Orville Lee Whiteskunk

Funeral Services for Orville Whiteskunk, 64, Clinton resident, will be held 1:00 P.M., Friday, May 7, 2021 in the Hammon Indian Cheyenne-Arapaho Community Building, officiated by Rev. David Flick, Burial will conclude in the Hammon Indian Mennonite Cemetery under direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. There will be a come and go Wake Service 6:00 P.M. till 8:00 P.M. Thursday, May 5, 2021 in the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Orville Lee Whiteskunk (Chief Appearing”, Ve’honeme’ehnestese) was born May 24, 1956 to Evelyn (Miles) Redbird and Frank Whiteskunk in Elk City, OK and passed away early Monday, May 3, 2021 in his rural Clinton home. Orville was raised in Hammon, OK and graduated from Hammon High School in 1974. He was married to Eugenia Goodblanket on August 15, 1975 in Clinton. He was employed s the Executive Director with the Housing Authority of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was a member of the Native American Church; he was a Headsman of the Kit Fox Society and a member of the Red Moon Gourd Clan. He enjoyed hunting; fast pitch softball; basketball, he made native shawls and was a Gourd Dancer; he enjoyed spending time with his daughters and grandchildren and especially his grandsons. He is preceded in death by his parents, sister, Cynthia Donna Whiteskunk, brother, Danny Joe Red Bird, Avery Whiteskunk, Frayne Whiteskunk and Rupert Whiteskunk. He is survived by his wife Jean, of the home, daughters, Sylvia Whiteskunk, of the home, Sonya Whiteskunk, Shelly Whiteskunk, Summer Whiteskunk and Shylia Whiteskunk, all of Clinton; adopted son, Byron Byrd, Hammon; sisters, Francilla Whiteskunk, Albuquerque, NM, Vodne Whiteskunk, Chapoose, Ft. Duchesne, Utah, Willa Whiteskunk, Ignacio, CO and Tina Begaye, AZ; brothers, Jeffery Whiteskunk, Selwin Whiteskunk, Frank Whiteskunk, Jr., all of Ignacio, CO and Ronald “Shorty” Whiteskunk, Hammon, OK. She is survived by 11 grandchildren and one great-grand on the way.