A Claremore veteran who was critical in helping Oklahoma Blood Institute with donations has died from cancer.
Lieutenant Commander Murry Estabrook has helped up to 12,000 people through his work with the Oklahoma Blood Institute.
Friends at the Oklahoma Blood Institute said no one has done more for blood donations in the area than Estabrook and he was a remarkable man.
Estabrook served in the Navy for 24 years and had been working with Oklahoma Blood Institute through Claremore High School ROTC program since the early 2000s. You couldn t interact with him without having a better day for having seen him, said Susan Addison with OBI.
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Some have found new care, but others are concerned about where to go next. The day they announced they were closing, I started calling everybody to see who could get me in, said Lt. Commander Murry Estabrook.
Estabrook found out he had Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in January and got an appointment with Cancer Treatment Centers of America within 48 hours. After they announced their June closure, he was worried he wouldn t have a place to go.
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Even while battling cancer, a local veteran is determined to help others.
Murry Estabrook has been helping to host blood drives for almost twenty years, along with Claremore High School.
Estabrook was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in January. However, that hasn’t slowed down his passion to help people.
He’s the Senior Naval Science Instructor at Claremore High School and knows what serving all is about because for 24 years he served in the Navy before retiring as an Electronics Intelligence Officer.
Estabrook said he wants to motivate the community to donate blood. He said more than 4,000 units of blood have been donated since he started working at the school 17 years ago. There were two blood drives held just this month.
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âIn all my life I have never had care like I have here, Estabrook said.
âI was circling the toilet, said CTCA patient, Bill. I was at stage four by the time I got here. Iâd be dead if it wasnât for these people.â