Florian Marie McKee Griggs, age 60, wife of Ford Griggs and a registered nurse, died Thursday morning, June 10, 2004, at Jane Phillips Medical Center.
An Indian Wake Service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Neekamp-Luginbuel Colonial Chapel. Services will be held 10 a.m. Monday in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Terry Adams and Dr. Paul Bowles officiating. Burial will be on the family plot of the Pawhuska City Cemetery under the direction of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home.
A memorial has been established in Mrs. Griggs name with the BIWC (Bartlesville Indian Women Club) for the Roberta Sanders Scholarship Fund. Those wishing to remember her may do so in care of Bartlesville Indian Women's Club, P. O. Box 101, Bartlesville, Okla. 74005.
Florian was born on Feb. 11, 1944 in Pawhuska, Okla. She was the daughter of Florian Meigs and Bessie (Alsbury) McKee. She graduated from Pawhuska High School with the Class of 1962, and received her Associate Degree from Amarillo College, RN School of Nursing. She completed her education with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. Both her parents were Cherokee and her father, grandparents, and great-grandparents were original enrollees of the Dawes Commission Rolls. Florian's ancestry includes many prominent citizens of the Eastern and Western Cherokee Nations. She is a direct line descendent great-granddaughter of John Ross, Cherokee Chief, who led the Cherokees over the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma. When she was a small child, her paternal grandmother gave her the Cherokee name of "Kanuche." She was involved in Native American activities on the local, state, and national levels. She was past state president of Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women, member of Miss Indian Oklahoma and Junior Miss Indian Oklahoma Pageant Committees and Chairwoman of Indian Summer Princess Committee. She was Advisor Operation Eagle, Indian Education, of Bartlesville School System. Past Director of Indian Elderhostel, she lectured on Cherokee culture, heritage, and history to area schools, scouts, and for organizations across the U.S.
Florian was a 22-year member of Bartlesville Indian Women's Club, past officer, current advisor and narrator for their Traditional Dress Style Shows. She co-produced and narrated their video, "Elegant Visions," on Native American women's clothes, which has U.S. distribution and is featured in other Native American videos by Full Circle Communications.
Florian has served as Head Lady Dancer for Intertribal Powwows in Oklahoma and several other states. She worked for better health care and civil rights for all Native Americans and the promotion of Native American Women. Florian was past state president and national officer of American War Mothers, a national organization of women who have had children in the U.S. Military. She was past president and a member of the local Grayhorse Chapter # 15, Fairfax, Okla.
She has served on the Board of Directors for Washington County CASA, Bartlesville; Osage Country Head Start, Pawhuska and Osage Nation Tribal Museum, Pawhuska. She has served as advisor for the Boy Scouts Venturing groups. She was currently a member and officer of the nation board of the American Indian Scouting Association, serving as their Secretary for several years and up to the time of her death..
She curated Native American exhibits for Bartlesville History Museum, Price Tower Museum, Frank Phillips Home, Bartlesville Public Library, and the Community Center. An avid craftsperson, Florian designed and made traditional and contemporary Native American clothing for her family.
In 1996, Florian was adopted by a Delaware woman, Leona Shipley, of Bartlesville and taken as her daughter. She was dressed and given the right to wear Delaware clothes. In Delaware Naming Ceremony, she was named "We Chum Moo Quah," which means helping woman.
In 1998, she received the local award from the Bartlesville Allied Arts & Humanities Council for advancement of the arts and humanities. She was awarded for attaining recognition and acclaim in the field of fine arts for Native American Culture. She was considered for her dedication, depth of involvement, uniqueness of her contribution and the impact of her contribution toward others.
She volunteered at the Green Country Free Clinic, American Red Cross, and their Bloodmobile & Disaster Unit. She served as camp nurse for the Cherokee Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. She was a member of Oklahoma Society Professional Engineers Auxiliary, N.E.S.U. Lifetime Member and American Indian Alumni Association, National Congress American Indians, Oklahoma Historical Society, Osage County Historical Society and numerous genealogical societies.
