02/29/2012 - Loren Leon Black Elk

Deceased Name:  Loren Leon Black Elk

Age: 52

Date of Death: February 23, 2012

Place of Death: Rapid City, SD

Survivors:

Twin Children:  Wendell “Smoke” and Gwendyllyn Smoke of Rapid City, SD

Brothers:  Ben, Owen, and Clifford Black Elk all of Pine Ridge, SD, Tom Poor Bear of Wounded Knee, SD, Enos Poor Bear, Jr. of Martin, SD, Jim Red Willow of Wanblee, SD, Calvin Monroe of Pine Ridge, SD, Harold Dean Salway of Pine Ridge, SD, and Alex Salway of Martin, SD

Sisters:  Iva Black Elk-Crow of Pine Ridge, SD, Lorita Running Hawk of Pine Ridge, SD, Avis Monroe of Pine Ridge, SD, Willardene Lewis of Phoenix, AZ, Freida and Marlene Poor Bear of Rapid City, SD, and Michelle Yankton of Martin, SD

 Preceded in Death:

Parents:  Wilson Black Elk, Sr. & Mabel Red Shirt

Brothers:  Webster Poor Bear and Wilson “Wally” Black Elk, Jr.

Sister:  Stella Two Bulls

Many uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents, nephews, and nieces.

Wake Services:  Two night wake service starting at 2:00 PM, Monday, February 27, 2012 at the Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge, SD

Funeral Services:  10:00 AM, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge, SD.

Officiating:  Rev. Abraham Tobacco with Traditional Services

Burial Services:  Black Elk Family Cemetery, 9 Miles North of Pine Ridge, SD.

Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements