Monetta Delores Johnson Trepp, 89, passed away Friday, April 26, 2013 in Tulsa, OK. Monetta was born November 5,1923, in Evanston, Illinois; the daughter of Edith Monetta Perryman Johnson of Jenks and Emmet Robert Johnson of Davenport, Iowa, a veteran of World War I. Monetta graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (now OSU) in Stillwater, spending her summers on her grandparents ranch in Jenks.

She married John Wallace Trepp, Sr., of Oklahoma City on May 30,1948,

and they moved to Tulsa in 1950. She was active in Tulsa civic affairs, including John Knox Presbyterian Church, the Tulsa Boys Home, and the Tulsa Public Libraries. She was a founding member of the American Indian Theatre Company of Oklahoma, the Tulsa Indian Art Festival, the National Indian Monument and Institute, and the American Indian Arts Association.



She is survived by sons Robert, Wally, and Tom and wife, Kay; grandchildren, Justin and wife, Kim, Rhiannon, and Lance; and by great-grandchildren, Lexey, Gavin, Trustin, and Sean, Tyler and Chance.



Monetta (Mvnettv) means "new day" in Muscogee.

She was a proud member of the Beaver Clan of Loca'pokv Talse tribal town, and was proud of her ancestors, who included:



* her grandfather, Mose Perryman, who served in the Muscogee Nation

House of Warriors.



* her great-grandparents, George Perryman, who signed Tulsa's original

municipal charter in 1898, and Rachel Perryman, who raised many nephews and

nieces and other orphans at her home in Brookside. George's brother Legus

Perryman was Principal Chief of the Muscogee Nation, and his brother Josiah

Perryman was Tulsa's first postmaster.



* her great-great-grandfather, Alexander, who died fighting for the confederacy in the U.S. Civil War, and his wife, Hanna.



? her great-great-grandfather, Lewis Perryman, who established the first

store at Loca'pokv long before it grew into the town of Tulsa.



? her great-great-great-grandfather, Benjamin Perryman, who was Second Chief of the Lower Creeks after removal from Alabama and signed the 1833 Treaty between the USA and the Muscogee Nations.



? her great-great-great-great-grandfather,Takosv Haco,

who signed the 1796 Treaty between the USA and the Muscogee Nation.



Visitation will be 6-8 P.m., Monday, April 29, 2013 at Moore?s Southlawn.

Memorial Service will be 4:00 P.M., Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at

John Knox Presbyterian Church.



In lieu of flowers or plants, please donate to your favorite charity or non-profit, or Tulsa Indian Art Festival www.tulsaindianartfestival.com , National Indian Monument & Institute www.nimi.us , or Perryman Ranch Foundation www.perrymanranch.com/aboutus.html , address to all of the above is 9521 B Riverside Parkway, Box 358, Tulsa, OK 74137. Moore?s Southlawn 918-6633-2233 share memories at www.moorefuneral.com