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Red Fork Cleaners
Richard and Sue Niles
www.redforkcleaners.com
Richard@redforkcleaners.com
Sue@redforkcleaners.com

4128 S 25 W Ave
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74107
918-446-0626


Red Fork Cleaners has been in the same location for over 30 years.  All cleaning and laundry is done on premise. 
Specialists in dry cleaning, alterations, professional shirt and jean laundry.  Excellent cleaning of blankets and comforters. 

Owners are westside residents and Webster High School Alumni leaders.

Rich Niles, Red Fork Cleaners Manager
Rich@redforkcleaners.com



Niles Richard and Sue celebrate 40th anniversary
By Tulsa World Staff Reports 3/27/2005
Richard and Sue Niles of Tulsa celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary March 26, 2005.   The couple married March 26, 1965, at Red Fork Baptist Church in Tulsa. They have three sons: Rich Niles and wife Melissa and Jason Niles and wife Kimberly, all of Tulsa; and Kevin Niles and wife Lisa of San Antonio. They have three grandchildren: Kaleb Niles of Tulsa; and Nicholas Niles and Grace Niles of San Antonio. Richard and Sue Niles have owned and operated Red Fork Cleaners for 30 years.

 



Tulsa County News
December 18, 1952

 


 


Red Fork Cleaners heading up coat drive
By KRISTINA DUDLEY Tulsa World Assistant Editor 11/14/01
If you've got more than one winter coat hanging in your closet that you're not wearing, there are plenty of people who don't have one.  Each winter brings a need for coats for those people who are in need of something to ward off the effects of frigid weather. This year, Red Fork Cleaners owners Richard and Sue Niles will clean donated coats and deliver them to west Tulsa's Western Neighbors for distribution to those in need.

Richard Niles, who serves on the board for Western Neighbors, said he is involved with the coat project "because there's just a need."   Western Neighbors is an agency that provides food, clothing and assistance with utility bills for people in need. People can drop their unwanted coats at the dry cleaners at 4148 S. 25th West Ave., or at Community Bank, 2420 Southwest Blvd. The coats will be cleaned and later distributed. Community Bank is helping to defray the cost for cleaning the coats, Niles said.  The drive netted several hundred coats for men, women and children last winter, and so far approximately 70 have been collected. The cutoff date is Dec. 15.

Red Fork Cleaners has served westsiders for 28 years and the couple started the drive to help others.  It held its first drive in 1996 and cleaned some 300 to 400 coats for distribution. Though there are several organizations in Tulsa who organize coat drives, David Breed, executive director of Western Neighbors, said often these do not help people in southwest Tulsa. "People do not have transportation and are left out in the cold," Breed said.

The agency's location in southwest Tulsa makes it more accessible to people who live in this area. Many of Western Neighbors' clients are senior citizens who are especially affected by cold weather, he said. Other families may have several children who have spent their limited funds on back-to-school supplies and summer clothing.

With Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching, many families do not have the money to buy coats and winter clothing for all their children.  "Last year was a long, cold winter and thanks to Richard we were able to make a lot of families -- especially children -- more comfortable," Breed said.  He also said the variety of sizes and quantity of coats that were collected was especially helpful.   "I grew up in Iowa. I know about coats," Breed said. For more information, call Red Fork Cleaners at 446-0626 or Western Neighbors at 446-7010.


Red Fork Cleaners advertising in the
Tulsa County News
1957

 

     
     
     


 


 


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