"Service honors ORU students killed in crash"
(from Tulsa World, March 13, 2008)
A memorial service was held Wednesday to mark the deaths of Oral Roberts University students Rachel S. Davis and Gloria J. Burzynski, but it turned into a celebration of their lives.
Davis, 19, a sophomore from Edmond, and Burzynski, 21, a junior from Elmhurst, Ill., died Friday in a traffic accident on Oklahoma 66 in the Wellston area in Lincoln County.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown said Davis was driving west with Burzynski as her passenger when an eastbound driver tried to turn left in front of them.
Those who knew Davis and Burzynski preferred to recall the details of their lives instead of their deaths.
ORU junior Brittany Frierson, 21, said at the memorial service in the ORU chapel that she remembers Burzynski as someone who was always smiling and who always had a positive outlook.
"She could never walk past someone and not acknowledge them," Frierson recalled of her friend and track teammate. "What made her happy was to make other people happy."
Davis was part of the Comanche Park Outreach group that met each Saturday to minister to and play with children at the Tulsa Housing Authority complex.
Christie Lamond, 22, a senior who was Davis' outreach group leader, said she remembers the "love and compassion she had for the kids."
"Whenever there
was a need to be met, she'd meet it," Lamond said. "She always put others before herself."
Clarence Boyd, ORU's dean of student development and campus ministries, said his first memory of Davis came last year in Zambia. He said she was among a group of ORU students working with children who had been orphaned by the AIDS epidemic.
"She was a very bright young lady with a focus on her future," Boyd said.
Friends stepped up to microphones set up on each side of Christ's Chapel to share their recollections of the two young women who they said loved the Lord and made other people's lives better for having known them.
A simple message on a video display in the chapel summed up the message that seemed to be on everyone's mind:
"We will see you soon and will always love you."
(from Tulsa World, March 13, 2008)
A memorial service was held Wednesday to mark the deaths of Oral Roberts University students Rachel S. Davis and Gloria J. Burzynski, but it turned into a celebration of their lives.
Davis, 19, a sophomore from Edmond, and Burzynski, 21, a junior from Elmhurst, Ill., died Friday in a traffic accident on Oklahoma 66 in the Wellston area in Lincoln County.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown said Davis was driving west with Burzynski as her passenger when an eastbound driver tried to turn left in front of them.
Those who knew Davis and Burzynski preferred to recall the details of their lives instead of their deaths.
ORU junior Brittany Frierson, 21, said at the memorial service in the ORU chapel that she remembers Burzynski as someone who was always smiling and who always had a positive outlook.
"She could never walk past someone and not acknowledge them," Frierson recalled of her friend and track teammate. "What made her happy was to make other people happy."
Davis was part of the Comanche Park Outreach group that met each Saturday to minister to and play with children at the Tulsa Housing Authority complex.
Christie Lamond, 22, a senior who was Davis' outreach group leader, said she remembers the "love and compassion she had for the kids."
"Whenever there
was a need to be met, she'd meet it," Lamond said. "She always put others before herself."
Clarence Boyd, ORU's dean of student development and campus ministries, said his first memory of Davis came last year in Zambia. He said she was among a group of ORU students working with children who had been orphaned by the AIDS epidemic.
"She was a very bright young lady with a focus on her future," Boyd said.
Friends stepped up to microphones set up on each side of Christ's Chapel to share their recollections of the two young women who they said loved the Lord and made other people's lives better for having known them.
A simple message on a video display in the chapel summed up the message that seemed to be on everyone's mind:
"We will see you soon and will always love you."
"Service honors ORU students killed in crash"
(from Tulsa World, March 13, 2008)
A memorial service was held Wednesday to mark the deaths of Oral Roberts University students Rachel S. Davis and Gloria J. Burzynski, but it turned into a celebration of their lives.
Davis, 19, a sophomore from Edmond, and Burzynski, 21, a junior from Elmhurst, Ill., died Friday in a traffic accident on Oklahoma 66 in the Wellston area in Lincoln County.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown said Davis was driving west with Burzynski as her passenger when an eastbound driver tried to turn left in front of them.
Those who knew Davis and Burzynski preferred to recall the details of their lives instead of their deaths.
ORU junior Brittany Frierson, 21, said at the memorial service in the ORU chapel that she remembers Burzynski as someone who was always smiling and who always had a positive outlook.
"She could never walk past someone and not acknowledge them," Frierson recalled of her friend and track teammate. "What made her happy was to make other people happy."
Davis was part of the Comanche Park Outreach group that met each Saturday to minister to and play with children at the Tulsa Housing Authority complex.
Christie Lamond, 22, a senior who was Davis' outreach group leader, said she remembers the "love and compassion she had for the kids."
"Whenever there
was a need to be met, she'd meet it," Lamond said. "She always put others before herself."
Clarence Boyd, ORU's dean of student development and campus ministries, said his first memory of Davis came last year in Zambia. He said she was among a group of ORU students working with children who had been orphaned by the AIDS epidemic.
"She was a very bright young lady with a focus on her future," Boyd said.
Friends stepped up to microphones set up on each side of Christ's Chapel to share their recollections of the two young women who they said loved the Lord and made other people's lives better for having known them.
A simple message on a video display in the chapel summed up the message that seemed to be on everyone's mind:
"We will see you soon and will always love you."
(from Tulsa World, March 13, 2008)
A memorial service was held Wednesday to mark the deaths of Oral Roberts University students Rachel S. Davis and Gloria J. Burzynski, but it turned into a celebration of their lives.
Davis, 19, a sophomore from Edmond, and Burzynski, 21, a junior from Elmhurst, Ill., died Friday in a traffic accident on Oklahoma 66 in the Wellston area in Lincoln County.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown said Davis was driving west with Burzynski as her passenger when an eastbound driver tried to turn left in front of them.
Those who knew Davis and Burzynski preferred to recall the details of their lives instead of their deaths.
ORU junior Brittany Frierson, 21, said at the memorial service in the ORU chapel that she remembers Burzynski as someone who was always smiling and who always had a positive outlook.
"She could never walk past someone and not acknowledge them," Frierson recalled of her friend and track teammate. "What made her happy was to make other people happy."
Davis was part of the Comanche Park Outreach group that met each Saturday to minister to and play with children at the Tulsa Housing Authority complex.
Christie Lamond, 22, a senior who was Davis' outreach group leader, said she remembers the "love and compassion she had for the kids."
"Whenever there
was a need to be met, she'd meet it," Lamond said. "She always put others before herself."
Clarence Boyd, ORU's dean of student development and campus ministries, said his first memory of Davis came last year in Zambia. He said she was among a group of ORU students working with children who had been orphaned by the AIDS epidemic.
"She was a very bright young lady with a focus on her future," Boyd said.
Friends stepped up to microphones set up on each side of Christ's Chapel to share their recollections of the two young women who they said loved the Lord and made other people's lives better for having known them.
A simple message on a video display in the chapel summed up the message that seemed to be on everyone's mind:
"We will see you soon and will always love you."
