Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  MARY ANN SIMPKINS

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MARY ANN SIMPKINS

OCNS - February 16, 2000 - Mary Ann Simpkins passed away February 15, 2000 
in The Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

She was born January 9, 1928 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the daughter of 
Clifford and Rose (Neal) Hill.

An Osage Indian, Mary Ann attended the Pawhuska Catholic School, the Mary 
Mount Boarding School, Salina, Kansas and graduated from The Mt. Carmel 
Boarding School in Wichita, Kansas.

Mary Ann was married May 29, 1970 in Mentone, Texas to Francis E. "Buddy" 
Simpkins who survives at the home in Pawhuska.

She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the 
Klash Kah She Club.

Survivors in addition to her husband are three children and their spouses: 
R.E. & Nola Yarbrough, Lee Ann and Larry Ammons and Melissa and Rex Curry 
all of Pawhuska, Oklahoma; six grandchildren, James Walker Martin, Robert 
Ezekiel Yarbrough III, Elijah McCord Daugherty, Iris Christine Daugherty, 
Ahren James Currey and Morgan Rose Currey; four great grandchildren, 
Skylar James Martin, Kendall Lawrence Martin, Alexis Paige Martin and 
McKenna Nicole Martin; a sister Mildred Trough and a host of other 
relatives and friends.

Mary Ann was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Aloysius Hill 
and Raymond Hill, two sisters, Clara May Neal and Pauline Hill.

Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, February 17, in The Wakon Iron 
Community Building, Indian Camp, Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 18, 2000 in The 
Immaculate Conception Catholc Church in Pawhuska with burial to follow in 
The Pawhuska Cemetery.

Father Leonard Higgins will officiate under the direction of Johnson 
Funeral Directors.