Roberta Curtis Harrison

Private Funeral Services for Roberta Harrison, 84, Clinton resident will be held in the Clinton Indian Cemetery officiated by Pastor Gerald Panana and under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. A come and go wake service will be held 6:00 till 8:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 2, 2020 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel. Roberta Maye Curtis Harrison was born May 16, 1936 to Amiel George Curtis and Margaret Amiela (Riggs) Curtis in Clinton, Oklahoma and passed away, Friday November 27, 2020 in the Clinton Alliance Health. Roberta was raised in Calumet, Geary and Clinton, Oklahoma. She attended her schooling in Clinton. She was employed at the Clinton Greyhound Bus Station when she met the love of her life, Alton Lewis Harrison, Sr., who was on leave from the United States Marines. They married and during his deployment, they made their homes in many different states. Roberta and Alton loved to dance; they often cleared the ballroom dance floors. These dances they taught their children. Family dancing was involved the whole family time. Roberta made her career as a teacher and a nurse’s aide. She taught at the Institute of the Southern Plains in Hammon, Oklahoma. She also worked at the United Methodist Health Care Center for over 35 years. She received the longest active employee award for many years until she retired in 2012. She was evolved in helping raise most of children and grandchildren. She instilled her life teachings and recipes to her family. She was an avid reader to the Clinton Daily news and a fan of the Soap Opera “Days of Our Life”. Roberta was a member of the Clinton Indian Baptist Church; she enjoyed beading, rummage sales, quilting which she made for her children and grandchildren. Her passion was spending time with her family. She loved to tell the family stories of her life and always had them be her side. Roberta will be missed by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters, Mary Belle Lonebear, and Caroline Curtis; three brothers Raymond Stonecalf, Nathan Curtis and George Curtis, Sr.; four sons, Winston Turtle, Sr., Michael Boe Turtle, Robert Buster Harrison and Terry Rice; two daughters Ramona Dorcas Turtle and Blynn Francis Harrison and a grandson Ethan Lewis Harrison. She is survived by three daughters, Shirley of the home, LaQuita “Pinky” Loneman and husband, Kelly of El Reno, OK and Sandra Thunderbull and husband Chris, of Clinton; son, Alton Harrison, Jr., and wife, Frieda, of Clinton. She is also survive by grandchildren, Ethan Harrison, Inez Harrison, Jaidyn, Harrison, Ramona Harrison, Brandon Harrison, Roberta Goombi, William Harrison, Johannah Pedro, Eugene Pedro, Willie Pedro, Lydell Pedro, Michael Reynold Jacee Wheeler, Lewis Harrison and Marcus Yellowhair; great-grandchildren, Caydence Harrison, Gavino Camarillo, Collins Goombi, Tyler Clayton, Morgan Clayton, Rosemary Mack, Kailani Mack, Naomi Pedro, Nikolai, Pedro, Trevor Harrison and Jacob Prairiechief.