Karen Galvan

Funeral Services for Karen Galvan, 67, Weatherford resident will be held 1:00 P.M., Monday, August 3, 2020 in the Wetherford Indian Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Gerald Panana. Burial will conclude in the Greenwood Cemetery in Weatherford under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. A Traditional All Night Wake Service starting at 8:00 P.M., Sunday, August 2, 2020 at the Home Place, 9649 North Highway 54, 5 and 1/2/ miles north of Weatherford. Karen Sue (Yellow Eagle) Galvan was born October 28, 1952 to Rufus Yellow Eagle and Sara (Naranajo) Yellow Eagle in Clinton, Oklahoma and passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in the Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Karen was raised and started school in Weatherford. She later transferred to Riverside Indian School where she graduated in 1971. She enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and was Honorably Discharged in 1973. She returned to Weatherford and attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She was married to Ronald Ray Galvan December 19, 1981 in Weatherford. They moved to Houston, Texas where she worked with mentally handicapped adults until 2004. She returned to Oklahoma and was employed with Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes as an Administrative Assistant. She was a member of the Indian Baptist Church, the Native American Church; she was a proud member of the Cheyenne/Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. She loved going to Peyote meetings; she was a Sundance Women; she enjoyed making shawls and going to native ceremonies. She was preceded by her parents, daughter, Ofelia Galvan, sister, Linda Gail Cully, brother, Rufus Yellow Eagle, Jr. She is survived by her husband, Ronald, of the home, daughter, Cheyenne Galvan, son, Ronnie Galvan, all of El Reno; four sisters, Lela Pedro, El Reno, Wanda Galviz and husband, Erasmo, Weatherford, Elaine Herrera and husband, Alberto, Weatherford and Marlene Yellow Eagle, Weatherford; brothers, Gerald Yellow Eagle, Thomas, Aldon Yellow Eagle, Weatherford, Martin Yellow Eagle, Weatherford, Jose Santos Yellow Eagle and Denise, Ada. She is also survived by granddaughter, Nina Sue Keeto, El Reno and grandson, Jaydon Herrera, Altus.