Timothy Mark Haunpo

Timothy Mark Haunpo, 26, of Carnegie, OK passed from this life into the next on Thursday, November 1, 2012 with his loving family by his side. Timothy was born on January 22, 1986 to Gerald and Janet Haunpo in Lawton, OK. He was the youngest of three sons. Timothy was a graduate of the Class of 2004 Carnegie High School. He was a member of the Cedar Creek United Methodist Church and the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma.

Paternal Great Grand-Parents were the late Wallace Haunpo and Mabel Hummingbird; Pope-sait-ke & Hattie Odle-paugh; grand-parents were the late Howard and Nannie (Pope-sait-ke) Haunpo. Maternal Great Grand-Parents were the late Henry & Norma (Ware) Autaubo; Clyde and Mildred (Mausape) Daingkau; grand-parents Vester Autaubo and the late Claudette (Daingkau) Autaubo.

Timothy was united in marriage to Stephanie Barber on July 17, 2006 in Chickasha, OK. To this union was born two beautiful daughters; Melissa Claudette and Amiyah Kae. After marriage they made their home in Placerville, CA where Timothy was employed as a truck driver for Waste Connections in Eldorado County. The couple moved back to Oklahoma in 2010. Timothy was employed briefly with the town of Carnegie and Gabriels in Chickasha before working for Unit Drilling Corporation as a floor hand on an oil rig.

Timothy was an avid fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Oklahoma Sooner football team. He had a love and passion for sports of all kinds while growing up in Carnegie but especially for baseball and football. He loved spending time with friends and family; laughing and terrorizing with his brothers; cousins and anyone else around. Timothy had a loving and giving spirit and a contagious smile that led to many life-long friendships wherever he went. Timothy made his profession of Christ at an early age and rededicated his life to the Lord before his passing. He was active in the youth groups at Cedar Creek UMC and the First Baptist Church in Carnegie as a teen-ager and attended the West Side Church in Placerville, CA. He was often moved by the spirit of worship and praise in many church settings. When he was 11 years old he accompanied his mother, brother and others to attend the well known Brownsville revival in Pensacola, FL. It was there that he had his first significant encounter with the Lord. In 2005, he had the opportunity to serve with a mission team from the OIMC SW Region in Pascagoula, MS., where he helped with the clean-up in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving wife Stephanie, his two beautiful daughters, Melissa Claudette and Amiyah Kae who were the joy and passion of his life; his parents, two brothers; Howard and wife, Jessica of Carnegie, OK; Geoffrey and wife, Susan of Anadarko, OK; special nieces Megan Haunpo of Duncan, OK, Gracie Lynnelle Haunpo of Anadarko, OK; grand-father, Vester Autaubo of Anadarko, OK; special grand-mother, Phyllis Kotay of Apache, OK; special brothers: Phillip Autaubo of Norman, Henry Anthony Autaubo of Anadarko, Gabriel Dewayne Haunpo of Mtn. View; Vernon Paul Satepauhoodle III of Chickasha; special sister: Cornelia Rose Satepauhoodle of Chickasha; special uncles, Henry Autaubo of Anadarko, OK who shared the same birthday, James Haunpo of Anadarko and Leslie Haunpo of Butler, OK; Special aunties; Elfreda Haunpo of Mtn. View, OK; and Margaret Bellamy of Hobart, OK; Annette Autaubo of Chickasha and Abbie Cox of Verden, OK; and numerous other friends and relatives.

He will be missed by all who knew and loved him.

Wake Service: 6:00 p.m., Monday, November 5, 2012
Service: 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Both services will be at Cedar Creek United Methodist Church, Carnegie, OK
burial to follow in the Carnegie Cemetery, Carnegie, OK
under the direction of Ray & Martha's Funeral Home, Carnegie, OK