Arlene Francis Mathews

Arlene Francis Mathews was born on May 25, 1984 to Stacy Mathews and Jona Tiger in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She was called home to be with the Lord on April 22, 2016, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Arlene went to Mcloud High School and Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech School and graduated from both schools in 2004, having received her High School Diploma and Nurses Aid Certification.She made her home in Oklahoma City, and worked as a Home Health Care Aid and had just obtained a second job at a Circle K store.She was a member of Moore First Indian Baptist Church, Moore, Oklahoma and was currently attending Glorieta Baptist Church of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Arlene is survived by her mother and parents, Dennis and Jean Grant of Pawnee, two sisters, Racheal Mathews, of Pawnee, Ok.,  Robyn Horsechief, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and one brother Tim Brown of Yale, Ok., Aunt Margaret and Uncle Donnie Ahhaitty, Aunt Helen and Harry Pickering.  She was preceded in death by her father Stacy, brother Mikey Tiger and sister, Alisa Pratt, Grandmothers, Arlene Mathews, Bessie Horsechief, Uncle John Haymond, and Grandfather Eugene Haymond.The wake service will be at 7:00 p.m. at the Pawnee Nation Roam Chief Event Center, under the direction of Rev. Duane Pratt Sr. The Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, April 27, 2016, also at the Pawnee Nation Roam Chief Event Center, with Victor Cope, of Moore First Indian Baptist officiating.  The interment will be at the Pawnee Nation South Cemetery.