Funeral for Vaughn Dolphus age 52 of Eagle Butte, SD will be at 10:00 AM, MT on Monday, December 19, 2005 at the H. V. Johnston Cultural Center in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Rev. Richard Charging Eagle, Dana Dupris, Byron Buffalo, and Jim Garrett will be officiating. Burial will be at the Mossman Cemetery of rural Ridgeview, South Dakota under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge, SD. There will be an all night wake service starting at 6:00 PM, MT at the Cultural Center on Sunday and his family and friends will gather at the 4 mile junction at 4:00 PM, MT on Sunday to follow in procession. Vaughn passed away on December 12, 2005, near White Horse, South Dakota.
Vaughn Allen Dolphus was born on April 29, 1953 at the Old Cheyenne Agency in South Dakota to Donald Dean (D. D.) Dolphus, Sr. and Geraldine Carter Dolphus. He attended 1st and 2nd grades at the Immaculate Conception Mission School in Stephan, South Dakota and then he moved with his family to California where he attended school until the 4th grade. He moved back to Eagle Butte, where he graduated from the Cheyenne Eagle Butte School.
Vaughn was raised at Rousseau Creek with his father, D. D. and his stepmother, Marge Dupris Dolphus. He developed a love for horses and the outdoors as well as a love for his stepbrother, Danny Lessert and stepsisters, Marlene Lessert Ducheneaux, Sharon Arpan LeCompte, Elaine Arpan LeBeau, Alberta Arpan Fielder, and Helen Arpan. Vaughn began his lifelong career working with horses as a teenager at home while working with his dad. He worked a number of jobs, but training horses was his love, his passion, and his joy in life. Vaughn left for Ruidoso, NM with his brother, Stuart on January 11, 1974 to work for Asmussen's as a groomer. This is where he honed his skills of horse racing and training racehorses.
In 1980 Vaughn worked at Ruidoso Downs Race Track with a Quarter Horse Trainer named Johnny Goodman. While with Goodman Stables he worked with a two year old horse named "Special Effort" who won the Quarter Horse Triple Crown. Vaughn then returned home and trained thoroughbred horses with his dad. They raced family horses at Fort Pierre, South Dakota and in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He later moved to Minnesota, where he continued to work with horses as a groomer and assistant trainer. This is where he met his special friend Suzanne Goodwin, who became his lifelong friend.
In 2000 he came home to be with his family and friends. His goal was to build a home and settle here, with a home in the country and a few horses. Vaughn was a generous, kind man with always a good word to say. He always helped out family and friends in need of an extra hand. He took time with his nieces and nephews; he loved them all so much. He shared his knowledge with them all. He loved to visit with friends and family about the old times. He remembered things that we wanted to forget, and made us laugh. He had a way of telling a story.
He is survived by his two children, Skeets Dolphus of Rapid City, South Dakota and Sharina Brown of Eagle Butte, South Dakota; His brothers Stuart Dolphus of Ridgeview, South Dakota and Junior Dolphus of Rousseau Creek; His sisters Paulette Heideman, and Willetta Dolphus both of Eagle Butte, South Dakota and DeAnne Dolphus of Rousseau Creek, South Dakota.
He was preceded in death by his father D. D. Dolphus and his mother Geraldine Dolphus, his niece Ashlyn Booth and his nephew Brayden Thompson.
Casketbearers will be Cameron Arpan, Gerald Booth, Colton Dolphus, Malcolm Guest, Chase Dolphus, Todd Heideman, Carmen Kessler, Alissa Kingfisher-Benoist, Beau Kingfisher, Kayla Kingfisher, Deb Thompson, LaRae Lind, and Tahnee Thompson.
Honorary casketbearers will be Lemar Avery, Rocky Avery, Alveno Bowker, Greg Carter, Charles Claymore, Jason Dolphus and family, Lyle Ducheneaux, Mike Ducheneaux, Rollie Ducheneaux, Larry Dupree, Scott Dupree, Ansel Dupris, Doug Dupris, Bob Eagleman, Willie Frazier, Jim Garrett, Dean Hansen, Larry Haskell, Ghetto High Bear, Frankie Hill, Hattie Horn, Eagle Hunter, Frankie Johnson, Justin Keckler, Kevin Keckler, Kenny Kost, Winona LaDuke, Marvin and Dixie LeCompte, Danny Lessert, Ronnie Love Joy, Tiny Martin, Blaine Norvold, Jim and Terry Pearman, Ronnie and Nita Pearman, Gib Red Dog, Gordon Runs After, Clint Waara, Lee J. Waara, Troy Clausen, Marlene Ducheneaux, Sharon LeCompte, Elaine LeBeau, Alberta Fielder, Helen Arpan, Jared Cavanaugh, Romey Gunville, Rusty and Karen Pearman, Bob and Arliss Keckler, Roger and Mona Lawrence, Marty and Monica Lawrence, Paul Lawrence, Justin Lawrence, and all friends and family.
