January 8, 1943 - August 25, 2009

BRAUN - Jacob G., IV. Joe Braun, 66, of Tulsa died peacefully at home on August 25, 2009, after a 10-month battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Martha Lou, son Jacob, daughter SoRelle and son-in-law Spencer G. Brown of Atlanta, sister Mrs. Newton G. Quantz, Jr., half-sister Kathy Ann White, and many loved ones. He was born January 8, 1943, in New Orleans, and attended the Sewanee Military Academy (TN, 1962). Joe was a Landscape Architect who designed many of Tulsa's green spaces. He earned a Bachelor's in Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University (1968, Delta Kappa Epsilon), and a Master's of Landscape Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (1971). He and Lou married in 1963 while at LSU, and lived in Boston and Vermont after college. In Tulsa Joe founded The Jacob Braun Company, Inc. He designed Tulsa's Gardens at Gilcrease Museum, Warren Place, and Harwelden; Myriad Gardens, Lincoln Boulevard, and Walker Avenue in Oklahoma City; as well as parks and building sites nationwide. Joe advanced his profession as the organizer and first president of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, as a visiting lecturer at Landscape Architecture programs, and by serving on national boards of registration and university program accreditation. He was formerly a member of the Tulsa Preservation Commission and of the Tulsa Arts Commission. Above all, he was a loving husband, father, and friend whose smile and wit are unforgettable. He was preceded in death by: his mother Martha Brogan Braun, father Jacob G. Braun III, and half-brothers Felix and Hubert. Joe's memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 29, at Trinity Episcopal Church, with a reception following. Fitzgerald Funeral Service - The Ivy Chapel, 585-1151. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.