Obituary

John Osa Beach

J. 0. (or Osa as he was also called) spent some time in the U. S. Army in the 2nd Medical Corps, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and General Hospital No. 26, St. Louis. This occurred between 1917-1918 and he was discharged as a Sergeant. He was a Second Lieutenant in the active reserve from 1926 to 1931, and in the inactive reserve from 1931 to 1936. After completing High School he then went to the University of Oklahoma at Norman and majored in Journalism. He graduated with a B.S. in 1924, and later received his Masters Degree in 1932, both degrees in Government. While attending the University of Oklahoma he met Jessie Lavina Bullard and they were married at Norman, Oklahoma the 3rd of June 1924. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma he was a reporter for the Ponca City News from 1923 to 1924. He then went to Alva, Oklahoma and was News Editor for the Alva Daily Review-Courier from 1924 to 1927. J. 0. was with the Oklahoma Geological Survey from 1927 to 1954, beginning as Secretary, but was inactive from 1931 to 1936 when the Survey was without funds. He became active again in 1937, was made Administrative Assistant in 1947 and held this post until he resigned in 1954 for reasons of health.