Special music will be provided by Susie Payne, Frankie Thompson, and Winona Washburn.
Drum group will be Wakiyan Maza.
Vaughn Allen Dolphus was born on April 29, 1953 at the Old Cheyenne Agency in South Dakota to Donald Dean (D. D.) Dolphus, Sr. and Geraldine Carter Dolphus. He attended 1st and 2nd grades at the Immaculate Conception Mission School in Stephan, South Dakota and then he moved with his family to California where he attended school until the 4th grade. He moved back to Eagle Butte, where he graduated from the Cheyenne Eagle Butte School.
Vaughn was raised at Rousseau Creek with his father, D. D. and his stepmother, Marge Dupris Dolphus. He developed a love for horses and the outdoors as well as a love for his stepbrother, Danny Lessert and stepsisters, Marlene Lessert Ducheneaux, Sharon Arpan LeCompte, Elaine Arpan LeBeau, Alberta Arpan Fielder, and Helen Arpan. Vaughn began his lifelong career working with horses as a teenager at home while working with his dad. He worked a number of jobs, but training horses was his love, his passion, and his joy in life. Vaughn left for Ruidoso, NM with his brother, Stuart on January 11, 1974 to work for Asmussen's as a groomer. This is where he honed his skills of horse racing and training racehorses.
In 1980 Vaughn worked at Ruidoso Downs Race Track with a Quarter Horse Trainer named Johnny Goodman. While with Goodman Stables he worked with a two year old horse named "Special Effort" who won the Quarter Horse Triple Crown. Vaughn then returned home and trained thoroughbred horses with his dad. They raced family horses at Fort Pierre, South Dakota and in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He later moved to Minnesota, where he continued to work with horses as a groomer and assistant trainer. This is where he met his special friend Suzanne Goodwin, who became his lifelong friend.
In 2000 he came home to be with his family and friends. His goal was to build a home and settle here, with a home in the country and a few horses. Vaughn was a generous, kind man with always a good word to say. He always helped out family and friends in need of an extra hand. He took time with his nieces and nephews; he loved them all so much. He shared his knowledge with them all. He loved to visit with friends and family about the old times. He remembered things that we wanted to forget, and made us laugh. He had a way of telling a story.
He is survived by his two children, Skeets Dolphus of Rapid City, South Dakota and Sharina Brown of Eagle Butte, South Dakota; His brothers Stuart Dolphus of Ridgeview, South Dakota and Junior Dolphus of Rousseau Creek; His sisters Paulette Heideman, and Willetta Dolphus both of Eagle Butte, South Dakota and DeAnne Dolphus of Rousseau Creek, South Dakota.
He was preceded in death by his father D. D. Dolphus and his mother Geraldine Dolphus, his niece Ashlyn Booth and his nephew Brayden Thompson.
Casketbearers will be Cameron Arpan, Gerald Booth, Colton Dolphus, Malcolm Guest, Chase Dolphus, Todd Heideman, Carmen Kessler, Alissa Kingfisher-Benoist, Beau Kingfisher, Kayla Kingfisher, Deb Thompson, LaRae Lind, and Tahnee Thompson.
Honorary casketbearers will be Lemar Avery, Rocky Avery, Alveno Bowker, Greg Carter, Charles Claymore, Jason Dolphus and family, Lyle Ducheneaux, Mike Ducheneaux, Rollie Ducheneaux, Larry Dupree, Scott Dupree, Ansel Dupris, Doug Dupris, Bob Eagleman, Willie Frazier, Jim Garrett, Dean Hansen, Larry Haskell, Ghetto High Bear, Frankie Hill, Hattie Horn, Eagle Hunter, Frankie Johnson, Justin Keckler, Kevin Keckler, Kenny Kost, Winona LaDuke, Marvin and Dixie LeCompte, Danny Lessert, Ronnie Love Joy, Tiny Martin, Blaine Norvold, Jim and Terry Pearman, Ronnie and Nita Pearman, Gib Red Dog, Gordon Runs After, Clint Waara, Lee J. Waara, Troy Clausen, Marlene Ducheneaux, Sharon LeCompte, Elaine LeBeau, Alberta Fielder, Helen Arpan, Jared Cavanaugh, Romey Gunville, Rusty and Karen Pearman, Bob and Arliss Keckler, Roger and Mona Lawrence, Marty and Monica Lawrence, Paul Lawrence, Justin Lawrence, and all friends and family.
Special music will be provided by Susie Payne, Frankie Thompson, and Winona Washburn.
Drum group will be Wakiyan Maza.
