Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  JOSHUA REED BLACKBIRD MATHES

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JOSHUA REED BLACKBIRD MATHES

OCNS - October 13, 2000 - Joshua Reed Blackbird Mathes, 16, of Pawhuska, 
Oklahoma, passed away unexpectedly October 10, in The Pawhuska Hospital.

He was born March 11, 1984 in Claremore, Oklahoma, the son of Kellie 
Mathes.

Joshua was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the 
Osage Indian Tribe and was a student in Pawhuska High School. He made his 
home with his grandparents Delores "Dee" and the late Bill Mathes, Sr..

Survivors are: his mother, Kellie Mathes Hooper of Midwest City, Oklahoma; 
his grandmother, Dee Mathes of the home; a brother John Lindy Hooper and a 
sister Korie Jo Hooper, both of Midwest City; an aunt, Sandy Mathes Ray of 
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; an uncle, Bill Mathes, Jr., of Bartlesville, 
Oklahoma; two great aunts, Katherine Adkisson of Tulsa and Thelma Tucker 
of Bartlesville; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Rosary service will be at 7:00 p.m., Friday, October 13, in the Mathes 
home, 2113 Bobo Avenue, Pawhuska.

Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, in The Immaculate Conception 
Catholic Church in Pawhuska with Father Leonard Higgins officiating.

Burial will be in the Pawhuska Cemetery under the direction of Johnson 
Funeral Directors.