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SIMMS, Yahola
Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK
10-15-1990
Yahola Simms, 74, 310 w. Taft, died Saturday at Tulsa Regional Medical Center.
Services will be 10 am Tuesday at Pickett Chapel Indian Methodist Church with
the Rev. Mike Harjo officiating.
The body will be taken to the church at 4 pm today.
Burial will follow at the Simms Family Cemetery under the direction of Smith
Funeral Home.
Mr. Simms was born Aug 31, 1916, in Sapulpa. He served in the U.S. Air Force
during World War II and the Korean Conflict, retiring in 1962 after attaining
the rank of Technical Sergeant. He was a member of the American Legion, Disabled
American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was also a member of
Pickett Chapel Indian Methodist Church.
Survivors include daughters Sharon Clark of Alaska, Waynona Shellings of
Stillwater, Peggy West of Lexington, Eulanda of Florida and Kay Freeland of
Prattville; son Yahola Simms II of Riverside, CA; sisters Fannie Gibson, Rosie
Simms, Maxine Watashe and Madja Simms, all of Sapulpa, and Lillie Cox of
Okmulgee; and eight grandchildren.
SIMMS, Yahola
Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK
10-16-1990
(Additional information not in the above obituary)
Military services were conducted by the veterans organizations of Creek County.
Honorary casket bearers were Joe Watashe, Mark Watashe, Eli Walker, Steven
Walker, July Tulsa, Carl Bacon, Gene Bigpond, Ron West and James Bruner.
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