Edward “Ed” Elephant Jr., at the age of 66, of Shawnee, passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, at Hospice Quality Care, Midwest City.
Ed was born on Mother’s Day, May 14, 1950, to Edward Elephant Sr. and Pauline (Washington) Elephant at the Pawnee Indian Hospital in Pawnee. He was an enrolled member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe and also belonged to the Creek and Seminole Tribes.
Ed’s education was completed at South Rock Elementary, Chilocco Indian Boarding School, Haskell Institute and Okmulgee Technical School. He undertook the vocation as a painter while at Chilocco and Haskell. Ed worked as a painter at Allen-Bradley, trained as a housing inspector at the Absentee Shawnee Tribal Housing Authority and later became a housing manager. He worked as a housing inspector at the Sac and Fox Tribal Housing Authority. Ed served as a member on the Absentee Shawnee Tribal EDA board and was contracted as the EDA manager. Tribal politics ended his working career and he began having serious long term health issues.
Preceding him in death are his parents; maternal grandparents, Florine and Willie Washington; paternal grandparents, Annie and Henry Elephant.
Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Pauletta and Charley Johnson Jr. of Bixby; sister, Doris Cloud; nephew, Larry Ben Coffee, of the home; niece, Amanda Johnson Stafford, and her husband, Scott; grandniece, Loda Stafford of Willow Park, Texas; uncle, Algene Washington of Tecumseh; and a host of cousins.
Visitation will be from noon until 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17, and continue until service time at Cooper Funeral Home.
Service will be 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 18, at Cooper Funeral Home with Reverend Dan Factor and Scott Stafford officiating. Burial will follow at Johnson Cemetery under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
To share memories, or to sign the guestbook online, go to www.cooperfuneral.com.
Ed was born on Mother’s Day, May 14, 1950, to Edward Elephant Sr. and Pauline (Washington) Elephant at the Pawnee Indian Hospital in Pawnee. He was an enrolled member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe and also belonged to the Creek and Seminole Tribes.
Ed’s education was completed at South Rock Elementary, Chilocco Indian Boarding School, Haskell Institute and Okmulgee Technical School. He undertook the vocation as a painter while at Chilocco and Haskell. Ed worked as a painter at Allen-Bradley, trained as a housing inspector at the Absentee Shawnee Tribal Housing Authority and later became a housing manager. He worked as a housing inspector at the Sac and Fox Tribal Housing Authority. Ed served as a member on the Absentee Shawnee Tribal EDA board and was contracted as the EDA manager. Tribal politics ended his working career and he began having serious long term health issues.
Preceding him in death are his parents; maternal grandparents, Florine and Willie Washington; paternal grandparents, Annie and Henry Elephant.
Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Pauletta and Charley Johnson Jr. of Bixby; sister, Doris Cloud; nephew, Larry Ben Coffee, of the home; niece, Amanda Johnson Stafford, and her husband, Scott; grandniece, Loda Stafford of Willow Park, Texas; uncle, Algene Washington of Tecumseh; and a host of cousins.
Visitation will be from noon until 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17, and continue until service time at Cooper Funeral Home.
Service will be 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 18, at Cooper Funeral Home with Reverend Dan Factor and Scott Stafford officiating. Burial will follow at Johnson Cemetery under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
To share memories, or to sign the guestbook online, go to www.cooperfuneral.com.
Edward “Ed” Elephant Jr., at the age of 66, of Shawnee, passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, at Hospice Quality Care, Midwest City.
Ed was born on Mother’s Day, May 14, 1950, to Edward Elephant Sr. and Pauline (Washington) Elephant at the Pawnee Indian Hospital in Pawnee. He was an enrolled member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe and also belonged to the Creek and Seminole Tribes.
Ed’s education was completed at South Rock Elementary, Chilocco Indian Boarding School, Haskell Institute and Okmulgee Technical School. He undertook the vocation as a painter while at Chilocco and Haskell. Ed worked as a painter at Allen-Bradley, trained as a housing inspector at the Absentee Shawnee Tribal Housing Authority and later became a housing manager. He worked as a housing inspector at the Sac and Fox Tribal Housing Authority. Ed served as a member on the Absentee Shawnee Tribal EDA board and was contracted as the EDA manager. Tribal politics ended his working career and he began having serious long term health issues.
Preceding him in death are his parents; maternal grandparents, Florine and Willie Washington; paternal grandparents, Annie and Henry Elephant.
Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Pauletta and Charley Johnson Jr. of Bixby; sister, Doris Cloud; nephew, Larry Ben Coffee, of the home; niece, Amanda Johnson Stafford, and her husband, Scott; grandniece, Loda Stafford of Willow Park, Texas; uncle, Algene Washington of Tecumseh; and a host of cousins.
Visitation will be from noon until 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17, and continue until service time at Cooper Funeral Home.
Service will be 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 18, at Cooper Funeral Home with Reverend Dan Factor and Scott Stafford officiating. Burial will follow at Johnson Cemetery under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
To share memories, or to sign the guestbook online, go to www.cooperfuneral.com.
Ed was born on Mother’s Day, May 14, 1950, to Edward Elephant Sr. and Pauline (Washington) Elephant at the Pawnee Indian Hospital in Pawnee. He was an enrolled member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe and also belonged to the Creek and Seminole Tribes.
Ed’s education was completed at South Rock Elementary, Chilocco Indian Boarding School, Haskell Institute and Okmulgee Technical School. He undertook the vocation as a painter while at Chilocco and Haskell. Ed worked as a painter at Allen-Bradley, trained as a housing inspector at the Absentee Shawnee Tribal Housing Authority and later became a housing manager. He worked as a housing inspector at the Sac and Fox Tribal Housing Authority. Ed served as a member on the Absentee Shawnee Tribal EDA board and was contracted as the EDA manager. Tribal politics ended his working career and he began having serious long term health issues.
Preceding him in death are his parents; maternal grandparents, Florine and Willie Washington; paternal grandparents, Annie and Henry Elephant.
Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Pauletta and Charley Johnson Jr. of Bixby; sister, Doris Cloud; nephew, Larry Ben Coffee, of the home; niece, Amanda Johnson Stafford, and her husband, Scott; grandniece, Loda Stafford of Willow Park, Texas; uncle, Algene Washington of Tecumseh; and a host of cousins.
Visitation will be from noon until 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17, and continue until service time at Cooper Funeral Home.
Service will be 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 18, at Cooper Funeral Home with Reverend Dan Factor and Scott Stafford officiating. Burial will follow at Johnson Cemetery under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
To share memories, or to sign the guestbook online, go to www.cooperfuneral.com.
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