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09/22/2016 - Lawrence Eagle Bull
Funeral services for Lawrence “Larry” Ray Eagle Bull “Mato Wayuonihan,” age 57, will be at 9:00 AM on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at the Pine Ridge Middle School Gymnasium in Pine Ridge, SD with Reverend Robert Two Bulls, Reverend Ben Tyon, Marei Kingi and Pastor John Two Bulls officiating. Traditional Lakota services will be provided by Warfield Moose Jr.
Burial will be at 2:30 PM on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at the Black HillsNationalCemetery in Sturgis, SD.
A viewing will be at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Sioux Funeral Home. A one-night wake service will follow beginning at 3:00 PM at the Pine Ridge Middle School Gymnasium in Pine Ridge, SD with vigil services at 8:00 PM.
Lawrence was a veteran in the U.S. Navy.
On the 15th day of July in the year of 1959, Evelyn and Lloyd Eagle Bull welcomed Lawrence Ray Eagle Bull into the world. He was born and raised in Pine Ridge, SD and would later live to see the world and sail the seven seas. On September 18th of 2016, Sir Lawrence Ray Eagle Bull’s earth journey was completed in his hometown of Pine Ridge, SD and he went on to serve a much higher authority.
Larry was an avid boxer, motorcyclist, baseball player, and football player at OglalaCommunityHigh School. As a teenager, Larry met the love of his life, Lynnell “Lynnie” Tyon and on July 25, 1980, the high school sweethearts were married. Larry and Lynnell had five children together, two girls and three boys. On December 20, 1982, he joined the United States Navy and was honorably discharged from the Navy on May 17, 1990. Larry and Lynnie would soon return to Pine Ridge, SD and raise their children.
Larry received his AA in Human Services at OglalaLakotaCollege and went on to work at the PineRidgeIndianHospital from 1993 until he retired in 2008. During that time, Larry volunteered his free time as a baseball coach while living in California with his family and would later become a boxing coach in Pine Ridge, SD. He was able to coach his two oldest sons as well as their peers. He was an avid golfer and loved his golf team “The Regulators.” Larry was known for his sense of humor, joyful personality, and devotion to his family, friends, and community. He later ran for Tribal Council and was elected by his hometown community as an OST Pine Ridge Council Representative from 2012 to 2014. Larry was loved and respected by all who knew him.
Larry is survived by mother Evelyn “Sissy” Eagle Bull of Pine Ridge, SD; wife Lynnell Eagle Bull of Pine Ridge, SD; children Jeanne Eagle Bull Oxendine, Autumn Eagle Bull, Larry Eagle Bull, and Josey Eagle Bull; little sisters Jackie “Babydoll” Eagle Bull-Miller, Llloydell “Suzy” Mesteth, and Vange and Janice Jennesse; and 15 grandchildren, all of whom he loved whole-heartedly.
He was preceded in death by father Lloyd “Butch” Eagle Bull Jr; grandfather Lloyd “Toby” Eagle Bull Sr; grandmothers Alvina Big Crow-Mills and Gladys Steele-Ecoffey; aunt Jacklyn Ecoffey-Palmier; uncles Francis “Jamie” Big Crow Sr. and Roger Mills; nephew Tevin Tyon; and eldest son Toby Ray Eagle Bull.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge, SD is in charge of arrangements for Lawrence “Larry” Ray Eagle Bull “Mato Wayuonihan.”
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