Kennedy Wise Talamasy Sr. passed away at Veterans Hospital in Oklahoma City on Thursday, August 22, 2013, at the age of 74 years.

Kennedy was the son of Andy Wise Talmasy and Jonah (Johnson) Wise Talmasy, born on August 14, 1939 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was brought up in the Bowlegs area and attended Chilocco Indian Boarding School in Newkirk. He joined the United States Army in June of 1959, served and was wounded in Korea, and was honorably discharged in 1962.

Following military service, he returned to Oklahoma. He married Bessie Yargee on June 25, 1965, in Sapulpa, and they made their home in the Tulsa area. Kennedy worked for many years as a journeyman printer and was a member of the International Typographical Union. He retired from the Tulsa World in 1978, and returned to live on the family homeplace in Seminole County near Bowlegs.

Kennedy was a member of the Mekusukey Baptist Church south of Seminole, where he was baptized by Rev. Willie Herrod. He was the Micco of the Tvllahasvce Ceremonial Ground. He loved to fish and hunt, loved arts and crafts, and reading.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Andy & Jonah Wise Talmasy; his son, Kenney Wise Talamasy Jr., and two daughters, Christine 'Pinky' Wise Talamasy and Thelma Wise Talamasy; three sisters: Linda Jones, Margaret Wise Talamasy, and Angel Wise Talamasy, and two brothers, Andrew Wise Talamasy and Ellis Eli Talamasy.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 48 years, Bessie, of the home; one son, Phillip, of Bemidji, Minnesota, and four daughters: Bernadine of Seminole, Ladena of Tulsa, Margaret of Bowlegs, and Kristen, of the home; two brothers: R.G Wise Talamasy and Houston Wise Talamasy; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services will be Monday, August 26, 2013, 11:00 a.m. at the Lavina Beaver Center in the Alabama Quassarte Tribal Complex north of Wetumka, and Kennedy will be laid to rest in the Yeager Cemetery. Procession to the Center will be Saturday, August 24, at 3:30 p.m. Wake services will be held at the Center on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 8:00 p.m.

Rev. Clarence Yaholar and Rev. Houston Tiger are the officiating ministers. Pallbearers are Leroy Harjo, Alexander Yargee, Wilson Yargee, Tarpie Yargee, Eco Robinson, and Adam Cook. Honorary pallbearers are members of the Seminole Nation Color Guard.