Maxine Livingston

Maxine Livingston, 88, of Muskogee passed away Saturday morning after a lengthy illness. Maxine was born on May 4, 1924 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to George and Lydia (Kangas) Perreault. She grew up and attended Tulsa Public Schools, graduating from Tulsa Central High School in 1941. She married her high school flame, Jim Livingston on May 29, 1945 while Jim was serving in the United States Army Air Corps as a pilot instructor. They established their household in Tulsa and had a son, Robert and a daughter, Bess. Maxine and Jim were avid golfers and she served as President of the Tulsa Women’s Golf Association while they lived in Tulsa. They moved to Dallas, Texas and lived there for 17 years. They moved to Muskogee in 1987 and Maxine was elected to serve as President of the Women’s Golf Association at the Muskogee Country Club. During her golf career she hit a ‘hole in one’ on #17 at the Muskogee Country Club. During their marriage, Maxine and Jim travelled extensively in the United States and abroad on golfing trips to include Alaska, Scotland, England, France, Hawaii, Mexico, Singapore, Bali and the Dominican Republic. Maxine was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was a people person and never met a stranger. She will be greatly missed. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Ed, Charles, and Johnny Perreault; and her sisters, Marie Dowell, Alona Harrold, and Betty Bird. Maxine is survived by her husband of over 67 years, Jim; her son, Dr. Robert J. Livingston and wife Donna of Muskogee; her daughter, Bess Livingston and husband Grant Hall of Tulsa; her grandsons, Dr. Josh Livingston of Tulsa, OK, Toby Livingston of Greeley, CO, Dylan McCants of Tulsa, OK; her great grandsons, Ethan Livingston and Luke McCants, both of Tulsa; her great granddaughters, Riley Livingston, Bella Livingston, and Mary Cate McCants, all of Tulsa, OK, and Ashlen Livingston of Windsor, CO; her sister, Joy Binkley and husband Rudy of Pryor and numerous other family members The family requests memorials be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church, 301 N. Virginia St., Muskogee, OK 74403.

Maxine Livingston

May 4, 1924 - January 12, 2013