MAY 2025 | 89 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL in 1965. He had a law practice in Oklahoma City, originally partnering with his father-in-law, James Eagleton. He was most proud of his contribution to founding Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, a nonprofit organization providing legal representation to abused and neglected children in Oklahoma County. Gary Page Sibeck of Los Angeles died March 27, 2024. He was born Dec. 25, 1929. He graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from OU and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1962. Mr. Sibeck taught at Western New Mexico University and practiced law in Oklahoma City for three years before joining Loyola University as an assistant professor in 1965. He became an associate professor in 1971 and a full professor in 1977. Mr. Sibeck retired after 53 years at the university. He was a member of several professional organizations, including the United States Court of International Trade, the American and Pacific/Southwest Business Law Associations and the Business Association of Latin American Studies. Louis Everett Striegel of Tulsa died April 15, 2024. He was born March 21, 1932, in Salisbury, Missouri, and graduated from Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Striegel joined the U.S. Navy and was honorably discharged in April 1951. He graduated from William Jewell College in 1958 and received his J.D. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law in 1981. He graduated with a master’s degree in political science from Wichita State University and completed all coursework toward a doctorate in political science from the University of Kansas. He began his legal career working as special counsel for Wichita, Kansas, businessman Willard Garvey. He then traveled throughout Kansas selling law books to local law firms for the Vernon Law Book Co. He joined the legal staff of the Environmental Protection Agency in Denver, writing water quality standards. That work led him to the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., first as special assistant to the solicitor and then as deputy undersecretary. While in Washington, D.C., he also served as minority council for the House Interior Committee and held a short term as an appellate court judge, as well as a member of the legal staff for the World Bank. He moved to Tulsa and was asked to serve in the newly created Department of Energy as deputy chief council for the Southwest District Office, as well as acting deputy director of the Economic Regulatory Administration. Mr. Striegel later moved to Stigler, where he operated a farm and opened a private law practice. He was elected associate district judge for Haskell County and retired from his law practice in 2007. Ralph L. Wampler of Enid died June 29, 2024. He was born Feb. 2, 1929, in Norman and graduated from OU in 1950. Mr. Wampler served in the military from 1950 until 1953 and then entered the Army Reserves. He achieved the rank of colonel. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1959 and worked for the Corporation Commission, where he became general counsel. In 1968, he was appointed judge for the federal government, where he served until his retirement in 2013. Allan R. Woodland of Oklahoma City died March 12. He was born Sept. 24, 1973, in Winnemucca, Nevada. After graduating from high school, he served a two-year mission in South Carolina for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. Woodland moved to Washington, earned his pharmacy technician certificate and worked as a pharmacy tech while taking classes at the local college. He eventually went to Phoenix, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer systems. He received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 2006. Mr. Woodland started his own law firm, Woodland Law, in Oklahoma. He was appointed a special municipal judge for the municipal court of record for a two-year term in July 2014. During this time, he appeared in a Nike commercial and in the movies Gosnell, as an attorney, and Reagan, as the bodyguard, among others. Mr. Woodland moved to Salt Lake City after his youngest child graduated, and he was working as a prosecuting attorney for the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office at the time of his death. He remained active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throughout his life. Andrea Lea Worden of Norman died Oct. 27, 2024. She was born Jan. 11, 1981, in Fort Gibson. Ms. Worden graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma and received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2006. She founded Worden Law Firm, now Worden & Carbitcher. She was a criminal defense attorney who trained numerous attorneys and paralegals.
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