Florian is survived by her husband, Ford Griggs of Bartlesville; daughters, Dana Milligan-Espinal and husband Sergio of Tahlequah, Heather Griggs of Edinborrogh, Scotland, and Jennifer Griggs-Pool and husband Matt of College Station, Texas; sons, Michael Milligan of Dallas, Texas, and Brett Milligan and wife April of Tulsa; sisters, Marilyn Atterberry and husband John of Bartlesville and Ahnawake McCauley of Barnsdall; grandchildren, Brandon and Crystal Espinal of Tahlequah, Aaron and Daren Milligan of Bartlesville, Jimi Stafford, Megan and Kara Rainey of Tulsa; adopted mother, Leona Shipley of Bartlesville; adopted sister, JoAnn Markley of Bartlesville; nephews, Tommy Hendren and his son Toby Hendren of Tuttle, Okla., and Luke and Noah Milligan of Edmond and many friends.
Her first husband, Daymon Milligan, a son, William Berlin Milligan and her parents preceded her in death.
Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
An Indian Wake Service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Neekamp-Luginbuel Colonial Chapel. Services will be held 10 a.m. Monday in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Terry Adams and Dr. Paul Bowles officiating. Burial will be on the family plot of the Pawhuska City Cemetery under the direction of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home.
A memorial has been established in Mrs. Griggs name with the BIWC (Bartlesville Indian Women Club) for the Roberta Sanders Scholarship Fund. Those wishing to remember her may do so in care of Bartlesville Indian Women's Club, P. O. Box 101, Bartlesville, Okla. 74005.
Florian was born on Feb. 11, 1944 in Pawhuska, Okla. She was the daughter of Florian Meigs and Bessie (Alsbury) McKee. She graduated from Pawhuska High School with the Class of 1962, and received her Associate Degree from Amarillo College, RN School of Nursing. She completed her education with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. Both her parents were Cherokee and her father, grandparents, and great-grandparents were original enrollees of the Dawes Commission Rolls. Florian's ancestry includes many prominent citizens of the Eastern and Western Cherokee Nations. She is a direct line descendent great-granddaughter of John Ross, Cherokee Chief, who led the Cherokees over the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma. When she was a small child, her paternal grandmother gave her the Cherokee name of "Kanuche." She was involved in Native American activities on the local, state, and national levels. She was past state president of Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women, member of Miss Indian Oklahoma and Junior Miss Indian Oklahoma Pageant Committees and Chairwoman of Indian Summer Princess Committee. She was Advisor Operation Eagle, Indian Education, of Bartlesville School System. Past Director of Indian Elderhostel, she lectured on Cherokee culture, heritage, and history to area schools, scouts, and for organizations across the U.S.
Florian was a 22-year member of Bartlesville Indian Women's Club, past officer, current advisor and narrator for their Traditional Dress Style Shows. She co-produced and narrated their video, "Elegant Visions," on Native American women's clothes, which has U.S. distribution and is featured in other Native American videos by Full Circle Communications.
Florian has served as Head Lady Dancer for Intertribal Powwows in Oklahoma and several other states. She worked for better health care and civil rights for all Native Americans and the promotion of Native American Women. Florian was past state president and national officer of American War Mothers, a national organization of women who have had children in the U.S. Military. She was past president and a member of the local Grayhorse Chapter # 15, Fairfax, Okla.
She has served on the Board of Directors for Washington County CASA, Bartlesville; Osage Country Head Start, Pawhuska and Osage Nation Tribal Museum, Pawhuska. She has served as advisor for the Boy Scouts Venturing groups. She was currently a member and officer of the nation board of the American Indian Scouting Association, serving as their Secretary for several years and up to the time of her death..
She curated Native American exhibits for Bartlesville History Museum, Price Tower Museum, Frank Phillips Home, Bartlesville Public Library, and the Community Center. An avid craftsperson, Florian designed and made traditional and contemporary Native American clothing for her family.
In 1996, Florian was adopted by a Delaware woman, Leona Shipley, of Bartlesville and taken as her daughter. She was dressed and given the right to wear Delaware clothes. In Delaware Naming Ceremony, she was named "We Chum Moo Quah," which means helping woman.
In 1998, she received the local award from the Bartlesville Allied Arts & Humanities Council for advancement of the arts and humanities. She was awarded for attaining recognition and acclaim in the field of fine arts for Native American Culture. She was considered for her dedication, depth of involvement, uniqueness of her contribution and the impact of her contribution toward others.
She volunteered at the Green Country Free Clinic, American Red Cross, and their Bloodmobile & Disaster Unit. She served as camp nurse for the Cherokee Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. She was a member of Oklahoma Society Professional Engineers Auxiliary, N.E.S.U. Lifetime Member and American Indian Alumni Association, National Congress American Indians, Oklahoma Historical Society, Osage County Historical Society and numerous genealogical societies.
Florian is survived by her husband, Ford Griggs of Bartlesville; daughters, Dana Milligan-Espinal and husband Sergio of Tahlequah, Heather Griggs of Edinborrogh, Scotland, and Jennifer Griggs-Pool and husband Matt of College Station, Texas; sons, Michael Milligan of Dallas, Texas, and Brett Milligan and wife April of Tulsa; sisters, Marilyn Atterberry and husband John of Bartlesville and Ahnawake McCauley of Barnsdall; grandchildren, Brandon and Crystal Espinal of Tahlequah, Aaron and Daren Milligan of Bartlesville, Jimi Stafford, Megan and Kara Rainey of Tulsa; adopted mother, Leona Shipley of Bartlesville; adopted sister, JoAnn Markley of Bartlesville; nephews, Tommy Hendren and his son Toby Hendren of Tuttle, Okla., and Luke and Noah Milligan of Edmond and many friends.
Her first husband, Daymon Milligan, a son, William Berlin Milligan and her parents preceded her in death.
Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Florian Marie McKee Griggs, age 60, wife of Ford Griggs and a registered nurse, died Thursday morning, June 10, 2004, at Jane Phillips Medical Center.
An Indian Wake Service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Neekamp-Luginbuel Colonial Chapel. Services will be held 10 a.m. Monday in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Terry Adams and Dr. Paul Bowles officiating. Burial will be on the family plot of the Pawhuska City Cemetery under the direction of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home.
A memorial has been established in Mrs. Griggs name with the BIWC (Bartlesville Indian Women Club) for the Roberta Sanders Scholarship Fund. Those wishing to remember her may do so in care of Bartlesville Indian Women's Club, P. O. Box 101, Bartlesville, Okla. 74005.
Florian was born on Feb. 11, 1944 in Pawhuska, Okla. She was the daughter of Florian Meigs and Bessie (Alsbury) McKee. She graduated from Pawhuska High School with the Class of 1962, and received her Associate Degree from Amarillo College, RN School of Nursing. She completed her education with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. Both her parents were Cherokee and her father, grandparents, and great-grandparents were original enrollees of the Dawes Commission Rolls. Florian's ancestry includes many prominent citizens of the Eastern and Western Cherokee Nations. She is a direct line descendent great-granddaughter of John Ross, Cherokee Chief, who led the Cherokees over the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma. When she was a small child, her paternal grandmother gave her the Cherokee name of "Kanuche." She was involved in Native American activities on the local, state, and national levels. She was past state president of Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women, member of Miss Indian Oklahoma and Junior Miss Indian Oklahoma Pageant Committees and Chairwoman of Indian Summer Princess Committee. She was Advisor Operation Eagle, Indian Education, of Bartlesville School System. Past Director of Indian Elderhostel, she lectured on Cherokee culture, heritage, and history to area schools, scouts, and for organizations across the U.S.
