Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Ray Henneha
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
HENNEHA
Ray “Chief” HENNEHA, 62, died of cancer in November 1984, in
Delaware.  He was born a full blood Creek in Oklahoma in approximately
1924 (no date was given.)   Services and burial were
private and no details were given.  He had worked for Painters Local 100
for ten years.  His wife reported that he preferred working at great
heights and once painted the top of the Delaware Memorial Bridge.  He took
disability retirement in 1976.  He was a Navy veteran of World War II and
participated in 13 naval battles as a crewman aboard the USS San Juan
(CL-54) in the Pacific.   He also served in the Air Force during the
Korean War as a crew chief.  He was a member of the Diamond State Veterans
of Foreign Wars: the Guadalcanal Group, and the San Juan Reunion Group.
He is survived by his wife, Ann Rogers HENNEHA, formerly of Lewes, 
Delaware, a stepdaughter, Peggy BOWMAN of Lewes; three half-brothers,
John SIMM ONS of Sacramento, CA, Jack BIGPOND of Torrence, CA, and Artus
Tom HENNEHA of Okemah; three half-sisters, Jeane TILLEY of Mason, Bessy
Henneha BELL of Okmulgee, and Ida Henneha TILLEY of Okemah; three
step-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren.