Geraldine Rosella Weryavah

Granddaughter of Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief and Ah-Uh-Wuth-Takum Parker
The Comanche Nation

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, at the Comanche Community Center in Apache with Tina Baker and the Rev. Freddie Ticeahkie officiating.

Burial will follow at West Cache Creek KCA Cemetery, west of Apache, under direction of Comanche Nation Funeral Home. Prayer service will be at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at the funeral home chapel.

Geraldine was born Sept. 23, 1920, in Comanche County to Len Nehio Parker and Bertie Asewaynah Fisher Parker.

She attended Fort Sill Indian School and graduated from Chilocco Indian School. Geraldine went to Dallas to work as a nanny for several years. Geraldine married Andrew Bert Weryavah in Wichita Falls, Texas. They made their home in Apache; they then moved to Lawton and raised their family.

Geraldine was a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma and Hunting Horse United Methodist Church. Geraldine was a paternal granddaughter of Quanah Parker and Aerwuthtakeum; and maternal granddaughter of Kachacha and Rudolph Fisher.

She enjoyed needlework, word seek puzzles, and watching TV. She loved watching OKC Thunder, OU Sooners, Dallas Cowboys and soap operas.

She is survived by four children: Phyllis White of Apache; Dana Weryavah, JoNeda Sage and Bert Weryavah, all of Lawton; grandchildren: Robert, Randall, Rodney, Kellen, Bryan, Alisha, Bobby, Louie, Andrew, Ariel and Brooke; 25 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; brother, Leonard Parker of Anadarko, sister-in-law, Maudine Saupitty; and numerous other family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Andrew Bert Weryavah; sisters: Cynthia, Vera, Iona and Esther Parker; brothers: Jerome, Harold and Franklin Parker; her paternal grandparents: Quanah Parker and Aerwuthtakeum and maternal grandparents: Kachacha and Rudolph Fisher.

Visitation will be from 1-6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home chapel.

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• Residence: Age: 9; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter, Chandler, Comanche, Oklahoma, USA - 1930
• Residence: Chandler, Comanche, Oklahoma - 1935
• Residence: Age: 18; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter, Chandler, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States - Apr 1 1940
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