ROBERT SYLVESTER BIGHORSE ”1932 - 2011”

ROBERT SYLVESTER BIGHORSE

...... "When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home." ~ Chief Aupumut, Mohican. 1725

ROBERT SYLVESTER BIGHORSE, February 28, 2011 A veteran and retired warehouse foreman ROBERT SYLVESTER BIGHORSE passed away Monday, February 28, 2011 at his home in American Canyon, Calif.. He was 78 years old. Mr. Bighorse was born November 7, 1932 in Bigheart Township, Oklahoma, the son of George and Frances Margaret (Davis) Bighorse. Robert attended Sequoyah Vocational School in Tahlequah, Okla., as a 7th grader in 1947 and left for the military after completing the 11th grade. A veteran, he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was a retired plumbing supply warehouse foreman. He retired from American Manufacturing of Concord in 1991. Robert, unmarried, was preceded in death by his parents and brother, George Bighorse. Surviving are: A sister: Laura Johnson of American Canyon; Two brothers: Frank Bighorse of Locust Grove; Charles Bighorse of Wagoner; and a host of other family and friends. Services will be held Monday, March 7, 10:00 AM at the Indian Camp Chapel, Pawhuska. Eddie RedEagle will officiate. Interment will be in the Pierce St. John Cemetery, Pawhuska. McCartney’s Johnson Funeral Home of Pawhuska in charge of arrangements. Resource: Bigheart Times, Times-Herald (Mar. 2011)

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