Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Jeff Otis Leader
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   LEADER
   HOLDENVILLE - Jeff Otis LEADER was born February 22, 1916, in Ragtown.
   He died January 18, 1994, at Tulsa Regional Medical Center. Graveside
   services were held January 22 with Rev. Bill MILLER officiating.
   Interment was in the Holdenville Cemetery.
   He attended Holdenville High School and was a member of the 45th
   Division during World War II, serving with the Service Battery 171st
   Field Artillery. He was a lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars
   Post 539 in Henryetta. He had also served on the Muscogee Nation Farm
   Authority Board.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, Dave and Nancy Tiger LEADER;
   two sisters, Alice LEADER and Lizzie BRUNER; two brothers, Lenix
   LEADER nd John LEADER; and two great-granddaughters, Charity KIBBY and
   Megan LEADER. He was married to Mable CLARK November 6, 1937, in
   Mounds. She survives. His other survivors include his children and
   their spouses, Nancy LEADER of the home, and Terry and Billy KIBBY of
   Wetumka, David and Marilyn LEADER of Laytonville, CA; five
   grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.