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Obituary
Cache Creek Cemetery
Caddo County, Oklahoma
Submitted by:
Sandi Carter
© The Clinton Daily News Clinton OK February 14, 2007 Lula Jean [Blackowl] Smith Lula Smith rites ThursdayFuneral services for Lula Jean Smith, age 73 of Anadarko, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Reformed Church in Apache. She died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, at a Lawton hospital. Lula Jean Blackowl was born on Oct. 24, 1933 in Apache, the daughter of Archie Wade and Faith Attocknie Blackowl. She was a member of the Catholic Faith and of Comanche and Cheyenne decent. She is from the Yellowfish-Attocknie families and is a descendant of Ten Bears. Reared in Apache, she attended St. Patrick's Catholic School and also attended the Ft. Sill Indian School before graduating from the Concho Indian School. Upon graduation, she worked for Sequoyah Mills before enrolling at Haskell Institute where she received her certification as a dental assistant. As a student at Haskell Institute, she was active in the Indian Club where she served as president. She belonged to The Girls and Barefoot handgame teams and was the founder of `The Crew." Smith also danced in traditional buckskin and stomp dancing for which she held many championship titles. Burial will be in the Cache Creek KCA Cemetery west of Apache under direction of Comanche Nation Funeral Home in Lawton. Survivors include children, Gerard "Bear" Blackowl, LaQuinta "Quinkie" Beaver and her husband, Myron, Clemencia "Chickie" Smith, Kenneth Wesley Smith and Narissa "Teeny" Smith-Gonzalez, all of Anadarko, Ila "New Baby" and Keith Bennett of Elgin; two adopted sons: Keith Wetselline of Lawton and Billy Komahcheet and his wife, Amber, of Indiahoma; a son-in-law, William Morgan Tosee, Sr.; 16 grandchildren, Lura Mai Smith, Derris Allen Smith, Robert Louis Tsotaddle, Jr., William Morgan Tosee, Jr., Waylon Nordmark Chavez, Rachelle Ione Tosee-Rankin, Deava Veree Chavez, Mariah Nadine Tsotaddle, Delos Wade Chavez, Cecily Monique Doyeto, John Michael Beaver, Santana Smith, Laken Yvonne Tosee, Kendra Denese Tosee, Miranda Pauline Beaver, Shonnda Marie Blackowl; four great-grandchildren, Destiny Renee Tosee, Lillian Rain Vaughn, Ila Kiyah-Jean Vaughn, Dashanell Benedict Topaum; three brothers, George Blackowl, Daniel Blackowl and Arche Blackowl, III, all of California; three sisters, Ola Mae Tsatoke of Apache, Ida Lura Asah Jones of Oklahoma City, Donna Jean Mopope Tsatoke of Anadarko. Preceding her in death were her parents; one infant son, Devere Felix Smith; and eight brothers, Albert "Butchie" Blackowl, Ollie "Sawyer" Blackowl, Wilbur "Billy" Blackowl, Archie Wade Blackowl, Jr., Jasper Blackowl, Joe Blackowl, Brian Blackowl, and Richard Blackowl. |
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