Robert Sweeney

Graveside services for Robert Edwin Sweeney will be conducted on Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 at 10:00 AM at Tahlequah City Cemetery with Melvin George officiating. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 beginning at 2:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Reed-Culver Funeral Home and then from 7:00 PM until 8:00 PM for his Wake Service also conducted by Melvin George. Online condolences for his family may be left at www.reedculver.com.

Pallbearers for Robert include Mark Hammond, Ferrell Perry, Allen Thele, Eco Melvin Marshall, Seymour Frank, and Jacob Lewis.

Robert Edwin Sweeney was born on Thursday, March 11th, 1965, in Ft. Bragg, NC, the son of Joseph Robert and Ramona Sue (George) Sweeney. He grew up in a family with two sisters, Peggy and Stephanie. He attended school and graduated from Tahlequah High School with the class of 1983.He then began his studies in Criminal Justice at NSU, and attained his HVAC certification. While he was in school, he loved wrestling, football, and playing tuba in the band. He earned his living as a peace officer in Westville, OK, and working as a security guard, jobs he loved most dearly. The love of his life was his daughter, Ramona Elaine. Any time spent with her was good. He was so happy to have a Sunday or Holiday to spend with the family he adored, sharing a meal and some really good stories. Whenever he had time away from work, the man was headed for the nearest fishing hole or ready to go deer hunting. He loved the outdoors. When football season rolled around, he loved watching the Miami Dolphins play football. He was a member of the ARA and a certified gun dealer, one of the best carpenters in the area, and was so very proud of his Cherokee Heritage. He was a faithful member of the Native American Church of Oklahoma and a member of the Polecat Ceremonial Grounds of Kellyville, where he served as Pole Boy for 4 years. Robert was easy going, kind hearted, people loving, never self-centered or pity seeking, and a really wonderful man. His passed from this life on Sunday, July 21st, 2019 in Tahlequah, OK. We will miss this brother, father, cousin, and friend.

He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Rufus and Addie George, Joseph Sweeney and Lucinda York, and his parents.

Those left to cherish his memory include his beloved daughter, Ramona Elaine Sweeney of Bethany, OK, and his two sisters, Peggy Sweeney of Tahlequah and Stephanie Vasquez and husband Eddie of Sapulpa, OK. He also leaves his beloved Aunts, Valerie Harjo of Tahlequah, Gay Don Sweeney of Tulsa, OK, and Uncles, Willie George of Sapulpa, OK, Melvin George and wife Shrana of Muskogee, Ok, and John George of Mannford, Ok, niece Amber Sweeney of Tahlequah, Nephew Aaron Sweeney of Tahlequah, and many cousins and a host of friends and loved ones.