Okfuskee, OK – Obit - William Wiley Harjo, 1943-1999

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Source:  Okemah News Leader, Thursday, June 3, 1999

William Wiley Harjo

     Funeral services for William Wiley Harjo, 56, were held Tues., June 1 at 
High Springs Baptist Church at 1 p.m. with Pastor Stanley Roberts officiating. 
He died Mon., May 31.

     Born Mar. 26, 1943 to Walter and Betty Fields Harjo in Holdenville, he had 
worked security for Tholpthlocco Tribal Town from 1986, until Jan. He was a 
member of High Springs Baptist Church, and has lived in this area all his life.

     Preceding him in death were his parents.

     Survivors include two sons, Wiley William (Butch) Harjo, Jr., and Jeffery 
Harjo, both of Okemah; two brothers, Robert Wayne Harjo and Charles Woods, both 
of Oklahoma City; six sisters, Lovey Mealer of Oklahoma City, Francis McDaniel 
of Edmond, Emma Jean Baker of Mansford, Anna May Taylor of Okemah, Sharon Kay 
Albertson of Guthrie and Karen Kay Collins of Nobel and a host of other 
relatives and friends.

     Interment was at High Springs Cemetery under the direction of Schumacher 
Funeral Home.