Moses Starr

Funeral Services for Moses Starr, Jr., 85, Arapaho Chief, will be held 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 8, 2017 in the First Baptist Church in Clinton, officiated by Rev. Gerald Panana. Burial will follow in the Concho Tribal Cemetery in Concho, OK under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. A wake service will be held 7:00 P.M. till 9:00 P.M., Monday, August 7, 2017 in the Cheyenne Arapaho Community Building east of Clinton. Moses Gerald Star, Jr. was born January 17, 1932 to Moses Gerald Starr, Sr., and Ellen Helen Heap-of-Birds; he was raised by his grandmother, Soar Woman in Clinton until her death. He passed away Friday, August 4th, 2017 in his Weatherford home. The Arapaho Chief was raised in the Dog Patch Allotment near Clinton and graduated from Concho Indian School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1949 served with Air Borne Rangers during the Korean Conflict and was honorably discharged in 1954. He was married to Nellie Jo Old Crow in 1954 in Clinton and he later married Anita Little Raven in 1978 in Oklahoma City. He was a counselor for the Native American students in Oklahoma City Schools for a number of years. He was a very traditional and spoke and taught the Cheyenne Language. He has also traveled all over the United States promoting the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife's, two daughters, Madonna Rae Starr and Gerlene Pratt, three sons, Alton Edmond Starr, Theron Gerald Starr and Leroy Starr and a grandson, Baby Boy Trout; he was also preceded in death by his brothers and sisters. He is a member of the Baptist Church, Native American Church, and a proud and prestigious member of the Cheyenne\Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He attended and was active in most Native American events in Oklahoma and surrounding areas. He is survived by his three daughters, Juanita Trout, Clinton, Jeanette Sue Starr, Weatherford, and Regina Mata, Clinton, step daughters, Vickie Korrect and husband, Daniel, Oklahoma City and Kim Towns and husband, Tracy, Bethany; step sons, John a Pratt, Jr., and wife, Ruth Ann, OKC and Alan Charles Pratt and wife, Jennifer, OKC, OK, daughter in law, Yolonda Starr, two sisters, Edna Sutton, Canton, Rena Rose Youngbear, Oklahoma City. He is also survived by five adopted sons, Richie Cornacchios and wife, Cynthia, Robert Vetter and wife, Maddie, all of Long Island, NY, Kevin Link and wife, Lisa, Nashville, TN and Craig Hart and wife, Alana, Thomas, OK, and Gerald Panana, Clinton and adopted daughter, Michelle Thunder Bull, El Reno, OK; and several nieces and nephews including, Yvonne Wilson, El Reno, OK; 25 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren.