Bess C Yeahquo
Bess Carlotta "Bessie" Tonemah Yeahquo, who was Kiowa and Comanche, was born December 8, 1935, in Lawton, Oklahoma, to Harry and Roena (Asenap) Tonemah. She graduated from Elgin High School in 1954 and went on to nursing school at the University of Oklahoma for a short time. In 1975 she graduated from Cameron University with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Psychology.
Bess worked for the Lawton Public School Title IV program, Kiowa Tribe Social Services, and several tribal Indian Child Welfare programs across Oklahoma. She retired in 2004. She was married to Earl Yeahquo for 59 years and lived in Lawton for 45 years. Together they belonged to Mt. Scott Kiowa Methodist Church.
Bess was an avid reader who went through many books a month. She loved old movies and Thunder basketball. She was the matriarch of her family and spoiled her only grandson, Quinton Michael Impson. She went to her heavenly home on June 23, 2018, in Lawton, at the age of 82. She is survived by her husband Earl, her children Rowena, Russell and Anne, her brothers and their families, her grandson, and many nieces and nephews.
The world Bess knew
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The Yeahquo name at Mt. Scott KCA Cemetery
EY Earl Uncle Bo Yeahquo1932 – 2022 AY Anne LaRue Yeahquo1962 – 2023Be the first to share a memory
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