Beth Kanaley, longtime owner of Ted's Pipe Shoppe, dies at 84

(Tulsa World) As Beth Kanaley told new customers, a pipe needed to be broken in properly. But once that was done, a relationship had been forged that could last for years.
"That's the only way I know to buy a friend. Buy a pipe," said Kanaley, who as owner-operator of Ted's Pipe Shoppe in Tulsa doled out advice of that sort for nearly half a century. In the process, she made more than a few friends herself.
Kanaley's store, where she sold fine smoking tobacco and smoking accessories, became a gathering place for pipe and cigar enthusiasts. Continued