Norma Lucille Mills, 77, Hot Springs, entered the Spirit World April 1, 2005, at her home in Hot Springs.
As a young girl, Norma lived with her grandparents, Martin and Julia Red Bear in Wolf Creek. She attended school at the Holy Rosary Mission in Pine Ridge. In her teens she moved to Hot Springs, to live with her mother, Alice (Red Bear) Mills Waters and stepfather George Waters.
In 1954, Norma married Archie LeBeau of Eagle Butte, and during their marriage they had eight children. In 1975, she began her 24-year career with the BIA/Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School cafeteria as a dishwasher and retired in 1999, as cook foreman at the age of 71.
Norma was made an honorary member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and was very proud of this honor. She participated in the Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Housing Project in 1994 on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. She volunteered her time by assisting with meal planning and supply ordering and was part of the kitchen crew that cooked and served three meals a day for 1,500 to 2,000 daily volunteers of the housing project.
She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, cooking, listening to music, crossword puzzles and playing cards and board games with her children and grandchildren.
Norma had a self-sacrificing love that was always kind, generous and compassionate. She always believed in the best of others. She also had a great sense of humor and a strong faith.
Survivors include four daughters, Carla LeBeau of Hot Springs, Kathy LeBeau of Chugiak, Alaska, and Lori Stengl and Tisha Moran, both of Eagle Butte; three sons, Greg LeBeau and Michael Shane LeBeau, both of Eagle Butte, and Thomas Mills (Frenchy) LeBeau of Pacifica, Calif.; three cousins, Martin (Ida) Red Bear of Rapid City, Calvin (Delores) Mills of Pine Ridge, and Grace Bradley of Hot Springs; 35 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and her extended Tiospaye family which includes numerous nieces and nephews and their children.
A one-night wake will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot Springs. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot Springs, with Monsignor James Mortimer officiating.
Pallbearers are her grandsons, Travis LeBeau, Troy LeBeau, Everett Lesmeister, Rocklyn LeBeau, Jason Vanderheide, Derek LeBeau, Dathan Little Wounded, and Paul Returns. Interment will follow at the Evergreen Cemetery in Hot Springs. A memorial dinner will be held in Eagly Butte at the H.V. Johnson Cultural Center on Sunday April 10 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Hot Springs is in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Rapid City Journal on 4/5/2005.
As a young girl, Norma lived with her grandparents, Martin and Julia Red Bear in Wolf Creek. She attended school at the Holy Rosary Mission in Pine Ridge. In her teens she moved to Hot Springs, to live with her mother, Alice (Red Bear) Mills Waters and stepfather George Waters.
In 1954, Norma married Archie LeBeau of Eagle Butte, and during their marriage they had eight children. In 1975, she began her 24-year career with the BIA/Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School cafeteria as a dishwasher and retired in 1999, as cook foreman at the age of 71.
Norma was made an honorary member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and was very proud of this honor. She participated in the Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Housing Project in 1994 on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. She volunteered her time by assisting with meal planning and supply ordering and was part of the kitchen crew that cooked and served three meals a day for 1,500 to 2,000 daily volunteers of the housing project.
She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, cooking, listening to music, crossword puzzles and playing cards and board games with her children and grandchildren.
Norma had a self-sacrificing love that was always kind, generous and compassionate. She always believed in the best of others. She also had a great sense of humor and a strong faith.
Survivors include four daughters, Carla LeBeau of Hot Springs, Kathy LeBeau of Chugiak, Alaska, and Lori Stengl and Tisha Moran, both of Eagle Butte; three sons, Greg LeBeau and Michael Shane LeBeau, both of Eagle Butte, and Thomas Mills (Frenchy) LeBeau of Pacifica, Calif.; three cousins, Martin (Ida) Red Bear of Rapid City, Calvin (Delores) Mills of Pine Ridge, and Grace Bradley of Hot Springs; 35 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and her extended Tiospaye family which includes numerous nieces and nephews and their children.
A one-night wake will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot Springs. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot Springs, with Monsignor James Mortimer officiating.
Pallbearers are her grandsons, Travis LeBeau, Troy LeBeau, Everett Lesmeister, Rocklyn LeBeau, Jason Vanderheide, Derek LeBeau, Dathan Little Wounded, and Paul Returns. Interment will follow at the Evergreen Cemetery in Hot Springs. A memorial dinner will be held in Eagly Butte at the H.V. Johnson Cultural Center on Sunday April 10 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Hot Springs is in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Rapid City Journal on 4/5/2005.
