Geneva Biffle Murray

Born in Pauls Valley (lived in Tulsa) to Virginia and Roy Biffle, she became a lifelong animal lover and went on to earn a Master’s in zoology. She raised Saint Bernards and adopted rescue dogs, including her beloved Griffin, who preceded her in death. She could teach herself how to do anything, and she constantly amazed her family and friends with her wide variety of skills and knowledge. She was always proud to say that she was changing the lyrics to songs before Weird Al became popular. She restored antique sewing machines, collected Santas, was the family pinball champion, painted amazing portraits of her dogs, could hula hoop like no one’s business, could recite the entire Greek alphabet in just under 3 seconds, and was her son’s Boy Scout troop leader.

She taught Human Anatomy and Dissection at the OU Heath Sciences Center as a teaching assistant and at Central State University as a faculty member. She was a teacher at heart and raised her son (David) and daughter (Geneva) to love learning, enjoy crafting and creating, and to share her deep love of dogs. She had more than fifty years of love with her husband, Don, whom she met at college. She worked alongside him as he developed his medical practice. In retirement, they traveled extensively together, often joined by dear friends. There are too many beautiful memories of food, sight seeing, spades games, and sitting on porches with coffee to count.

She was beloved by everyone who met her. She would be disappointed that this obituary does not have a good pun.

She passed after a protracted fight against breast cancer that began in 2008. She took advantage of every single day and loved spending time with her family and friends. She is preceded in death by her mother, Virginia, and father, Roy, as well as her brothers Gary and Les, and her dogs Griffin, Sabie, Marshall, Jason, Sabrina, Kali…. She is survived by her loving husband Don, her children (Geneva and David), her son-in-law Jeff, and her dogs Yuki and Bella.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations in her memory to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, as she would want more research done to treat, and ultimately cure, triple negative breast cancer. There will be no funeral, per her request. She would want you to pet your dogs extra, and, if you’d like, to join us in singing Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum in celebration of her incredibly well-lived life.