Funeral for Vaughn Dolphus age 52 of Eagle Butte, SD will be at 10:00 AM, MT on Monday, December 19, 2005 at the H. V. Johnston Cultural Center in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Rev. Richard Charging Eagle, Dana Dupris, Byron Buffalo, and Jim Garrett will be officiating. Burial will be at the Mossman Cemetery of rural Ridgeview, South Dakota under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge, SD. There will be an all night wake service starting at 6:00 PM, MT at the Cultural Center on Sunday and his family and friends will gather at the 4 mile junction at 4:00 PM, MT on Sunday to follow in procession. Vaughn passed away on December 12, 2005, near White Horse, South Dakota.
Vaughn Allen Dolphus was born on April 29, 1953 at the Old Cheyenne Agency in South Dakota to Donald Dean (D. D.) Dolphus, Sr. and Geraldine Carter Dolphus. He attended 1st and 2nd grades at the Immaculate Conception Mission School in Stephan, South Dakota and then he moved with his family to California where he attended school until the 4th grade. He moved back to Eagle Butte, where he graduated from the Cheyenne Eagle Butte School.
Vaughn was raised at Rousseau Creek with his father, D. D. and his stepmother, Marge Dupris Dolphus. He developed a love for horses and the outdoors as well as a love for his stepbrother, Danny Lessert and stepsisters, Marlene Lessert Ducheneaux, Sharon Arpan LeCompte, Elaine Arpan LeBeau, Alberta Arpan Fielder, and Helen Arpan. Vaughn began his lifelong career working with horses as a teenager at home while working with his dad. He worked a number of jobs, but training horses was his love, his passion, and his joy in life. Vaughn left for Ruidoso, NM with his brother, Stuart on January 11, 1974 to work for Asmussen's as a groomer. This is where he honed his skills of horse racing and training racehorses.
In 1980 Vaughn worked at Ruidoso Downs Race Track with a Quarter Horse Trainer named Johnny Goodman. While with Goodman Stables he worked with a two year old horse named "Special Effort" who won the Quarter Horse Triple Crown. Vaughn then returned home and trained thoroughbred horses with his dad. They raced family horses at Fort Pierre, South Dakota and in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He later moved to Minnesota, where he continued to work with horses as a groomer and assistant trainer. This is where he met his special friend Suzanne Goodwin, who became his lifelong friend.
In 2000 he came home to be with his family and friends. His goal was to build a home and settle here, with a home in the country and a few horses. Vaughn was a generous, kind man with always a good word to say. He always helped out family and friends in need of an extra hand. He took time with his nieces and nephews; he loved them all so much. He shared his knowledge with them all. He loved to visit with friends and family about the old times. He remembered things that we wanted to forget, and made us laugh. He had a way of telling a story.
He is survived by his two children, Skeets Dolphus of Rapid City, South Dakota and Sharina Brown of Eagle Butte, South Dakota; His brothers Stuart Dolphus of Ridgeview, South Dakota and Junior Dolphus of Rousseau Creek; His sisters Paulette Heideman, and Willetta Dolphus both of Eagle Butte, South Dakota and DeAnne Dolphus of Rousseau Creek, South Dakota.
He was preceded in death by his father D. D. Dolphus and his mother Geraldine Dolphus, his niece Ashlyn Booth and his nephew Brayden Thompson.
Casketbearers will be Cameron Arpan, Gerald Booth, Colton Dolphus, Malcolm Guest, Chase Dolphus, Todd Heideman, Carmen Kessler, Alissa Kingfisher-Benoist, Beau Kingfisher, Kayla Kingfisher, Deb Thompson, LaRae Lind, and Tahnee Thompson.
Honorary casketbearers will be Lemar Avery, Rocky Avery, Alveno Bowker, Greg Carter, Charles Claymore, Jason Dolphus and family, Lyle Ducheneaux, Mike Ducheneaux, Rollie Ducheneaux, Larry Dupree, Scott Dupree, Ansel Dupris, Doug Dupris, Bob Eagleman, Willie Frazier, Jim Garrett, Dean Hansen, Larry Haskell, Ghetto High Bear, Frankie Hill, Hattie Horn, Eagle Hunter, Frankie Johnson, Justin Keckler, Kevin Keckler, Kenny Kost, Winona LaDuke, Marvin and Dixie LeCompte, Danny Lessert, Ronnie Love Joy, Tiny Martin, Blaine Norvold, Jim and Terry Pearman, Ronnie and Nita Pearman, Gib Red Dog, Gordon Runs After, Clint Waara, Lee J. Waara, Troy Clausen, Marlene Ducheneaux, Sharon LeCompte, Elaine LeBeau, Alberta Fielder, Helen Arpan, Jared Cavanaugh, Romey Gunville, Rusty and Karen Pearman, Bob and Arliss Keckler, Roger and Mona Lawrence, Marty and Monica Lawrence, Paul Lawrence, Justin Lawrence, and all friends and family.
