Obit.Cherokee County,OK PENA, Lisa LaDawn (Stopp)
================================================================================
USGenWeb NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the 
Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message 
remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in 
any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 
Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than 
stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. 
The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file 
permanently for free access.
======================================================
Posted by Terrill White on 14Nov2005 terrillwhite1978@aol.com
Lisa LaDawn Stopp Peņa

Lisa LaDawn Stopp Peņa departed this life on March 30, 2005, at the age of 42 years, 
9 months and 16 days. She was born June 14, 1962, in Tahlequah, to Billy Bob Stopp 
and Margaret (Peake) Stopp. Much of Lisa's youth was spent in Tahlequah with her 
grandparents, Mary (Goingsnake) and George Stopp and Louise (Breuninger) and Jess 
Peake, before she moved to Minneapolis, Minn., in 1976.

Lisa attended schools in Tahlequah, Minneapolis, Minn., and Oklahoma City, and 
completed her GED at the University of Nebraska, in 1980. During the past five 
years she was an artistic assistant to Dana Tiger. She also worked in a program 
to bring food and the message of recovery to homeless Native American men and women. 
She struggled with her own recovery and is remembered for her generosity and her 
volunteer work in the community.

She is survived by her son, Gerald DeRay Johnson of Albuquerque, N.M.; her father 
and stepmother, Bob and Norma Stopp of Tahlequah; her mother and stepfather, Margaret 
and Elgie Raymond of Tahlequah; her brother, Gary Drew Stopp of Grand Ronde, Ore.; 
her paternal aunt, Rosie North of Tahlequah; her maternal aunt, Maxine Dugan of 
Wichita, Kan.; three stepbrothers, Brad Steele, Scott Raymond and Victor Raymond.

She will be greatly missed by her many family and friends.

A special memorial and graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, 
April 2, 2005, at Tahlequah City Cemetery, with Pastor D.J. McCarter of Elm Tree 
Baptist Church, and Pastor Marlene Helgemo of All Nations Indian Church of 
Minneapolis, Minn., officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Reed-Culver 
Funeral Home of Tahlequah.

Pallbearers include Jim Chuculate, Thomas Stopp, Michael Stopp, Jake Stopp, Sam Bradshaw and Brad Peak.