Published in the Topeka Capitol-Journal 14 October 2002.
HORTON -- Leland E. "Knox-sah" Green, 63, Horton, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002, at a Topeka hospital.
He was born Sept. 9, 1939, on the Kickapoo Reservation west of Horton, to Charles and Pauline Wahwahsuck Green. He studied diesel mechanics at the vocational-technical school in Atchison. He was a demolition car driver.
He was a member of the Kickapoo Tribe and Kennekuk Church west of Horton.
A son, Earl Green, preceded him in death.
Survivors include three daughters, Ronette Lewis and Lena Lewis, both in Kansas City, Kan., and Elaine Green, Horton; a stepson, Steven Lewis, Kansas City, Mo.; two brothers, Gary Knoxsah Green and Dale Dupuis, both in Horton; four sisters, Nellie Shopteese, Vivian Wisheyah, Charlene Whitebird and Roselle Green, all in Horton; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 5:30 p.m. today at the Kickapoo Community Building west of Horton. Burial will be in Kennekuk Indian Cemetery west of Horton. Mr. Green will lie in state today at Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton.
Published in the Topeka Capitol-Journal 14 October 2002.
HORTON -- Leland E. "Knox-sah" Green, 63, Horton, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002, at a Topeka hospital.
He was born Sept. 9, 1939, on the Kickapoo Reservation west of Horton, to Charles and Pauline Wahwahsuck Green. He studied diesel mechanics at the vocational-technical school in Atchison. He was a demolition car driver.
He was a member of the Kickapoo Tribe and Kennekuk Church west of Horton.
A son, Earl Green, preceded him in death.
Survivors include three daughters, Ronette Lewis and Lena Lewis, both in Kansas City, Kan., and Elaine Green, Horton; a stepson, Steven Lewis, Kansas City, Mo.; two brothers, Gary Knoxsah Green and Dale Dupuis, both in Horton; four sisters, Nellie Shopteese, Vivian Wisheyah, Charlene Whitebird and Roselle Green, all in Horton; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 5:30 p.m. today at the Kickapoo Community Building west of Horton. Burial will be in Kennekuk Indian Cemetery west of Horton. Mr. Green will lie in state today at Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton.
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