Royce A. Springer Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Royce Ann Springer, 75, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, passed away on June 14. 2019. She was born to parents Leroy Hill and Glee Hill, on December 29, 1943, in Miami, Oklahoma. Growing up on a farm in rural Ottawa County, Royce learned the values of hard work while watching the technology of the future become a reality — television, air conditioning, telephones, and, eventually, the internet. After she graduated from Miami High School in 1962, Royce went on to study nursing at St. John's School of Nursing where she received her Certificate of Nursing as a registered nurse after surviving the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother for four years of hands-on education, exam torture, and countless bedpans. Always fueled by a rural Oklahoma work ethic, Royce focused her energies into patient care on every level possible in her 40+ years of nursing. From general health wards to house supervisor positions and the head nurse of an Oklahoma City hospital’s ER to changing the game in oncology nursing, Royce indeed found her life’s calling. When she wasn’t at work, Royce enjoyed travel. From Europe to eastern Oklahoma, she loved to experience the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of a new city or culture. Two of her favorite trips included a four-week European vacation where she visited over twenty countries and a family vacation to western Mexico, where she tried whole fried lobster. Royce was also an avid reader. From silly mysteries to non-fiction thrillers, she would read every book she could find. She never admitted that she liked anyone author more than another, but she had a few favorites based on her bookshelves. While Royce loved Elvis Presley, she made plenty of room in her life for her son Jeremy. Between school concerts and sports to theater auditions and fundraising dinners, Royce never missed a chance to support her son. From hospital hijinks with oxygen tanks, being “volunteered” by her son to make 65 enchiladas for a school dinner, playing bridge with friends, or finding her strength as a three-time cancer survivor, Royce loved to share the story of her life with family, co-workers, and friends both old and new. Memorial services will be held in Miami, Oklahoma, in the autumn. Memories, tributes, and condolences may be shared at www.crawfordfuneralservice.com/obituaries/Royce-Springer/. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Oncology Nursing Foundation on their website www.onsfoundation.org or by mail to 125 Enterprise Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15275.

Royce A. Springer

December 29, 1943 - June 14, 2019