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Carrie Lee Howling Buffalo, 83 years old, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Watonga, Oklahoma.
Carrie was born in Canton, Oklahoma on July 28, 1930 to Myrtle and Howard Lincoln Howling Buffalo. She was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter Marie Kaan, three sisters, Rosie Little Raven, Cordelia Walker and Imogene Mosqueda, and three brothers, Hannibal, Lewis, and Thomas Howling Buffalo.
Carrie is survived by her daughter, Helen Gregory of Fort Bragg, California, three sons, Ralph Kaan of San Francisco, California, Daniel Kaan of Anchorage, Alaska, and Andrew Kaan, of Dekalb, Texas, her grandchildren, Jeffrey Gregory(and Leti Reyes), Leah Gregory, Thomas Kaan, and Andrew Kaan, Jr., her great grandchildren Sofia Gregory and Gia Piva, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Carrie graduated from Concho Indian School in 1950. She then joined the Women's Army Corp. After her discharge from the WACS, she married and became a homemaker whose favorite pass times were sewing, reading, and spending time with family and friends. Carrie lived in California and Texas for most of her adult life before returning to Oklahoma in 2010. She will be remembered for her generosity and her sense of humor, and she will be dearly missed.
A wake service will be held on November 26, 2013 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
at the Canton Native American Gymnasium. A funeral service will be held at 1:00
p.m., Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Canton Native American Gymnasium with
Pastor Waylon Upchego officiating. Carrie will be interred at Canton Indian
Mennonite Cemetery under the direction of Haigler-Pierce Funeral Home, Canton.
Condolences may be made online at
www.haiglerpierce.com.
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