Tanya Marie Red Bear, 30, Cannon Ball, died June 30, 2006, at IHS Hospital, Fort Yates. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 7, at the Youth Activity Center, Cannon Ball, with the Rev. Canon John Floberg officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Bull Head, S.D.
A wake service will begin at 7 p.m. today at the Youth Activity Center.
Tanya was born May 8, 1976, at Eagle Butte, S.D., to Oley Henry and Mary Lou (Eagle) Red Bear Sr. She attended grade school in Isabel and Waubay, S.D. She completed her schooling in Cannon Ball and graduated from Solen High School in 1994. She attended Sitting Bull College. She was employed as a cocktail server and porter at Prairie Knights Casino from 1997 to 2000, and as a teachers aide at the Cannon Ball Headstart.
She liked to hang out with her family and enjoyed reading. Tanya had a very big family who loved her very much. Tanya took great pride in taking care of her younger brother, Scott, and her niece, Brashel "Bingo" Silk. Our cousin, K. John Red Bear, meant a lot to her. He was her confidante and keeper. In her younger years, Tanya loved to baby-sit. She took care of the Red Tomahawk children, Tammy, Kyle, Marcy and Marcellus, and Jarithe Archambault. Tanya also had two god-daughters, Gracie Red Bear and Shawna One Horn, whom she cared for and loved very much. In her later years, she adopted Earlwyn Yellow Hammer Sr. as her father; and adopted brothers, Dewey Plenty Chief, Joe Cottonwood, Gabe and Andrew Thunder Hawk, Ira and Riley Plenty Chief, B.J. Miner and Sherman Standing Bear; and Wanda Miner as a sister.
She is survived by her mother, Mary Lou; four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Lori (Kevin) One Horn, Julie (Matthew) American Horse, and Madonna (Bryan) Silk, all of Cannon Ball, and Denise Martin, Grand Forks; five brothers and three sister-in-law, Gordon (Debbie) Red Bear, Oley H. (Magdeline) Red Bear Jr., Robin (Charlotte) Red Bear, Scott L. Red Bear and Allen Siegfried, all of Cannon Ball; and her grandmother, Anna Mae Steele, McLaughlin, S.D.
She was preceded in death by her father, Oley H. Red Bear Sr.; her brother, Timothy E. Red Bear; her maternal grandparents, Melvin and Beatrice (Cottonwood) Eagle; her paternal grandparents, Isaac Red Bear and Grace Brown Otter; her grandfather, Sampson Steele; her uncles, John Thunder Hawk Sr., Roland Brown Otter Sr., Cletus Eagle and John Red Bear; her aunt, Mary Brown Otter; her cousins, Donnie Crow Ghost, Brittany High Elk and Burton "Baby" Lester; and her adopted brother, Dean Miner.
(Perry Funeral Home, Mandan)
A wake service will begin at 7 p.m. today at the Youth Activity Center.
Tanya was born May 8, 1976, at Eagle Butte, S.D., to Oley Henry and Mary Lou (Eagle) Red Bear Sr. She attended grade school in Isabel and Waubay, S.D. She completed her schooling in Cannon Ball and graduated from Solen High School in 1994. She attended Sitting Bull College. She was employed as a cocktail server and porter at Prairie Knights Casino from 1997 to 2000, and as a teachers aide at the Cannon Ball Headstart.
She liked to hang out with her family and enjoyed reading. Tanya had a very big family who loved her very much. Tanya took great pride in taking care of her younger brother, Scott, and her niece, Brashel "Bingo" Silk. Our cousin, K. John Red Bear, meant a lot to her. He was her confidante and keeper. In her younger years, Tanya loved to baby-sit. She took care of the Red Tomahawk children, Tammy, Kyle, Marcy and Marcellus, and Jarithe Archambault. Tanya also had two god-daughters, Gracie Red Bear and Shawna One Horn, whom she cared for and loved very much. In her later years, she adopted Earlwyn Yellow Hammer Sr. as her father; and adopted brothers, Dewey Plenty Chief, Joe Cottonwood, Gabe and Andrew Thunder Hawk, Ira and Riley Plenty Chief, B.J. Miner and Sherman Standing Bear; and Wanda Miner as a sister.
She is survived by her mother, Mary Lou; four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Lori (Kevin) One Horn, Julie (Matthew) American Horse, and Madonna (Bryan) Silk, all of Cannon Ball, and Denise Martin, Grand Forks; five brothers and three sister-in-law, Gordon (Debbie) Red Bear, Oley H. (Magdeline) Red Bear Jr., Robin (Charlotte) Red Bear, Scott L. Red Bear and Allen Siegfried, all of Cannon Ball; and her grandmother, Anna Mae Steele, McLaughlin, S.D.
She was preceded in death by her father, Oley H. Red Bear Sr.; her brother, Timothy E. Red Bear; her maternal grandparents, Melvin and Beatrice (Cottonwood) Eagle; her paternal grandparents, Isaac Red Bear and Grace Brown Otter; her grandfather, Sampson Steele; her uncles, John Thunder Hawk Sr., Roland Brown Otter Sr., Cletus Eagle and John Red Bear; her aunt, Mary Brown Otter; her cousins, Donnie Crow Ghost, Brittany High Elk and Burton "Baby" Lester; and her adopted brother, Dean Miner.