Florian was a 22-year member of Bartlesville Indian Women's Club, past officer, current advisor and narrator for their Traditional Dress Style Shows. She co-produced and narrated their video, "Elegant Visions," on Native American women's clothes, which has U.S. distribution and is featured in other Native American videos by Full Circle Communications.
Florian has served as Head Lady Dancer for Intertribal Powwows in Oklahoma and several other states. She worked for better health care and civil rights for all Native Americans and the promotion of Native American Women. Florian was past state president and national officer of American War Mothers, a national organization of women who have had children in the U.S. Military. She was past president and a member of the local Grayhorse Chapter # 15, Fairfax, Okla.
She has served on the Board of Directors for Washington County CASA, Bartlesville; Osage Country Head Start, Pawhuska and Osage Nation Tribal Museum, Pawhuska. She has served as advisor for the Boy Scouts Venturing groups. She was currently a member and officer of the nation board of the American Indian Scouting Association, serving as their Secretary for several years and up to the time of her death..
She curated Native American exhibits for Bartlesville History Museum, Price Tower Museum, Frank Phillips Home, Bartlesville Public Library, and the Community Center. An avid craftsperson, Florian designed and made traditional and contemporary Native American clothing for her family.
In 1996, Florian was adopted by a Delaware woman, Leona Shipley, of Bartlesville and taken as her daughter. She was dressed and given the right to wear Delaware clothes. In Delaware Naming Ceremony, she was named "We Chum Moo Quah," which means helping woman.
In 1998, she received the local award from the Bartlesville Allied Arts & Humanities Council for advancement of the arts and humanities. She was awarded for attaining recognition and acclaim in the field of fine arts for Native American Culture. She was considered for her dedication, depth of involvement, uniqueness of her contribution and the impact of her contribution toward others.
She volunteered at the Green Country Free Clinic, American Red Cross, and their Bloodmobile & Disaster Unit. She served as camp nurse for the Cherokee Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. She was a member of Oklahoma Society Professional Engineers Auxiliary, N.E.S.U. Lifetime Member and American Indian Alumni Association, National Congress American Indians, Oklahoma Historical Society, Osage County Historical Society and numerous genealogical societies.
Florian is survived by her husband, Ford Griggs of Bartlesville; daughters, Dana Milligan-Espinal and husband Sergio of Tahlequah, Heather Griggs of Edinborrogh, Scotland, and Jennifer Griggs-Pool and husband Matt of College Station, Texas; sons, Michael Milligan of Dallas, Texas, and Brett Milligan and wife April of Tulsa; sisters, Marilyn Atterberry and husband John of Bartlesville and Ahnawake McCauley of Barnsdall; grandchildren, Brandon and Crystal Espinal of Tahlequah, Aaron and Daren Milligan of Bartlesville, Jimi Stafford, Megan and Kara Rainey of Tulsa; adopted mother, Leona Shipley of Bartlesville; adopted sister, JoAnn Markley of Bartlesville; nephews, Tommy Hendren and his son Toby Hendren of Tuttle, Okla., and Luke and Noah Milligan of Edmond and many friends.
Her first husband, Daymon Milligan, a son, William Berlin Milligan and her parents preceded her in death.
Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
An Indian Wake Service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Neekamp-Luginbuel Colonial Chapel. Services will be held 10 a.m. Monday in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Terry Adams and Dr. Paul Bowles officiating. Burial will be on the family plot of the Pawhuska City Cemetery under the direction of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home.
A memorial has been established in Mrs. Griggs name with the BIWC (Bartlesville Indian Women Club) for the Roberta Sanders Scholarship Fund. Those wishing to remember her may do so in care of Bartlesville Indian Women's Club, P. O. Box 101, Bartlesville, Okla. 74005.
