Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  John Deere, Sr.
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   DEERE
   WEWOKA - John DEERE, Sr., was born November 10, 1920, in Eufaula. He
   died September 6, 1991, in Eufaula. Funeral services were held
   September 10 at the Eufaula First Baptist Church. No information was
   given on the place of interment.
   He graduated from Sequoyah Indian Boarding School in 1938, attended
   Bacone College for two years, and served in the U.S. Navy in the
   Pacific Theater during World War II. He retired from the Bureau of
   Indian Affairs after 40 years of service.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Minerola McIntosh
   DEERE; his wife, Lorraine DEERE; three sisters, Eunice, Margureite,
   and Marion DEERE; and one half brother, Wiley DEERE. He is survived by
   his daughter, Bettie WILLISTON of Dallas; his two sons, John DEERE,
   Jr., and George DEERE, both of Downey, CA; one half-sister, Naomi
   THOMPSON, and one half-brother, Noah DEERE of Muskogee; two
   grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.