Akai Lahti Old Crow

Akai Lahti Oldcrow (Bear Boy), 30, of Weatherford, was born October 5, 1993. He is the son of John Matthew Oldcrow III and Dianne Renae Sanders. He passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at the OU Medical in Oklahoma City, OK.

Akai was raised in McLoud, Oklahoma and graduated from McLoud High School, Class of 2012. He was very active in football, baseball, and soccer. He later continued his education at the Choctaw Vocational Technical School where he received his Certified Welding Certificate. He worked at various locations doing industrial work and working on oil rigs.

Akai was a member of the Koinonia Mennonite Church in Clinton, Oklahoma. He enjoyed fishing bowling; and he was an avid sports fan, he especially loved the Oklahoma Sooners and the Dallas Cowboys.

Akai loved to dance, loved to play pranks, he loved to make you smile especially on days you didn’t want to. He had this bright and infectious smile that lit up the room when he entered and had a laugh that simply brightened your day no matter what. He was a good soul inside and out and would give you the shirt off his back if he knew you needed it. He definitely had one of the most kindest, softest hearts any of us had ever known.

He is survived by his mother, Dianne Sanders and her husband, Daniel Blackwolf, of Clinton; grandparents, Wilma Redbird of Weatherford, Dwane Sanders and Carol Sanders of Newalla, Helen Botone of Moore, Mary Lou Stoneroad of El Reno and Irene Deer of Kingfisher; son, Kholt Oldcrow of McLoud; cousins, Krista Blackwolf and her husband, Brandon Whiteman of El Reno, Conley Blackwolf and his wife, Chelsi Blackwolf of Shawnee, Ashley Griffin and her husband Corey Griffin, of Tecumseh, Todd Blackwolf of Fountain Valley, California, Blake Worlund and his wife Annie Worlund of Shawnee, Shayla Dyer of Clinton, Adeas Oldcrow of Weatherford, Joseph Dyer Jr. of Weatherford and Sage Dyer of Weatherford, and several nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles and friends.

Preceding him in death were his father, John Oldcrow III, paternal grandfather, John Oldcrow, II, brother, Parrish Blackwolf, maternal aunt Terrisa Sanders, paternal uncles Gaylon Oldcrow and Joseph Dyer, and cousin Khristian Blackwolf.

A Traditional Wake service will be held at the Koinonia Mennonite Church, Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

Funeral Services will be held at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Clinton Emergency Response Center (ERC), Friday, January 26, 2024, at 1:00 PM, officiated by Rev. Susan Hart. Burial will conclude in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.