Florian was born on Feb. 11, 1944 in Pawhuska, Okla. She was the daughter of Florian Meigs and Bessie (Alsbury) McKee. She graduated from Pawhuska High School with the Class of 1962, and received her Associate Degree from Amarillo College, RN School of Nursing. She completed her education with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. Both her parents were Cherokee and her father, grandparents, and great-grandparents were original enrollees of the Dawes Commission Rolls. Florian's ancestry includes many prominent citizens of the Eastern and Western Cherokee Nations. She is a direct line descendent great-granddaughter of John Ross, Cherokee Chief, who led the Cherokees over the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma. When she was a small child, her paternal grandmother gave her the Cherokee name of "Kanuche." She was involved in Native American activities on the local, state, and national levels. She was past state president of Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women, member of Miss Indian Oklahoma and Junior Miss Indian Oklahoma Pageant Committees and Chairwoman of Indian Summer Princess Committee. She was Advisor Operation Eagle, Indian Education, of Bartlesville School System. Past Director of Indian Elderhostel, she lectured on Cherokee culture, heritage, and history to area schools, scouts, and for organizations across the U.S.
Florian was a 22-year member of Bartlesville Indian Women's Club, past officer, current advisor and narrator for their Traditional Dress Style Shows. She co-produced and narrated their video, "Elegant Visions," on Native American women's clothes, which has U.S. distribution and is featured in other Native American videos by Full Circle Communications.
Florian has served as Head Lady Dancer for Intertribal Powwows in Oklahoma and several other states. She worked for better health care and civil rights for all Native Americans and the promotion of Native American Women. Florian was past state president and national officer of American War Mothers, a national organization of women who have had children in the U.S. Military. She was past president and a member of the local Grayhorse Chapter # 15, Fairfax, Okla.
She has served on the Board of Directors for Washington County CASA, Bartlesville; Osage Country Head Start, Pawhuska and Osage Nation Tribal Museum, Pawhuska. She has served as advisor for the Boy Scouts Venturing groups. She was currently a member and officer of the nation board of the American Indian Scouting Association, serving as their Secretary for several years and up to the time of her death..
She curated Native American exhibits for Bartlesville History Museum, Price Tower Museum, Frank Phillips Home, Bartlesville Public Library, and the Community Center. An avid craftsperson, Florian designed and made traditional and contemporary Native American clothing for her family.
In 1996, Florian was adopted by a Delaware woman, Leona Shipley, of Bartlesville and taken as her daughter. She was dressed and given the right to wear Delaware clothes. In Delaware Naming Ceremony, she was named "We Chum Moo Quah," which means helping woman.
In 1998, she received the local award from the Bartlesville Allied Arts & Humanities Council for advancement of the arts and humanities. She was awarded for attaining recognition and acclaim in the field of fine arts for Native American Culture. She was considered for her dedication, depth of involvement, uniqueness of her contribution and the impact of her contribution toward others.
She volunteered at the Green Country Free Clinic, American Red Cross, and their Bloodmobile & Disaster Unit. She served as camp nurse for the Cherokee Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. She was a member of Oklahoma Society Professional Engineers Auxiliary, N.E.S.U. Lifetime Member and American Indian Alumni Association, National Congress American Indians, Oklahoma Historical Society, Osage County Historical Society and numerous genealogical societies.
Florian is survived by her husband, Ford Griggs of Bartlesville; daughters, Dana Milligan-Espinal and husband Sergio of Tahlequah, Heather Griggs of Edinborrogh, Scotland, and Jennifer Griggs-Pool and husband Matt of College Station, Texas; sons, Michael Milligan of Dallas, Texas, and Brett Milligan and wife April of Tulsa; sisters, Marilyn Atterberry and husband John of Bartlesville and Ahnawake McCauley of Barnsdall; grandchildren, Brandon and Crystal Espinal of Tahlequah, Aaron and Daren Milligan of Bartlesville, Jimi Stafford, Megan and Kara Rainey of Tulsa; adopted mother, Leona Shipley of Bartlesville; adopted sister, JoAnn Markley of Bartlesville; nephews, Tommy Hendren and his son Toby Hendren of Tuttle, Okla., and Luke and Noah Milligan of Edmond and many friends.
Her first husband, Daymon Milligan, a son, William Berlin Milligan and her parents preceded her in death.
Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
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