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Posted: 5:58 p.m. Monday, May 7, 2012
By Staff
The family of World War II hero Bob Strait spent the day making funeral arrangements.
Strait, 90 years-old, died last Friday after he and his wife were brutally attacked in their home.
One of Strait's daughters, Lanora, tells KRMG it’s been seven weeks of making funeral arrangements for their mom who died in March, then taking care of their father and now making his funeral arrangements.
In the middle of detailing how her family has coped with this tragedy, she expressed some resentment and frustration directed at Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett.
She is upset about the fact that Bartlett offered condolences to the families of the victims in the Good Friday shootings, but not to her family.
"My parents were beaten and abused. My mother murdered. Bartlett has never offered any condolence to my family and I am very greatly angry and I am disappointed. I would like for him to explain to my family why he doesn't feel that that was necessary for us,” says Lanora.
Her parents were found beaten in their home in mid-March and her mother, Nancy, died the next day.
She admits that there hasn't been a great deal of time to grieve.
Lanora says she's broken down a couple of times, but the reality of losing both of her parents isn't real.
As far as justice, that won't happen until everyone that took part in the attack is caught “and it will not until the trials are over and all individuals involved in this hideous crime are behind bars. Our lives will not ever begin to heal,” says Lanora.
So far, only one person has been arrested by Tulsa Police for the attack on Bob and Nancy Strait in their home, but Lanora says there are more suspects with some involvement.
The funeral for Bob Strait will be Saturday at 10am at Floral Haven with full military honors.
There will be visitation Friday.
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