John RichardWARRIORJohn Richard Warrior, (84), passed away on Jan. 22, 2024 at Select Specialty Hospital, Oklahoma City. He was the husband of Deborah Roberts-Warrior and shared 30 years of marriage. John was born, raised and spent his early career in Middlesbrough and was the son of Charles Richard Warrior and Hilda (Hull) Warrior. His professional chemical engineering qualification was gained at Constantine Technical College (Middlesbrough) with further study at Bradford University. He worked for ICI (Teesside), Union Carbide, and Unilever in Europe and developed a silicon factory for Adwan Industries in Saudi Arabia. His career diverted into business development in Saudi Arabia with British Aerospace and Lucent Technologies. After moving to Oklahoma City, John become an American citizen. John travelled and worked throughout Europe, the Soviet Union, China, Asia and the USA. He loved his family, travel, and had a mischievous sense of humour. In his mind, he saw himself as "Scott of the Antarctic", an explorer, a pioneer, a traveller. He is survived by his wife, Deborah, Christopher and Julia Warrior, Michael Warrior and Lisa Glover, Robert and Christine Warrior, Tony and Anissa Warrior, Alex and Helen Warrior, Marla and Chris Joslin, and 14 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Ron Warrior.
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