Gerald Benedict "Soup" Agard had a background in police science and heavy equipment operation and he used both in his work. In addition, he worked as an Emergency Medical Technician for the Standing Rock Ambulance Service and as a security guard for many years.
He was active on the Rock Creek Pow Wow Committee and participated in the Big Foot and Chief Rides. For many years he chaperoned some of the youth from the Rock Creek District in the Spiritual Harney Peak Walk and spent considerable time with the youth of Rock Creek.
His Lakota name was Mahto-cha-nu-pa which translates to "Bears Pipe."
He was currently working employed as a maintenance technician at the Rock Creek Grant School. Gerald died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, in McLaughlin at the age of 53.
Soup was born April 9, 1951, in Bullhead to Cyril Agard and Marie (Takes The Hat) Brave Crow. He attended from the first grade through the sixth in Bullhead and graduated from McIntosh High School. Durng his years in McIntosh he was a pitcher for the McIntosh American Legion Softball Team.
He then attended the National College of Business in Rapid City, the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck where he completed a program in Police Science, and the Little Hoop Community College in Fort Totten, N.D., where he completed a program in operating heavy equipment.
Soup then worked as a police officer on the Pine Ridge Reservation during the American Indian Movement in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he worked as a police officer on the Standing Rock Agency. He was a member of the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Bullhead.
Survivors are his mother, Marie Brave Crow of McLaughlin; three daughters, Megan Agard of Bullhead, Jerrilyn Agard/Soft and Gwen Taken Alive, both of McLaughlin; two brothers, Joe Agard of McLaughlin and Dale Brave Crow of Mobridge; six sisters, Geraldine Agard, Mabel Medicine Crow, Gale Spotted horse, Etta Brave Crow and Kathy Antelope, all of McLaughlin, and Pauline Mellette of Mobridge; one brother-in-law, Benjamin Mellette of Mobridge; maternal uncle, Mayo Takes The Hat of Almeda, Calif.; adopted brothers, Richard Fiddler of Fort Yates, N.D., Sasha Nicholic of McLaughlin, Leland Brown of Mobridge and Jerry Running Hawk of McLaughlin; four adopted sisters, Irene Poor Thunder, Verna Chapman/Reeds, Lucia Hairy Chin and Kathy Kuzior, all of McLaughlin; uncles, Linus Grey Eagle of McLaughlin, Sidney Eagle Shield Sr. of Little Eagle and James Three Legs of Wakpala; aunts, Julianne End Of Horn of Fort Yates, Ramona Hopkins of Hillsboro, Ore., Clarice Miner of Eagle Butte and Lavina Three Legs of Wakpala.
He was preceded in death by his father, Cyril Agard; stepfather, Walter Steve Brave Crow; brothers, Jimmy Agard, Whitney Agard, Lyle Agard and Freddy Agard; sisters, Margie Agard, Alvina Agard Grey Bear, Bernadine Agard Goudreaux and Evelyn Agard Claymore; grandparents, James and Annie Takes The Hat, Henry and Matilda Three Legs, and Ernest and Louisa Makes Life; uncles, Morris and Dennis Takes The Hat and Michael Cross Bear; aunts, Margie, Mabel and Mayme Takes The Hat and numerous other aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.
Funeral services for Gerald were Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the Rock Creek Grant School gym in Bullhead. Father Kerry Prendiville officiated. Special music was provided by the American Horse family, Jerry Good House and Elliot Ward.
Casketbearers were Richard Fiddler, Kevin Bear Ribs, Paul Archambault, Charlie White Buffalo, Kermen Shoestring, Archie Fool Bear, Anthony Vermillion, David West, Bruce Eagle and Milton Brown Otter. All his other friends and relatives were honorary bearers.
Burial was in the St. Aloysius Catholic Church Cemetery in Bullhead under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge.
Mobridge Tribune November 17, 2004
He was active on the Rock Creek Pow Wow Committee and participated in the Big Foot and Chief Rides. For many years he chaperoned some of the youth from the Rock Creek District in the Spiritual Harney Peak Walk and spent considerable time with the youth of Rock Creek.
