Thamar Alma Masquat, 96, of Horton, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at the Horton Community Hospital. She was born on April 21, 1920 in Rulo, Nebraska the daughter of Frank and Emma Lynn DuPuis. Thamar attended Green Valley country school and graduated from Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. She married Theodore Masquat in Miami, Oklahoma. Thamar worked for Sunflower Ammunition depot, was a seamstress for the Horton Garment Factory for 18 years, she then went to work for the United Tribes of Northeast Kansas and Southeast Nebraska WIC Program and then was the head cook for the Kickapoo Tribe Head Start Program and then worked for Golden Eagle Casino in the Player's Club until she retired. She was the oldest enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, lifetime member of the Kickapoo American Legion Post #415 Auxiliary and served on the Kickapoo Senior Citizens Board. Survivors include, a son Robert Nanomantube & wife Bobbi Darnell of Horton, Kansas; brother, Dale DuPuis of Topeka, Kansas; four grandchildren, Dylan Nanomantube of Horton, Kansas, Devyn Nanomantube of Horton, Kansas, Daleen Miller of Topeka, Kansas and Randy Miller Jr. and numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Ted on March 11, 1979, daughter, Carol Jean Anske, three sisters, Bernice Ogden, Geraldine Schuetz and Loretta Walker, three brothers, Lewis "Bo" DuPuis, Vernon DuPuis and Darvin DuPuis. A wake service will be held at 6:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the Kickapoo Community Building with family visitation to follow. Funeral service will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday at the Kickapoo Community Building with burial to follow at the Kennekuk Indian Cemetery on the Kickapoo Reservation. A special message may be sent to the family at www.dishon-maple-chaney.com