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Barbara Jean “Barb” Silvers was born on Monday, November 15, 1943, in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Walter and Mary Trisler. She passed this life on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at Hillcrest Heart Hospital in Tulsa. She was 81 years of age. The former Miss Barbara Jean Trisler was a 1960 graduate of Chandler, Arizona high school. She earned a bachelor and master’s degree in Spanish literature from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona and a PHD from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. She was a dedicated employee at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa for a total of 35 years teaching Spanish to undergraduate students and serving as the Department Chair for her last fifteen years until her retirement in 2003. Barb married the love of her life, Tony Silvers, on December 11, 1998, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Together they enjoyed fishing, traveling, watching ORU basketball games, attending church, and playing card games and dominoes with friends and family. Barbara enjoyed continuing her love of travel with Tony and learning about different cultures, which began when she traveled around the world with her stepmother, Ruby, as a young woman. Barbara frequently entertained family and friends and enjoyed collecting fine china, playing the piano, and listening to Gospel musical groups. Barb and Tony were members of The Assembly church in Broken Arrow, where they were involved with the Harbor Lights Sunday school group and in a small group of couples who became dear friends. Barbara will be dearly missed by the loved ones who survive her. Survivors include her husband, Tony Silvers and their beloved dog, Carley. She acted as the American mother of her former international student, Diego Alvarez, who will miss her greatly along with his wife Lauren and their children Austin, Dylan, Colby and Sofia, who considered her their grandmother. She is also survived by her cousin Derald Morgan of Branson, Missouri. Barb was preceded in death by, her parents Walter and Mary Trisler, her stepmother Ruby B Trisler, her older sister Dorothy and older brother Don. Those wanting to send a memorial may do so to The Assembly Church, 3500 West New Orleans, Broken Arrow, OK 74011 or www.theassembly.org.

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Barbara Silvers

November 15, 1943 - February 26, 2025