Ann Kaniatobe, passed away on February 14, 2022. She was born in McCurtain County on August 14, 1949, to Walter and Wilcey (Shaw) Kaniatobe.
She attended the Living Land Methodist Church and she attended grade school at Shults Grade School where she learned to speak English as her primary language was Choctaw. She established Ada as home and had four beautiful daughters and attended East Central State University and obtained certification as a medical secretary.
Ann had many life adventures, and her travels took her to Oakland, Calif., Oklahoma City, Dallas, and ultimately from Ada to Durant. She became employed by Indian Health Services for 33 years, she retired in 2016. After retirement, Ann worked part-time at the Durant Choctaw Community Center. Hobbies for Ann included bowling. Her bowling team traveled for tournaments to El Paso, Reno, Las Vegas, Detroit, Syracuse, and Fort Worth.
Ann was a proud full-blood Choctaw woman who honored many traditions, she has taught Choctaw language classes and she had taken up traditional Choctaw dressmaking and how to make beaded chokers.
Those left to cherish her memories are her daughters: Janette Washington Allen and husband George of Colbert, Kimberly Kaniatobe of Oklahoma City, Kelly Short Washington of Ada, and Nikki Crossland and husband Daniel of Durant; grandchildren: Autumn Hopkins, Zach Short, Kody Kaniatobe, Brandon Short, Chance Short, Olivia Crossland, Eisley Hopkins, Dylan Crossland, and Drew Crossland and one great-grandchild, Nevaen Short-Moon as well as her cherished fur babies, Ollie and Dolly.
Serving as pallbearers are: Kody Kaniatobe, Brandon Short, Chance Short, Daniel Crossland, Koi Crossland, and James Dry.
Funeral services are set for 10 a.m., Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Durant, Okla., with burial to follow at Denison Cemetery in Idabel, Okla.
Visitation is Sunday from 5-7 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Durant.
Arrangements under the direction of Brown’s Funeral Home.