(Perry Funeral Home, Mandan)
Tanya Marie Red Bear, 30, Cannon Ball, died June 30, 2006, at IHS Hospital, Fort Yates. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 7, at the Youth Activity Center, Cannon Ball, with the Rev. Canon John Floberg officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Bull Head, S.D.
A wake service will begin at 7 p.m. today at the Youth Activity Center.
Tanya was born May 8, 1976, at Eagle Butte, S.D., to Oley Henry and Mary Lou (Eagle) Red Bear Sr. She attended grade school in Isabel and Waubay, S.D. She completed her schooling in Cannon Ball and graduated from Solen High School in 1994. She attended Sitting Bull College. She was employed as a cocktail server and porter at Prairie Knights Casino from 1997 to 2000, and as a teachers aide at the Cannon Ball Headstart.
She liked to hang out with her family and enjoyed reading. Tanya had a very big family who loved her very much. Tanya took great pride in taking care of her younger brother, Scott, and her niece, Brashel "Bingo" Silk. Our cousin, K. John Red Bear, meant a lot to her. He was her confidante and keeper. In her younger years, Tanya loved to baby-sit. She took care of the Red Tomahawk children, Tammy, Kyle, Marcy and Marcellus, and Jarithe Archambault. Tanya also had two god-daughters, Gracie Red Bear and Shawna One Horn, whom she cared for and loved very much. In her later years, she adopted Earlwyn Yellow Hammer Sr. as her father; and adopted brothers, Dewey Plenty Chief, Joe Cottonwood, Gabe and Andrew Thunder Hawk, Ira and Riley Plenty Chief, B.J. Miner and Sherman Standing Bear; and Wanda Miner as a sister.
She is survived by her mother, Mary Lou; four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Lori (Kevin) One Horn, Julie (Matthew) American Horse, and Madonna (Bryan) Silk, all of Cannon Ball, and Denise Martin, Grand Forks; five brothers and three sister-in-law, Gordon (Debbie) Red Bear, Oley H. (Magdeline) Red Bear Jr., Robin (Charlotte) Red Bear, Scott L. Red Bear and Allen Siegfried, all of Cannon Ball; and her grandmother, Anna Mae Steele, McLaughlin, S.D.
She was preceded in death by her father, Oley H. Red Bear Sr.; her brother, Timothy E. Red Bear; her maternal grandparents, Melvin and Beatrice (Cottonwood) Eagle; her paternal grandparents, Isaac Red Bear and Grace Brown Otter; her grandfather, Sampson Steele; her uncles, John Thunder Hawk Sr., Roland Brown Otter Sr., Cletus Eagle and John Red Bear; her aunt, Mary Brown Otter; her cousins, Donnie Crow Ghost, Brittany High Elk and Burton "Baby" Lester; and her adopted brother, Dean Miner.
(Perry Funeral Home, Mandan)
A wake service will begin at 7 p.m. today at the Youth Activity Center.
Tanya was born May 8, 1976, at Eagle Butte, S.D., to Oley Henry and Mary Lou (Eagle) Red Bear Sr. She attended grade school in Isabel and Waubay, S.D. She completed her schooling in Cannon Ball and graduated from Solen High School in 1994. She attended Sitting Bull College. She was employed as a cocktail server and porter at Prairie Knights Casino from 1997 to 2000, and as a teachers aide at the Cannon Ball Headstart.
She liked to hang out with her family and enjoyed reading. Tanya had a very big family who loved her very much. Tanya took great pride in taking care of her younger brother, Scott, and her niece, Brashel "Bingo" Silk. Our cousin, K. John Red Bear, meant a lot to her. He was her confidante and keeper. In her younger years, Tanya loved to baby-sit. She took care of the Red Tomahawk children, Tammy, Kyle, Marcy and Marcellus, and Jarithe Archambault. Tanya also had two god-daughters, Gracie Red Bear and Shawna One Horn, whom she cared for and loved very much. In her later years, she adopted Earlwyn Yellow Hammer Sr. as her father; and adopted brothers, Dewey Plenty Chief, Joe Cottonwood, Gabe and Andrew Thunder Hawk, Ira and Riley Plenty Chief, B.J. Miner and Sherman Standing Bear; and Wanda Miner as a sister.
She is survived by her mother, Mary Lou; four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Lori (Kevin) One Horn, Julie (Matthew) American Horse, and Madonna (Bryan) Silk, all of Cannon Ball, and Denise Martin, Grand Forks; five brothers and three sister-in-law, Gordon (Debbie) Red Bear, Oley H. (Magdeline) Red Bear Jr., Robin (Charlotte) Red Bear, Scott L. Red Bear and Allen Siegfried, all of Cannon Ball; and her grandmother, Anna Mae Steele, McLaughlin, S.D.
She was preceded in death by her father, Oley H. Red Bear Sr.; her brother, Timothy E. Red Bear; her maternal grandparents, Melvin and Beatrice (Cottonwood) Eagle; her paternal grandparents, Isaac Red Bear and Grace Brown Otter; her grandfather, Sampson Steele; her uncles, John Thunder Hawk Sr., Roland Brown Otter Sr., Cletus Eagle and John Red Bear; her aunt, Mary Brown Otter; her cousins, Donnie Crow Ghost, Brittany High Elk and Burton "Baby" Lester; and her adopted brother, Dean Miner.
(Perry Funeral Home, Mandan)
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