1940
Stewart
2016
Stewart C. Barton Jr
April 14, 1940 — January 1, 2016
Stewart Barton Jr.
Funeral services for Stewart C. "Stu" Barton Jr., 75, will by at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 7, 2016, at the Rehoboth Sports and Fitness Center in Rehoboth. The Reverend Neil Jasperse will officiate. Burial will by in Rehoboth Cemetery. Visitation will by from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at Cope Memorial Chapel in Gallup, NM.
Barton died January 1, 2016, in Fort Wingate. He was born April 14, 1940, in Fort Wingate, into the Red Running into the Water People Clan born for the Bitter Water People Clan.
Barton attended Wingate Elementary Boarding School until third grade. He resumed his education at Rehoboth Mission School. Barton graduated from Rehoboth and went on to earn his certification as a journeyman plumber from Okmulgee State Tech in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He earned his bachelor's degree in secondary education with a major in industrial arts and a minor in physical education from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Barton retired from Fort Wingate High School after 30 years of teaching and coaching. He was an active board member of the Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial for more than 30 years. He was a huge sports fan and enjoyed leatherwork, wood burning, watching the Dallas Cowboys, traveling and spending time watching his children and grandchildren in their respective sports and activities.
Survivors include his wife Flo Barton, of Fort Wingate; son Stewart "CB" Barton III, of Gallup; daughter Trudi Barton, of Fort Wingate; sisters Virginia Cometsevah, of Gallup, Wilhelmina Matern, of Phoenix, Shirley Henry, of Gallup, and brother Raymond Barton, of Gallup. He was preceded in death by his daughter Tammy Barton-Damon, parents Stewart C. Barton Sr. and Jennie Barton, sister Sylvia Lee, and granddaughter Priscilla Barton.
Pallbearers will be William Damon, Kevin Barton, Jon Martin, Willie Holtsoi, Jerijah Triplett, Sammy Chioda, Bobby White and Dennis Lorenzo.
A reception will Follow the burial at the Rehoboth Fellowship Hall.
Cope Memorial Chapel of Gallup, NM is entrusted with arrangements.
Funeral services for Stewart C. "Stu" Barton Jr., 75, will by at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 7, 2016, at the Rehoboth Sports and Fitness Center in Rehoboth. The Reverend Neil Jasperse will officiate. Burial will by in Rehoboth Cemetery. Visitation will by from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at Cope Memorial Chapel in Gallup, NM.
Barton died January 1, 2016, in Fort Wingate. He was born April 14, 1940, in Fort Wingate, into the Red Running into the Water People Clan born for the Bitter Water People Clan.
Barton attended Wingate Elementary Boarding School until third grade. He resumed his education at Rehoboth Mission School. Barton graduated from Rehoboth and went on to earn his certification as a journeyman plumber from Okmulgee State Tech in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He earned his bachelor's degree in secondary education with a major in industrial arts and a minor in physical education from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Barton retired from Fort Wingate High School after 30 years of teaching and coaching. He was an active board member of the Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial for more than 30 years. He was a huge sports fan and enjoyed leatherwork, wood burning, watching the Dallas Cowboys, traveling and spending time watching his children and grandchildren in their respective sports and activities.
Survivors include his wife Flo Barton, of Fort Wingate; son Stewart "CB" Barton III, of Gallup; daughter Trudi Barton, of Fort Wingate; sisters Virginia Cometsevah, of Gallup, Wilhelmina Matern, of Phoenix, Shirley Henry, of Gallup, and brother Raymond Barton, of Gallup. He was preceded in death by his daughter Tammy Barton-Damon, parents Stewart C. Barton Sr. and Jennie Barton, sister Sylvia Lee, and granddaughter Priscilla Barton.
Pallbearers will be William Damon, Kevin Barton, Jon Martin, Willie Holtsoi, Jerijah Triplett, Sammy Chioda, Bobby White and Dennis Lorenzo.
A reception will Follow the burial at the Rehoboth Fellowship Hall.
Cope Memorial Chapel of Gallup, NM is entrusted with arrangements.
Service Details
Thursday, January 7th, 2016 10:30am, Rehoboth Sports and Fitness Center, Rehoboth, NM
Interment Details
Rehoboth Cemetery
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