Moses Starr

Funeral services for Moses Starr Jr., 82, Arapaho Chief, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, in the First Baptist Church in Clinton.
Starr died Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in his Weatherford home. 
Moses Gerald Starr Jr. was born Jan. 17, 1932, to Moses Gerald Starr Sr. and Ellen Helen Heap-of-Birds. He was raised by his grandmother, Soar Woman, in Clinton. After her death he moved to his parents’ home in Concho, where he attended the ninth and tenth grades. 
During his eleventh-grade year he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he became a Ranger and served in the Korean War. After his honorable discharge in 1954 he returned to Oklahoma. 
In 1954 he married Nellie Jo Old Crow in Clinton. He later married Anita Little Raven in 1978, in Oklahoma City.
Starr was a member of the Baptist Church and the Native American Church, and was a proud and prestigious member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was very traditional, and spoke and taught the Arapaho language.
He traveled all over the U.S. and to many different countries promoting the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. He was called upon to bless the Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., as well as the one in New York City.
He served on several committees for the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes and was a member of the Kit Fox Society of the Cheyenne tribe. Starr had been a counselor for Native American students in Oklahoma City Schools, and also worked with the Indian Rehabilitation Program where he helped incarcerated Indians make their way back into society. 
In 2010 the Arapahos made Starr an Arapaho Chief.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wives; two daughters, Maddona Rae Starr and Gerlene Pratt; three sons, Alton Edmond Starr, Theron Gerald Starr and Leroy Starr; a grandson, Baby Boy Trout; and his brothers and sisters.
Survivors include his three daughters, Juanita Trout of Clinton, Jeanete Sue Starr of Weatherford and Reina Mata of Clinton; step-daughters, Vickie Korrect and husband, Daniel, of Oklahoma City and Kim Towns and husband, Tracy, of Bethany; step-sons, John A. Pratt Jr. and wife, Ruth Ann, and Alan Charles Pratt and wife, Jennifer, all of Oklahoma City; and a daughter-in-law, Yolonda Starr.
He is also survived by five adopted sons, Richie Cornacchios and wife, Robert Vetter and wife, Maddie, all of Long Island, N.Y., Kevin Link and wife, Lisa, of Nashville, Tenn., Craig Hart and wife, Alana, of Thomas, and Gerald Panana of Clinton; an adopted daughter, Michelle Thunder Bull of El Reno; 25 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great grandchildren.  
The service will be officiated by Rev. Gerald Panana. Burial will follow at Concho Tribal Cemetery under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.