15 MAY 2022, Memorial notes at time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio content as entered/written by the creator of the memorial is below the divider.~Benjamin "Ben" Charles McIntosh, Sr., 86, died Thursday, June 13, 2002 at the Veterans Center in Talihina.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Highland Cemetery (Veterans Section) in Pawnee. Interment to follow.
McIntosh was born July 17, 1915 to John D. and Flora (Smith) McIntosh in Pawnee.
He wed Wanda Gray McIntosh, who predeceased him on Sept. 27, 1997.
He attended Gravy School in Pawnee, Chilocco Indian School and Haskell Institute.
While at Chilocco, he was one of the original members of their first boxing team, becoming a regional champion, boxing his way to the Olympic trials at Madison Square Garden in New York City before losing at age 15.
He later turned pro, fighting as a featherweight and winning 67, losing seven and two draws.
In 1942, McIntosh was drafted into the military where he volunteered as one of the original members in what was to become the 101st Airborne Division. While there, he found time to win the European Theater of Operations Featherweight Championship Boxing Award.
McIntosh and his unit fought their way across France, Holland and Belgium using firearms. He earned numerous medals including the Silver Star, Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
After the war, he settled back into Oklahoma and Kansas, working as a printer for the Tulsa World newspaper and at the Board of Education in Wichita, Kan., before retiring to Eufaula.
He spent his final four years at the Talihina Veterans Center in Talihina.
McIntosh is predeceased by his wife, his parents and one sister Frances Crismon.
He is survived by three sons, Ben C. McIntosh, Jr. of Eufaula, John E. McIntosh of Wichita, and Robert Joseph McIntosh of Pawnee; one daughter Frances L. Shewey of Stillwater; one stepdaughter Tsianina Johnson of Eufaula; grandchildren, John, D. Francis, Bobbie, Gerald, Libby and Brian McIntosh, Joel Shewey and Liana Shewey; numerous great grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and friends.
[Source: Stillwater News Press - supplied by: Alice Huitt Preston #46631932)
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Highland Cemetery (Veterans Section) in Pawnee. Interment to follow.
McIntosh was born July 17, 1915 to John D. and Flora (Smith) McIntosh in Pawnee.
He wed Wanda Gray McIntosh, who predeceased him on Sept. 27, 1997.
He attended Gravy School in Pawnee, Chilocco Indian School and Haskell Institute.
While at Chilocco, he was one of the original members of their first boxing team, becoming a regional champion, boxing his way to the Olympic trials at Madison Square Garden in New York City before losing at age 15.
He later turned pro, fighting as a featherweight and winning 67, losing seven and two draws.
In 1942, McIntosh was drafted into the military where he volunteered as one of the original members in what was to become the 101st Airborne Division. While there, he found time to win the European Theater of Operations Featherweight Championship Boxing Award.
McIntosh and his unit fought their way across France, Holland and Belgium using firearms. He earned numerous medals including the Silver Star, Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
After the war, he settled back into Oklahoma and Kansas, working as a printer for the Tulsa World newspaper and at the Board of Education in Wichita, Kan., before retiring to Eufaula.
He spent his final four years at the Talihina Veterans Center in Talihina.
McIntosh is predeceased by his wife, his parents and one sister Frances Crismon.
He is survived by three sons, Ben C. McIntosh, Jr. of Eufaula, John E. McIntosh of Wichita, and Robert Joseph McIntosh of Pawnee; one daughter Frances L. Shewey of Stillwater; one stepdaughter Tsianina Johnson of Eufaula; grandchildren, John, D. Francis, Bobbie, Gerald, Libby and Brian McIntosh, Joel Shewey and Liana Shewey; numerous great grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and friends.
[Source: Stillwater News Press - supplied by: Alice Huitt Preston #46631932)
15 MAY 2022, Memorial notes at time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio content as entered/written by the creator of the memorial is below the divider.~Benjamin "Ben" Charles McIntosh, Sr., 86, died Thursday, June 13, 2002 at the Veterans Center in Talihina.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Highland Cemetery (Veterans Section) in Pawnee. Interment to follow.
McIntosh was born July 17, 1915 to John D. and Flora (Smith) McIntosh in Pawnee.
He wed Wanda Gray McIntosh, who predeceased him on Sept. 27, 1997.
He attended Gravy School in Pawnee, Chilocco Indian School and Haskell Institute.
While at Chilocco, he was one of the original members of their first boxing team, becoming a regional champion, boxing his way to the Olympic trials at Madison Square Garden in New York City before losing at age 15.
He later turned pro, fighting as a featherweight and winning 67, losing seven and two draws.
In 1942, McIntosh was drafted into the military where he volunteered as one of the original members in what was to become the 101st Airborne Division. While there, he found time to win the European Theater of Operations Featherweight Championship Boxing Award.
McIntosh and his unit fought their way across France, Holland and Belgium using firearms. He earned numerous medals including the Silver Star, Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
After the war, he settled back into Oklahoma and Kansas, working as a printer for the Tulsa World newspaper and at the Board of Education in Wichita, Kan., before retiring to Eufaula.
He spent his final four years at the Talihina Veterans Center in Talihina.
McIntosh is predeceased by his wife, his parents and one sister Frances Crismon.
He is survived by three sons, Ben C. McIntosh, Jr. of Eufaula, John E. McIntosh of Wichita, and Robert Joseph McIntosh of Pawnee; one daughter Frances L. Shewey of Stillwater; one stepdaughter Tsianina Johnson of Eufaula; grandchildren, John, D. Francis, Bobbie, Gerald, Libby and Brian McIntosh, Joel Shewey and Liana Shewey; numerous great grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and friends.
[Source: Stillwater News Press - supplied by: Alice Huitt Preston #46631932)
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Highland Cemetery (Veterans Section) in Pawnee. Interment to follow.
McIntosh was born July 17, 1915 to John D. and Flora (Smith) McIntosh in Pawnee.
He wed Wanda Gray McIntosh, who predeceased him on Sept. 27, 1997.
He attended Gravy School in Pawnee, Chilocco Indian School and Haskell Institute.
While at Chilocco, he was one of the original members of their first boxing team, becoming a regional champion, boxing his way to the Olympic trials at Madison Square Garden in New York City before losing at age 15.
He later turned pro, fighting as a featherweight and winning 67, losing seven and two draws.
In 1942, McIntosh was drafted into the military where he volunteered as one of the original members in what was to become the 101st Airborne Division. While there, he found time to win the European Theater of Operations Featherweight Championship Boxing Award.
McIntosh and his unit fought their way across France, Holland and Belgium using firearms. He earned numerous medals including the Silver Star, Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
After the war, he settled back into Oklahoma and Kansas, working as a printer for the Tulsa World newspaper and at the Board of Education in Wichita, Kan., before retiring to Eufaula.
He spent his final four years at the Talihina Veterans Center in Talihina.
McIntosh is predeceased by his wife, his parents and one sister Frances Crismon.
He is survived by three sons, Ben C. McIntosh, Jr. of Eufaula, John E. McIntosh of Wichita, and Robert Joseph McIntosh of Pawnee; one daughter Frances L. Shewey of Stillwater; one stepdaughter Tsianina Johnson of Eufaula; grandchildren, John, D. Francis, Bobbie, Gerald, Libby and Brian McIntosh, Joel Shewey and Liana Shewey; numerous great grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and friends.
[Source: Stillwater News Press - supplied by: Alice Huitt Preston #46631932)
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