Isabel “Izzy” Allene Bigfeather
Funeral services for Isabel “Izzy” Allene Bigfeather, of Sawyer, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 at the Hugo School gymnasium. Isabel passed away Oct. 16, 2023, at the age of 15.
Isabel Allene Bigfeather was born in Ada, Okla., at the Chickasaw Nation Hospital on Nov. 15, 2007. She came into this world screaming at 6 lb. 9 oz. She was the baby in the nursery who woke up all the other babies. Isabel spent her first few years of life in Boswell, Okla., as a Scorpion. She attended Kiddie Koral after school with her big brother and best friend, Ethan Bigfeather. When she was in the fifth grade, she transferred to Hugo to become a Buffalo. Even though she would tell you for the first three years she was still a Scorpion. Izzy loved basketball since she could walk. When she was 4 years old, she went to Choctaw Nation Basketball Camp and beat out 60 other kids ages 8-18 in One Second Hero. She was famous and proud. She enjoyed playing travel basketball with Coach Elmer and best friends, Kayla Freeman and Addie Watts for several years. She didn’t start softball until eighth grade at Hugo, even though she played her whole life and loved it. Eighth grade year she also watched as her older brother powerlifted and decided to give it a shot. She fell in love with it immediately. Her first year took her to Girl’s State where she placed seventh and it gave her the determination to medal the next year. Freshman year, Izzy became the first girl in Hugo history to make it to State and place in Powerlifting. She loved the sport. Her sophomore year came around and she was excited to compete, but it also brought along her new best friend, Heather Bunn, who came into Izzy’s life when she needed her. She was an amazing friend and coach to Izzy. When Izzy wasn’t hanging out with coach and her softball girls Alley, Nadalie, and Marley, she was home or running with her mom or at the gym with her brother. Izzy’s mom was everywhere she was. They traveled all over Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas for basketball. But, no matter what, you knew if you saw Izzy, Moma was close by. Izzy was loved by so many people. She loved hiding her dad’s phone and pretending not to know where it was, or just walking into Nana’s and grabbing whatever she wanted of her Uncle June June’s because it was OK, because he loved her. She was everyone’s favorite in her eyes and she wasn’t afraid to tell anyone. Izzy was preceded in death by her great-grandfather, Nuoi Tran; papa, Lap Tran; Memaw, Edna Roberts and grandmother, Allene Bigfeather.
Izzy is survived by her parents, Cindy and Mitchell Bigfeather; brother, Ethan Bigfeather of Sawyer; nana, Joyce Tran; uncles: Lap Tran, Jr. (aka June June) of Sawyer and Mark Mapes; aunt and uncle, Ann and Jim Minyard of Bennington, Okla.; aunts: Tanya Bigfeather, Kathy Bigfeather and LeaAnn Bland; cousins: Hailey and Steven Ensey of Soper, Okla., Corey and Makayla Brown of Bennington, Okla., Wade Minyard and Jimanie Thomas of Bennington, Colt Minyard, Ashton, Autumn, Avery, Noah, Marissa, George, Mark Jr., Emily, Shyanne, Bryanne, her ride or die Kimberly Minyard of Bennington, Embery Ensey, Stiles Ensey, Aria Ensey and Rhett Ensey of Soper, and Whitley Barnett, Wyland Brown, and Wesley Brown of Bennington; honorary aunt, Nikki Merker; nephew, Wylie Jett of Fort Towson, Okla.; best friend, Kayla Freeman and her four Amigas: Bunn, Marley, Alley and Nadalie. She is also survived by great-grandmother of Vietnam, Ban Vo and numerous cousins and family members in Vietnam.
She is also survived by her fur babies: Bailey Bigfeather and Dobby Bigfeather, and fur siblings: Nina, Sam, Sadie and Colby.
Sonny Winship officiated the service, under the direction of Miller & Miller Funeral Home.
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