Posted by Jo Aguirre

Enid News and Eagle (OK)
Deceased: George F. Sutton
Date: December 24, 2008

A traditional Indian wake for George F. Sutton, 75, of Canton will be 7-10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, at Canton Community Center, Canton. The funeral will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, at Canton Community Center. The Revs. Lawrence Hart and Gerald Panana will officiate. Burial with military honors will be in Canton Indian Mennonite Cemetery. Arrangements are by Haigler-Pierce Funeral Home, Canton.

He was born Sept. 27, 1933, in Concho to William McKinley and Mary Susie Antelope Sutton and died Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, in Okeene.

He graduated from Canton High School in 1952, then attended Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, two years on an athletic scholarship. He joined the Marine Corps, serving during the Korean War. He served one term on the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal council and two terms on the business committee. He was one of the original founders of the Medicine Wheel Coalition for Sacred Sites of North America in 1990, and was elected the vice chairman until 2005, when he became the chairman. He also represented the Arapaho tribe at the Medicine Lodge, Kan., pageant and became a chief in the early 1980s. He was currently serving as the supervisor of the Howard Goodbear Wellness Center, Watonga.

Surviving are his wife, Edna Mae Buffalomeat Sutton; children, Patricia Sutton, Donald Sutton, Brian Sutton, Martha Sutton, Timothy Sutton, Chauncy Sutton, Holly Longwarrior, Chuck Campbell, Frank Campbell, Edna Ruth Longwarrior, Larry Buffalomeat and Raymond Buffalomeat; five brothers, Moses Starr, Chester Whiteman, Roy Dean Bullcoming, Joe Birdshead and Albeno Lujan; one sister, Fawn Stittman; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by an infant child and one brother.

Condolences may be made online at http://www.haiglerpierce.com/.

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