John Curtis Gilstrap

John Curtis Gilstrap, 66 passed away in his sleep on Friday, January 24, 2020. John was born in Oklahoma City on May 11th, 1953. He grew up in Del City, graduating from Del City High School in 1971. John Graduated from Del City High School and Mid-Del Vocation School with a Certification as an Electronic Technician. After High school graduation, John and Married Carol Kleinsteiber, of Del City, and joined the Navy. He had enlisted as a FTM1= Fire Control Technician (surface missiles fire control) which helped develop the Patriot Missile guidance system, later. He was a Petty First Class Officer upon the USS Buchanan which was a Guided Missile Destroyer ship. They were stationed in a variety of locations including Illinois, California, and Hawaii before he was honorably discharged in 1976. John was a computer wizard; he could fix and program almost any computer system. He worked for Texas Instruments, in Dallas, had his own consulting company and worked for many companies in Austin and worked for IBM in Boulder, Colorado, as well as several small companies in Oklahoma City and a large Grocery chain in New Hampshire. He also helped to create super computers for the medical profession that would share intercommunication to the doctors from other areas of the hospital. His family meant everything to him, and he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah; to be with his daughter, Nancy and grandchildren and followed her to Oklahoma and Bartlesville, OK. He was a member of City Church and attended the Men's Prayer Group weekly with great men. He is survived by his daughter, Nancy Malone (Gilstrap); grandchildren, Treabien-Moore Liston. and Lydia Gavrila and Bonus grandchildren Elizabeth and Sklyer Malone; Son in law, Mark Malone of Nowata OK; Brother, Randy Gilstrap and his wife, Patricia of Garland, TX; nephew, Christopher Gilstrap and his wife Ryanna of Ohio ;Sister, Michelle Gilstrap , and niece, Cynthia Mena of Arkansas; sister, Alison Gilstrap, Bartlesville, OK and nephew, Nathaniel Burnell of Organ; sister, Kimberly (Gilstrap) and her husband Steven Schieler of Jerseyville, Illinois; their children, Elizabeth Schieler of North Dakota and David Bateman-Schieler and his husband Dylan of Florida, and many great nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death is his Son, Charles Anthony Gilstrap of San Francisco, and Son in law, Troy Liston of Nowata OK; his parents, Donald Ross and Anne Dorothy, of Del City and final home in Moore, Ok. His viewing is at Stumpf funeral home, Bartlesville, Thursday afternoon, January 27, 2020, with an informal service Friday, January 28 at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. His final resting place will be Ft. Gibson National Cemetery on Feb. 11th.

John Curtis Gilstrap

May 11, 1953 - January 24, 2020