Imogene Blackbear

Funeral services for Imogene Blackbear, 50, Thomas resident, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Community Hall at Watonga, officiated by Cheyenne traditional speakers.

Burial will follow in the IOOF Cemetery in Watonga.

A traditional Indian wake service will be at 7 p.m. this evening in the Community Hall.

Imogene Elizabeth Blackbear was born Sept. 4, 1964 in Clinton, the daughter of Stella Bessie RomanNose Blackbear and Eugene Blackbear Sr. and died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, in her home in Thomas.

She grew up around Watonga and attended high school in Weatherford where she was a member of the 1982 graduating class. She also went to Southwestern Oklahoma State University for a few years. She traveled around Oklahoma until she settled in Thomas, where she had lived for the past 14 years.

Survivors include her mother, Stella Bessie (Roman Nose) Blackbear; four children, Jaimie Coley and Shane Yellow Eagle, of Thomas,  Avril Logan and Deonta, of Weatherford, Phillip Prairie Chief and Michelle Warledo, of Weatherford, and Ray Blackbear Lopez, of Thomas; three grandchildren, Shane II, Elizabeth, Zeydon, and one on the way; sisters, Roberta Osage, Wilma and Malcolm Whitebird, Ida and Kenneth Parton;  Brothers: Eugene Jr and Aurelia Blackbear, Rex and Phyllis Blackbear, Ralph and Senoria Blackbear, Fred Blackbear and Larry and Pauline RomanNose; along with numerous nieces, nephews and other grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were her father, Eugene Blackbear Sr.; a brother, Anthony Taua; and a sister, Frances Doctor.

Arrangements are, under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home in Clinton.