WWII veteran in hospital after being attacked, wife was killed

Family Of Tulsa Couple Beaten In Home Invasion: 'They'd Do Anything For Anyone'


Posted: Mar 16, 2012
Lori Fullbright, News On 6

TULSA, Oklahoma - Family members talked to News On 6 crime reporter Lori Fullbright about Bob and Nancy Strait, the elderly couple beaten in their home Wednesday during a robbery.

The couple had been married more than 65 years, had six children and 18 grandchildren. They were great, great, great grandparents.

They had been sick for the past week from food poisoning and the flu. They had just agreed to move into an assisted living facility the day before they were attacked so viciously. Nancy died from her injuries, Bob is still in the hospital.

Bob Strait was a paratrooper in World War II. He was with the 101st airborne where he was part of the D-day invasion. He was awarded the Bronze Star.

Nancy grew up in a log cabin in Kenwood, Oklahoma with no running water. She moved to Tulsa to work during the war.

The two met after the war ended.
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