Victor Allen Bushyhead
Victor Allen Bushyhead, longtime Newkirk resident, died early Tuesday morning, Dec. 4, 2018 in Alliance Health Ponca City. He was 84.
The son of Fred Henry Bushyhead and Dulcie Newakis Bushyhead, Victor was born June 29, 1934 in Concho, Okla. He grew up in the Calumet area and attended Concho Indian School and El Reno High School.
On Dec. 30, 1954 Victor and Clara Jennifer Nez were married in El Reno, Okla. They established their first home in El Reno, moving later to Concho. In 1960 they moved to Chilocco, an agricultural school for Native Americans. Victor worked in the Agriculture Department, and his wife was a matron in a dormitory. They left Chilocco when it was closed in 1980. They moved to Arkansas City where they lived until 1986 when they moved to Newkirk where they have since resided.
Victor’s work history started when he delivered newspapers in Concho when he was in junior high school. He worked on farms, and he was employed at the game farm as a night watchman and as a security guard. Later he worked at the Otasco store in Arkansas City. While working as Chilocco, Victor was in a tractor accident and was unable to work again.
A proud member of the Cheyenne Nation, Victor enjoyed telling stories and jokes. He liked sports and enjoyed fishing, playing golf, softball, and driving race cars with his brother. He loved the 4th of July and being called Grandpa by so many, family and friends alike. Most of all, he cherished his family and relished the time spent with them.
Victor is survived by Clara, his wife of 64 years; their children, Dennis James Bushyhead, of Wichita; Deborah Kay Logan, and Shineesta Emily and Alton Adams, all of Newkirk; Darwin Allen Bushyhead, of Kansas City, Mo.; Victoria Marie Frank, of Ponca City; and Stenson Price and Tiffany Bushyhead, of Moore; a sister, Emily Ramirez, of El Reno; his grandchildren, Matthew Stevenson, Jennifer Buzzard, Dorothy Bushyhead, Bryan A. Logan, Alicia Logan, Amanda McCormick, Elijah Logan, Neecya Logan,Katelynn Logan, Seth Logan, Tomi Bailey, Dakota Bailey, A. J. Adams, Jeremy Bushyhead, Tashani Bushyhead, Kyle Frank, Kimberly Frank, Dayvin Bushyhead, Hayden Bushyhead, and Abygail Bushyhead. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Jerome Allen Bushyhead; his parents; three brothers, Henry, Jerome and Robert; two grandchildren, Maizie Lansford and Jayden Don Bailey; and a son-in-law, Bryan E. Logan.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 in the First United Methodist Church of Newkirk with interment following in the Newkirk Cemetery. Miller-Stahl Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
The body will lie in state at the funeral home Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. It will then be taken to the Kanza Gymnasium for a Wake Service at 6 p.m.
Those serving as casket bearers will be Dayvin Bushyhead, Hayden Bushyhead, Bryan Logan, Jeremy McCormick, A. J. Adams and Kyle Frank.
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