Macomb resident Mildred Flynn, 72, died Wednesday in Shawnee.
She was born July 28, 1929, in Sacred Heart, Okla., the daughter of Johnnie and Beatrice (Casteel) Bruno.
She was a graduate of Chillocco Indian School.
Flynn had lived in Ellinwood, Kan., from 1947 to 1973. She also lived in Oxnard, Calif., and in Macomb for the last 10 years.
She worked as a cook, a Native American Cultural Adviser in the Central Coast area of California and was a Citizen Potawatomie Tribal elder.
Survivors include her daughter, Celeste Moody of Moline, Ill., sons, Johnny Flynn of Muskogee, Ok., Mike Flynn of Denver, Colo., and Wes Flynn of Flagstaff, Ariz.; sisters, Ruby Withrow of Shawnee, Ok., Bobbie Shawn of Follette, Texas, Dorothy Hammonds of Madill, Ok., Jenny Winsor of Cyril, Ok., Theresa Hudson of Kansas City, Mo.; brother, J.B. Bruno of Great Bend, Kan.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
A wake service will begin Friday evening and will continue through Saturday at Harjo School community center.
Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fairview Cemetery, southwest of Harjo. The Rev. Leon Bruno will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home.
She was born July 28, 1929, in Sacred Heart, Okla., the daughter of Johnnie and Beatrice (Casteel) Bruno.
She was a graduate of Chillocco Indian School.
Flynn had lived in Ellinwood, Kan., from 1947 to 1973. She also lived in Oxnard, Calif., and in Macomb for the last 10 years.
She worked as a cook, a Native American Cultural Adviser in the Central Coast area of California and was a Citizen Potawatomie Tribal elder.
Survivors include her daughter, Celeste Moody of Moline, Ill., sons, Johnny Flynn of Muskogee, Ok., Mike Flynn of Denver, Colo., and Wes Flynn of Flagstaff, Ariz.; sisters, Ruby Withrow of Shawnee, Ok., Bobbie Shawn of Follette, Texas, Dorothy Hammonds of Madill, Ok., Jenny Winsor of Cyril, Ok., Theresa Hudson of Kansas City, Mo.; brother, J.B. Bruno of Great Bend, Kan.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
A wake service will begin Friday evening and will continue through Saturday at Harjo School community center.
Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fairview Cemetery, southwest of Harjo. The Rev. Leon Bruno will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home.
Macomb resident Mildred Flynn, 72, died Wednesday in Shawnee.
She was born July 28, 1929, in Sacred Heart, Okla., the daughter of Johnnie and Beatrice (Casteel) Bruno.
She was a graduate of Chillocco Indian School.
Flynn had lived in Ellinwood, Kan., from 1947 to 1973. She also lived in Oxnard, Calif., and in Macomb for the last 10 years.
She worked as a cook, a Native American Cultural Adviser in the Central Coast area of California and was a Citizen Potawatomie Tribal elder.
Survivors include her daughter, Celeste Moody of Moline, Ill., sons, Johnny Flynn of Muskogee, Ok., Mike Flynn of Denver, Colo., and Wes Flynn of Flagstaff, Ariz.; sisters, Ruby Withrow of Shawnee, Ok., Bobbie Shawn of Follette, Texas, Dorothy Hammonds of Madill, Ok., Jenny Winsor of Cyril, Ok., Theresa Hudson of Kansas City, Mo.; brother, J.B. Bruno of Great Bend, Kan.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
A wake service will begin Friday evening and will continue through Saturday at Harjo School community center.
Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fairview Cemetery, southwest of Harjo. The Rev. Leon Bruno will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home.
She was born July 28, 1929, in Sacred Heart, Okla., the daughter of Johnnie and Beatrice (Casteel) Bruno.
She was a graduate of Chillocco Indian School.
Flynn had lived in Ellinwood, Kan., from 1947 to 1973. She also lived in Oxnard, Calif., and in Macomb for the last 10 years.
She worked as a cook, a Native American Cultural Adviser in the Central Coast area of California and was a Citizen Potawatomie Tribal elder.
Survivors include her daughter, Celeste Moody of Moline, Ill., sons, Johnny Flynn of Muskogee, Ok., Mike Flynn of Denver, Colo., and Wes Flynn of Flagstaff, Ariz.; sisters, Ruby Withrow of Shawnee, Ok., Bobbie Shawn of Follette, Texas, Dorothy Hammonds of Madill, Ok., Jenny Winsor of Cyril, Ok., Theresa Hudson of Kansas City, Mo.; brother, J.B. Bruno of Great Bend, Kan.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
A wake service will begin Friday evening and will continue through Saturday at Harjo School community center.
Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fairview Cemetery, southwest of Harjo. The Rev. Leon Bruno will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home.
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