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Lela Jean Ummerteskee ©Tahlequah Daily Press
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
May 7, 2012Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
TAHLEQUAH — Funeral services for Lela Ummerteskee will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 7, 2012, at The Place Where They Play, Sequoyah High School gym, with Rev. Jess French officiating.
Pallbearers will be Elmer Lowe, Jason Wilder, Tommy Moore, Justin Godwin, David Yahola, and Carl Hornet. Honorary pallbearers are Jack Baker, Chad Smith, Pat Ragsdale and Gary Wilder.
Interment will follow in the Pumpkin Hollow Cemetery under the care of Green Country Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at tahlequahfuneral.com.
Lela Jean Ummerteskee was born in Tahlequah, on Sept. 27, 1953, to Maxine and Clyde Maynard. She passed away on May 2, 2012, in Tulsa, at the age of 58.
Lela grew up in Marble City. After completing high school, she attended the University of Arkansas.
She enjoyed playing and visiting with her grandchildren, vacationing with her family, and watching reality TV shows. Her favorites were the “The Real Housewives” series and “Jersey Shore.”
She and Perry Ummerteskee were reunited in marriage on July 3, 2009.
Lela had worked for The Cherokee Nation for 33 years. She started in the Registration Department, where she later became tribal registrar.
Lela is survived by her husband, Perry, of the home; four daughters, Tomasine Moore and children Kayla and Katie, of Tahlequah, Melissa Lowe, husband, Elmer, and children, Alijah and Aidyn, of Taft, Debra and Arron Parris, and children Bethany and Sally Wilder, and Lucy May Majors, of Tahlequah, Lucy Wilder and husband Jason Sr., and children Jason Jr. and Deona, of Tahlequah; and one son, Michael Bunch and wife Dana, and their son Hunter, also of Tahlequah.
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