Obit of Riddles, Leonard 'Black Moon' - Cotton County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 01 Apr 2007 Return to Cotton County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cotton/cotton.htm ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Deyo Mission Cemetery--Lawton OK Lawton Constitution 01 July 2003 WALTERS — Funeral for Leonard "Black Moon" Riddles, 85, Walters, is pending with Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters. Mr. Riddles died Monday, June 30, 2003, in Temple. ========= Lawton Constitution 02 July 2003 Leonard 'Black Moon' Riddles WALTERS - Funeral for Leonard "Black Moon" Riddles, 85, Walters, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lawton. A prayer service will be at 7 p.m. today at Comanche Nation Community Center, Walters. Mr. Riddles died Monday, June 30, 2003, in Temple. Burial will be at Deyo Mission Cemetery, Lawton, under direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters. He was born June 28, 1918, east of Walters, to William Wesley and Jane Motherme Riddles. He graduated from Fort Sill Indian School in 1941 as valedictorian of his class. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany and France during World War II. He married Eva Mae Portillo on Aug. 19, 1947, at Wichita Falls, Texas. He was an internationally known artist, painting and sketching the Indian way of life. Many of his paintings hang in permanent collections around the world. Survivors include his wife, of the home; three daughters: Carrie Joy Wahnee and Sharron Lynn Kindred and her husband, Frankie, all of Walters; and Dorney Gayle Riddles, Gaithersburg, Md.; three sisters: Esther Parker, Tularosa, N.M.; June Woosey, Provo, Utah; and Faye Teakell, Walters; four grandchildren: Mycol Lynard Wahnee and his wife, Donna; Gregory Jon Wahnee; Shawn David Wahnee and his wife, Loree; and John William Kindred; four great-grandchildren: Austin Daniel Wahnee, Brayden Conner Wahnee, Darius Kyle Wahnee and Laurne Olivial Wahnee. Memorial contributions may be sent to Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Committee, P.O. Box 3610, Lawton 73502, or the Southern Plains Indian Museum and Crafts Center, 715 E. Central Blvd., Anadarko 73005. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Cotton County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cotton/cotton.htm