His Lakota name was Mahto-cha-nu-pa which translates to "Bears Pipe."
He was currently working employed as a maintenance technician at the Rock Creek Grant School. Gerald died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, in McLaughlin at the age of 53.
Soup was born April 9, 1951, in Bullhead to Cyril Agard and Marie (Takes The Hat) Brave Crow. He attended from the first grade through the sixth in Bullhead and graduated from McIntosh High School. Durng his years in McIntosh he was a pitcher for the McIntosh American Legion Softball Team.
He then attended the National College of Business in Rapid City, the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck where he completed a program in Police Science, and the Little Hoop Community College in Fort Totten, N.D., where he completed a program in operating heavy equipment.
Soup then worked as a police officer on the Pine Ridge Reservation during the American Indian Movement in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he worked as a police officer on the Standing Rock Agency. He was a member of the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Bullhead.
Survivors are his mother, Marie Brave Crow of McLaughlin; three daughters, Megan Agard of Bullhead, Jerrilyn Agard/Soft and Gwen Taken Alive, both of McLaughlin; two brothers, Joe Agard of McLaughlin and Dale Brave Crow of Mobridge; six sisters, Geraldine Agard, Mabel Medicine Crow, Gale Spotted horse, Etta Brave Crow and Kathy Antelope, all of McLaughlin, and Pauline Mellette of Mobridge; one brother-in-law, Benjamin Mellette of Mobridge; maternal uncle, Mayo Takes The Hat of Almeda, Calif.; adopted brothers, Richard Fiddler of Fort Yates, N.D., Sasha Nicholic of McLaughlin, Leland Brown of Mobridge and Jerry Running Hawk of McLaughlin; four adopted sisters, Irene Poor Thunder, Verna Chapman/Reeds, Lucia Hairy Chin and Kathy Kuzior, all of McLaughlin; uncles, Linus Grey Eagle of McLaughlin, Sidney Eagle Shield Sr. of Little Eagle and James Three Legs of Wakpala; aunts, Julianne End Of Horn of Fort Yates, Ramona Hopkins of Hillsboro, Ore., Clarice Miner of Eagle Butte and Lavina Three Legs of Wakpala.
He was preceded in death by his father, Cyril Agard; stepfather, Walter Steve Brave Crow; brothers, Jimmy Agard, Whitney Agard, Lyle Agard and Freddy Agard; sisters, Margie Agard, Alvina Agard Grey Bear, Bernadine Agard Goudreaux and Evelyn Agard Claymore; grandparents, James and Annie Takes The Hat, Henry and Matilda Three Legs, and Ernest and Louisa Makes Life; uncles, Morris and Dennis Takes The Hat and Michael Cross Bear; aunts, Margie, Mabel and Mayme Takes The Hat and numerous other aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.
Funeral services for Gerald were Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the Rock Creek Grant School gym in Bullhead. Father Kerry Prendiville officiated. Special music was provided by the American Horse family, Jerry Good House and Elliot Ward.
Casketbearers were Richard Fiddler, Kevin Bear Ribs, Paul Archambault, Charlie White Buffalo, Kermen Shoestring, Archie Fool Bear, Anthony Vermillion, David West, Bruce Eagle and Milton Brown Otter. All his other friends and relatives were honorary bearers.
Burial was in the St. Aloysius Catholic Church Cemetery in Bullhead under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge.
Mobridge Tribune November 17, 2004
Gerald Benedict "Soup" Agard had a background in police science and heavy equipment operation and he used both in his work. In addition, he worked as an Emergency Medical Technician for the Standing Rock Ambulance Service and as a security guard for many years.
He was active on the Rock Creek Pow Wow Committee and participated in the Big Foot and Chief Rides. For many years he chaperoned some of the youth from the Rock Creek District in the Spiritual Harney Peak Walk and spent considerable time with the youth of Rock Creek.
His Lakota name was Mahto-cha-nu-pa which translates to "Bears Pipe."
He was currently working employed as a maintenance technician at the Rock Creek Grant School. Gerald died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, in McLaughlin at the age of 53.
