David Tieaskie was born January 9, 1951 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma to Elias Tieaskie and Martha (Wilkinson) Tieaskie.
After a short illness, he assed away July 20, 2007 at Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas at the age of 56 years, 6 months and 11 days.
His surviving family includes two sisters, Vada Stayathome and husband, Archie, of Stilwell, OK, Jaymee Griffin and husband, Frank, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma; two brothers, Cooper Elias Tieaskie and wife, Linda, of Spokane, WA, Charles William Tieaskie and wife, Evelyn, of Fayetteville, AR. A host of nieces and nephews also survive him.