Norma Lucille Mills, 77, Hot Springs, entered the Spirit World April 1, 2005, at her home in Hot Springs.
As a young girl, Norma lived with her grandparents, Martin and Julia Red Bear in Wolf Creek. She attended school at the Holy Rosary Mission in Pine Ridge. In her teens she moved to Hot Springs, to live with her mother, Alice (Red Bear) Mills Waters and stepfather George Waters.
In 1954, Norma married Archie LeBeau of Eagle Butte, and during their marriage they had eight children. In 1975, she began her 24-year career with the BIA/Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School cafeteria as a dishwasher and retired in 1999, as cook foreman at the age of 71.
Norma was made an honorary member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and was very proud of this honor. She participated in the Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Housing Project in 1994 on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. She volunteered her time by assisting with meal planning and supply ordering and was part of the kitchen crew that cooked and served three meals a day for 1,500 to 2,000 daily volunteers of the housing project.
She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, cooking, listening to music, crossword puzzles and playing cards and board games with her children and grandchildren.
Norma had a self-sacrificing love that was always kind, generous and compassionate. She always believed in the best of others. She also had a great sense of humor and a strong faith.
Survivors include four daughters, Carla LeBeau of Hot Springs, Kathy LeBeau of Chugiak, Alaska, and Lori Stengl and Tisha Moran, both of Eagle Butte; three sons, Greg LeBeau and Michael Shane LeBeau, both of Eagle Butte, and Thomas Mills (Frenchy) LeBeau of Pacifica, Calif.; three cousins, Martin (Ida) Red Bear of Rapid City, Calvin (Delores) Mills of Pine Ridge, and Grace Bradley of Hot Springs; 35 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and her extended Tiospaye family which includes numerous nieces and nephews and their children.
A one-night wake will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot Springs. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot Springs, with Monsignor James Mortimer officiating.
Pallbearers are her grandsons, Travis LeBeau, Troy LeBeau, Everett Lesmeister, Rocklyn LeBeau, Jason Vanderheide, Derek LeBeau, Dathan Little Wounded, and Paul Returns. Interment will follow at the Evergreen Cemetery in Hot Springs. A memorial dinner will be held in Eagly Butte at the H.V. Johnson Cultural Center on Sunday April 10 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Hot Springs is in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Rapid City Journal on 4/5/2005.
As a young girl, Norma lived with her grandparents, Martin and Julia Red Bear in Wolf Creek. She attended school at the Holy Rosary Mission in Pine Ridge. In her teens she moved to Hot Springs, to live with her mother, Alice (Red Bear) Mills Waters and stepfather George Waters.
In 1954, Norma married Archie LeBeau of Eagle Butte, and during their marriage they had eight children. In 1975, she began her 24-year career with the BIA/Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School cafeteria as a dishwasher and retired in 1999, as cook foreman at the age of 71.
Norma was made an honorary member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and was very proud of this honor. She participated in the Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Housing Project in 1994 on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. She volunteered her time by assisting with meal planning and supply ordering and was part of the kitchen crew that cooked and served three meals a day for 1,500 to 2,000 daily volunteers of the housing project.
She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, cooking, listening to music, crossword puzzles and playing cards and board games with her children and grandchildren.
Norma had a self-sacrificing love that was always kind, generous and compassionate. She always believed in the best of others. She also had a great sense of humor and a strong faith.
Survivors include four daughters, Carla LeBeau of Hot Springs, Kathy LeBeau of Chugiak, Alaska, and Lori Stengl and Tisha Moran, both of Eagle Butte; three sons, Greg LeBeau and Michael Shane LeBeau, both of Eagle Butte, and Thomas Mills (Frenchy) LeBeau of Pacifica, Calif.; three cousins, Martin (Ida) Red Bear of Rapid City, Calvin (Delores) Mills of Pine Ridge, and Grace Bradley of Hot Springs; 35 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and her extended Tiospaye family which includes numerous nieces and nephews and their children.
A one-night wake will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot Springs. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot Springs, with Monsignor James Mortimer officiating.
Pallbearers are her grandsons, Travis LeBeau, Troy LeBeau, Everett Lesmeister, Rocklyn LeBeau, Jason Vanderheide, Derek LeBeau, Dathan Little Wounded, and Paul Returns. Interment will follow at the Evergreen Cemetery in Hot Springs. A memorial dinner will be held in Eagly Butte at the H.V. Johnson Cultural Center on Sunday April 10 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Hot Springs is in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Rapid City Journal on 4/5/2005.
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