Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  George S. Coser
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   COSER
   George S. COSER was born June 16, 1908, in Raiford. No date of death
   was given. Wake services were held September 24, 1985, with funeral
   services the following day. Both services were held at Buchanan
   Memorial Chapel. Rev. Tommy BERRYHILL and Rev. Bud SULLIVAN officiated
   at the funeral. Pallbearers were Keeper JOHNSON, George Samuel TIGER,
   Tony ARKEKETA, Dean WELCH, Ron COTNER and Jim HARJO, Jr.. Interment
   was in the Okmulgee Cemetery under the direction of the
   Buchanan-McClendon Funeral Home.
   He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and helped entertain the troops
   in Europe and the United States with his trick roping. He had
   performed before the King and Queen of England and in the Roman
   Coliseum. He formed a family group, “The Coser Family,” and
   continued trick roping until 1965. He was widely  known as a leather
   craftsman and a rodeo performer. He was a graduate of Oklahoma State
   Tech.
   Survivors include his wife, Stella COSER of the home in Okmulgee; his
   three sons, Pete G. COSER of Stillwater, George S. COSER, Jr. and
   Wayne R. COSER both of Okmulgee; three sisters, Nettie HARJO of
   Dustin, Geneva WALLACE of Bell Gardens,CA, and Georgia COSER of
   Muskogee; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.