Roscoe Lee Vrooman, Jr.
Obituary
Roscoe (Ross) Vrooman was born on April 13, 1932 and left this world to be with Jesus on Saturday, February 7, 2015. He graduated from Tulsa Central High in 1950 and Oklahoma A & M (OSU) in 1955 with a degree in business. Ross married his high school sweetheart and homecoming queen, Ina Croston from Sapulpa, OK in 1953. He loved his four children, Debbie, Linda, David and Steven, very much. He also adored his seven grandchildren, Jennifer, Jessica, Emily, Savannah, Daniel, Breanna, Bethany, and great-granddaughter Avani. Ross is survived by his loving wife Ina, children: Debbie, Linda, and Steven; brother, Jon Vrooman; sister, Liz Enochs and many wonderful nieces and nephews. Ross was preceded in death by his father, Roscoe Vrooman Sr.; his mother, Margaret Vrooman; brother, Roger Vrooman, and son David Vrooman.
Ross served in the Air Force after college for 2 years and 8 years in the reserves. He was hired by Aetna Life and Casualty in 1957 and retired after 36 years of service. He was a general and regional manager who sold pension and employee benefit plans.
Ross was the high school state champion in Oklahoma for the high jump and held the record for many years. He received a track scholarship to OSU and held the high jump record for the Missouri Valley Conference for 15 years. At age 68 he won the national high jump title in his age group for the Senior Games. He also coached his son’s basketball team to an AAU State Title in 1983 and multiple Little League baseball league titles. Roscoe also showed great love to his dogs over the years: Scamper, Oreo, Ping, Pong, Beauty, Peppy, Tiny, and Dottie.
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Tributes & Memories
My relation with Roscoe goes back to the 1950s when we both married our high school sweethearts and before either of us entered the insurance industry which was unbelievable good to both of us. When we were very young Roscoe's dad drove us out to western Oklahoma because we heard they were paying guys $10 a day. They were but not city boys who knew nothing about harvesting wheat. We went to work for $2 a day putting up hay. It might have made us much better employees later. Ina, we know that you as well as we had 60 great years of marriage. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. Bud and Margaret Inhofe
Bud and Margaret Inhofe
ina .... please accept my sincere best wishes. we join you in your grief. roscoe was a great inspiration to those of us who followed him on the central high track team. i last saw him at john barham's memorial and we shared a bunch oh tales. great guy. we'll all miss him. glenn
glenn scott