over for but we were meant to be, we were married three months later. We rented a duplex a block east of Sheridan and I ask the owner if he needed a handy man and he did. After working for him a while he asked Maggie if she would manage the 21 duplexes. She agreed. Ultimately the owner offered us an opportunity to buy the duplex we lived in. I ask my dad to loan me the down payment he told me that he didn’t loan money to family, so we went back to the owner to tell him we could not make it happen and he said don’t worry he would make it happen which he did. Maggie’s diligent work protecting the owner interests paid off. I went back to TU with my mother’s help finished my engineering degree and started to work at a real job. We now had two wonderful children Rob & Christi. I was asked to start an Engineering Design firm as a joint venture of a Local premier Architectural Firm and an Engineering firm out of Kansas City Which I agreed to do. Maggie was our first employee and ran administrative services, accounting, payroll, Billing and specification typing (125WPM) all while raising our young family. As a team we grew the firm to 15 people. The Architectural Firm wanted to merge the Engineering Firm into the Architectural Firm which was not acceptable to us, so I tendered my resignation with the guarantee that we would continue to run the Engineering Firm until they found a suitable replacement and with the proviso that we were going to form our own firm which with Maggie’s help was established and incorporated with in 30 days of my notice. The Architectural Firm’s president came in and he did not want that to happen so we struck a deal to where we would purchase the controlling preferred stock of the Engineering Firm. We continue to provide their engineering services and managed to, with the help of another local Architectural Firm, win a contract to design stores for Walmart. Eventually our firm grew to 125 people with Maggie as our CFO, Partner and as before she managed all of the same functions. During this time with her help, we developed proprietary project management software to financially track project progress and project cost updated weekly. Maggie went on to buy a cabin at Cedar Crest another home to take care of. She loved Cedar Crest with its slower pace and wildlife. Then she bought a horse to ride and some land. She eventually retired from the firm to raise Paint Quarter Horses. The ranch, another business she ran, grew to 800 acres and a facility to be proud of. By now you can see how great a Manager, Wife, Life Partner, Mother, Grand Mother and Great Grand Mother she was. I can’t even begin to express how great the loss of my Maggie is to our family and friends. I hope you liked her story I wish she was still with me. Thanks for all the support, Love ET

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Margaret "Maggie" Elizabeth Teis

November 4, 1942 - July 19, 2023