Special music will be provided by Susie Payne, Frankie Thompson, and Winona Washburn.
Drum group will be Wakiyan Maza.
Vaughn Allen Dolphus was born on April 29, 1953 at the Old Cheyenne Agency in South Dakota to Donald Dean (D. D.) Dolphus, Sr. and Geraldine Carter Dolphus. He attended 1st and 2nd grades at the Immaculate Conception Mission School in Stephan, South Dakota and then he moved with his family to California where he attended school until the 4th grade. He moved back to Eagle Butte, where he graduated from the Cheyenne Eagle Butte School.
Vaughn was raised at Rousseau Creek with his father, D. D. and his stepmother, Marge Dupris Dolphus. He developed a love for horses and the outdoors as well as a love for his stepbrother, Danny Lessert and stepsisters, Marlene Lessert Ducheneaux, Sharon Arpan LeCompte, Elaine Arpan LeBeau, Alberta Arpan Fielder, and Helen Arpan. Vaughn began his lifelong career working with horses as a teenager at home while working with his dad. He worked a number of jobs, but training horses was his love, his passion, and his joy in life. Vaughn left for Ruidoso, NM with his brother, Stuart on January 11, 1974 to work for Asmussen's as a groomer. This is where he honed his skills of horse racing and training racehorses.
In 1980 Vaughn worked at Ruidoso Downs Race Track with a Quarter Horse Trainer named Johnny Goodman. While with Goodman Stables he worked with a two year old horse named "Special Effort" who won the Quarter Horse Triple Crown. Vaughn then returned home and trained thoroughbred horses with his dad. They raced family horses at Fort Pierre, South Dakota and in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He later moved to Minnesota, where he continued to work with horses as a groomer and assistant trainer. This is where he met his special friend Suzanne Goodwin, who became his lifelong friend.
In 2000 he came home to be with his family and friends. His goal was to build a home and settle here, with a home in the country and a few horses. Vaughn was a generous, kind man with always a good word to say. He always helped out family and friends in need of an extra hand. He took time with his nieces and nephews; he loved them all so much. He shared his knowledge with them all. He loved to visit with friends and family about the old times. He remembered things that we wanted to forget, and made us laugh. He had a way of telling a story.
He is survived by his two children, Skeets Dolphus of Rapid City, South Dakota and Sharina Brown of Eagle Butte, South Dakota; His brothers Stuart Dolphus of Ridgeview, South Dakota and Junior Dolphus of Rousseau Creek; His sisters Paulette Heideman, and Willetta Dolphus both of Eagle Butte, South Dakota and DeAnne Dolphus of Rousseau Creek, South Dakota.
He was preceded in death by his father D. D. Dolphus and his mother Geraldine Dolphus, his niece Ashlyn Booth and his nephew Brayden Thompson.
Casketbearers will be Cameron Arpan, Gerald Booth, Colton Dolphus, Malcolm Guest, Chase Dolphus, Todd Heideman, Carmen Kessler, Alissa Kingfisher-Benoist, Beau Kingfisher, Kayla Kingfisher, Deb Thompson, LaRae Lind, and Tahnee Thompson.
Honorary casketbearers will be Lemar Avery, Rocky Avery, Alveno Bowker, Greg Carter, Charles Claymore, Jason Dolphus and family, Lyle Ducheneaux, Mike Ducheneaux, Rollie Ducheneaux, Larry Dupree, Scott Dupree, Ansel Dupris, Doug Dupris, Bob Eagleman, Willie Frazier, Jim Garrett, Dean Hansen, Larry Haskell, Ghetto High Bear, Frankie Hill, Hattie Horn, Eagle Hunter, Frankie Johnson, Justin Keckler, Kevin Keckler, Kenny Kost, Winona LaDuke, Marvin and Dixie LeCompte, Danny Lessert, Ronnie Love Joy, Tiny Martin, Blaine Norvold, Jim and Terry Pearman, Ronnie and Nita Pearman, Gib Red Dog, Gordon Runs After, Clint Waara, Lee J. Waara, Troy Clausen, Marlene Ducheneaux, Sharon LeCompte, Elaine LeBeau, Alberta Fielder, Helen Arpan, Jared Cavanaugh, Romey Gunville, Rusty and Karen Pearman, Bob and Arliss Keckler, Roger and Mona Lawrence, Marty and Monica Lawrence, Paul Lawrence, Justin Lawrence, and all friends and family.
Special music will be provided by Susie Payne, Frankie Thompson, and Winona Washburn.
Drum group will be Wakiyan Maza.
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