Rites Thursday for Bearshield - @ 2:45 pm PST
Funeral services for Willie Bearshield, age 73, Clinton resident, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First Mennonite Church in Clinton.
A wake service is planned from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Memorial Chapel of the Kiesau-Marler Funeral Home in Clinton.
Bearshield died Monday, Oct. 8, 2001, at Oklahoma City. He was born on Nov. 28, 1927 in Clinton, the son of Leonard and Ruth Bearshield.
A member of the Indian Mennonite Church, he had lived in Clinton all of his life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from the federal government after 26 years of service in January of 1997.
Bearshield was married to Bertha on July 23, 1949. He received Indian Health Service awards, including the Public Health Service Superior Service Award, the highest award in the PHS and second highest in the department.
He had served as facility manager at the Clinton Indian Hospital for 24 years. Recipients for HIS awards must be nominated by their supervisors for outstanding contributions and dedication to program goals, for providing indispensable support services and for consistent leadership and diligence in all operations.
Bearshield participated in fancy war dances and was active in powwows as a master of ceremonies or head man dancer for many years.
He also enjoyed the hand game. He was captain of the Oklahoma Indians state hand game champions in 2001.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Bertha; a daughter, Betty Bearshield; his parents; and two sisters, Viola Bearshield and Lula Nanpuya.
Interment will be in the Clinton Indian Cemetery.
Survivors include sons Pete Bearshield and his wife, Gayle, Leonard Bearshield and his wife, Karen, Alton Bearshield and his wife, Christina, and Luke Bearshield, all of Clinton; daughters, Mary Beaver of Oklahoma City, Alice Thorpe of El Reno; 11 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Willie Bearshield, age 73, Clinton resident, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First Mennonite Church in Clinton.
A wake service is planned from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Memorial Chapel of the Kiesau-Marler Funeral Home in Clinton.
Bearshield died Monday, Oct. 8, 2001, at Oklahoma City. He was born on Nov. 28, 1927 in Clinton, the son of Leonard and Ruth Bearshield.
A member of the Indian Mennonite Church, he had lived in Clinton all of his life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from the federal government after 26 years of service in January of 1997.
Bearshield was married to Bertha on July 23, 1949. He received Indian Health Service awards, including the Public Health Service Superior Service Award, the highest award in the PHS and second highest in the department.
He had served as facility manager at the Clinton Indian Hospital for 24 years. Recipients for HIS awards must be nominated by their supervisors for outstanding contributions and dedication to program goals, for providing indispensable support services and for consistent leadership and diligence in all operations.
Bearshield participated in fancy war dances and was active in powwows as a master of ceremonies or head man dancer for many years.
He also enjoyed the hand game. He was captain of the Oklahoma Indians state hand game champions in 2001.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Bertha; a daughter, Betty Bearshield; his parents; and two sisters, Viola Bearshield and Lula Nanpuya.
Interment will be in the Clinton Indian Cemetery.
Survivors include sons Pete Bearshield and his wife, Gayle, Leonard Bearshield and his wife, Karen, Alton Bearshield and his wife, Christina, and Luke Bearshield, all of Clinton; daughters, Mary Beaver of Oklahoma City, Alice Thorpe of El Reno; 11 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
Rites Thursday for Bearshield - @ 2:45 pm PST
Funeral services for Willie Bearshield, age 73, Clinton resident, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First Mennonite Church in Clinton.
A wake service is planned from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Memorial Chapel of the Kiesau-Marler Funeral Home in Clinton.
Bearshield died Monday, Oct. 8, 2001, at Oklahoma City. He was born on Nov. 28, 1927 in Clinton, the son of Leonard and Ruth Bearshield.
A member of the Indian Mennonite Church, he had lived in Clinton all of his life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from the federal government after 26 years of service in January of 1997.
Bearshield was married to Bertha on July 23, 1949. He received Indian Health Service awards, including the Public Health Service Superior Service Award, the highest award in the PHS and second highest in the department.
He had served as facility manager at the Clinton Indian Hospital for 24 years. Recipients for HIS awards must be nominated by their supervisors for outstanding contributions and dedication to program goals, for providing indispensable support services and for consistent leadership and diligence in all operations.
Bearshield participated in fancy war dances and was active in powwows as a master of ceremonies or head man dancer for many years.
He also enjoyed the hand game. He was captain of the Oklahoma Indians state hand game champions in 2001.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Bertha; a daughter, Betty Bearshield; his parents; and two sisters, Viola Bearshield and Lula Nanpuya.
Interment will be in the Clinton Indian Cemetery.
Survivors include sons Pete Bearshield and his wife, Gayle, Leonard Bearshield and his wife, Karen, Alton Bearshield and his wife, Christina, and Luke Bearshield, all of Clinton; daughters, Mary Beaver of Oklahoma City, Alice Thorpe of El Reno; 11 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Willie Bearshield, age 73, Clinton resident, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First Mennonite Church in Clinton.
A wake service is planned from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Memorial Chapel of the Kiesau-Marler Funeral Home in Clinton.
Bearshield died Monday, Oct. 8, 2001, at Oklahoma City. He was born on Nov. 28, 1927 in Clinton, the son of Leonard and Ruth Bearshield.
A member of the Indian Mennonite Church, he had lived in Clinton all of his life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from the federal government after 26 years of service in January of 1997.
Bearshield was married to Bertha on July 23, 1949. He received Indian Health Service awards, including the Public Health Service Superior Service Award, the highest award in the PHS and second highest in the department.
He had served as facility manager at the Clinton Indian Hospital for 24 years. Recipients for HIS awards must be nominated by their supervisors for outstanding contributions and dedication to program goals, for providing indispensable support services and for consistent leadership and diligence in all operations.
Bearshield participated in fancy war dances and was active in powwows as a master of ceremonies or head man dancer for many years.
He also enjoyed the hand game. He was captain of the Oklahoma Indians state hand game champions in 2001.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Bertha; a daughter, Betty Bearshield; his parents; and two sisters, Viola Bearshield and Lula Nanpuya.
Interment will be in the Clinton Indian Cemetery.
Survivors include sons Pete Bearshield and his wife, Gayle, Leonard Bearshield and his wife, Karen, Alton Bearshield and his wife, Christina, and Luke Bearshield, all of Clinton; daughters, Mary Beaver of Oklahoma City, Alice Thorpe of El Reno; 11 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
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