Soup was born April 9, 1951, in Bullhead to Cyril Agard and Marie (Takes The Hat) Brave Crow. He attended from the first grade through the sixth in Bullhead and graduated from McIntosh High School. Durng his years in McIntosh he was a pitcher for the McIntosh American Legion Softball Team.
He then attended the National College of Business in Rapid City, the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck where he completed a program in Police Science, and the Little Hoop Community College in Fort Totten, N.D., where he completed a program in operating heavy equipment.
Soup then worked as a police officer on the Pine Ridge Reservation during the American Indian Movement in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he worked as a police officer on the Standing Rock Agency. He was a member of the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Bullhead.
Survivors are his mother, Marie Brave Crow of McLaughlin; three daughters, Megan Agard of Bullhead, Jerrilyn Agard/Soft and Gwen Taken Alive, both of McLaughlin; two brothers, Joe Agard of McLaughlin and Dale Brave Crow of Mobridge; six sisters, Geraldine Agard, Mabel Medicine Crow, Gale Spotted horse, Etta Brave Crow and Kathy Antelope, all of McLaughlin, and Pauline Mellette of Mobridge; one brother-in-law, Benjamin Mellette of Mobridge; maternal uncle, Mayo Takes The Hat of Almeda, Calif.; adopted brothers, Richard Fiddler of Fort Yates, N.D., Sasha Nicholic of McLaughlin, Leland Brown of Mobridge and Jerry Running Hawk of McLaughlin; four adopted sisters, Irene Poor Thunder, Verna Chapman/Reeds, Lucia Hairy Chin and Kathy Kuzior, all of McLaughlin; uncles, Linus Grey Eagle of McLaughlin, Sidney Eagle Shield Sr. of Little Eagle and James Three Legs of Wakpala; aunts, Julianne End Of Horn of Fort Yates, Ramona Hopkins of Hillsboro, Ore., Clarice Miner of Eagle Butte and Lavina Three Legs of Wakpala.
He was preceded in death by his father, Cyril Agard; stepfather, Walter Steve Brave Crow; brothers, Jimmy Agard, Whitney Agard, Lyle Agard and Freddy Agard; sisters, Margie Agard, Alvina Agard Grey Bear, Bernadine Agard Goudreaux and Evelyn Agard Claymore; grandparents, James and Annie Takes The Hat, Henry and Matilda Three Legs, and Ernest and Louisa Makes Life; uncles, Morris and Dennis Takes The Hat and Michael Cross Bear; aunts, Margie, Mabel and Mayme Takes The Hat and numerous other aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.
Funeral services for Gerald were Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the Rock Creek Grant School gym in Bullhead. Father Kerry Prendiville officiated. Special music was provided by the American Horse family, Jerry Good House and Elliot Ward.
Casketbearers were Richard Fiddler, Kevin Bear Ribs, Paul Archambault, Charlie White Buffalo, Kermen Shoestring, Archie Fool Bear, Anthony Vermillion, David West, Bruce Eagle and Milton Brown Otter. All his other friends and relatives were honorary bearers.
Burial was in the St. Aloysius Catholic Church Cemetery in Bullhead under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge.
Mobridge Tribune November 17, 2004
He was active on the Rock Creek Pow Wow Committee and participated in the Big Foot and Chief Rides. For many years he chaperoned some of the youth from the Rock Creek District in the Spiritual Harney Peak Walk and spent considerable time with the youth of Rock Creek.
His Lakota name was Mahto-cha-nu-pa which translates to "Bears Pipe."
He was currently working employed as a maintenance technician at the Rock Creek Grant School. Gerald died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, in McLaughlin at the age of 53.
Soup was born April 9, 1951, in Bullhead to Cyril Agard and Marie (Takes The Hat) Brave Crow. He attended from the first grade through the sixth in Bullhead and graduated from McIntosh High School. Durng his years in McIntosh he was a pitcher for the McIntosh American Legion Softball Team.
He then attended the National College of Business in Rapid City, the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck where he completed a program in Police Science, and the Little Hoop Community College in Fort Totten, N.D., where he completed a program in operating heavy equipment.
Soup then worked as a police officer on the Pine Ridge Reservation during the American Indian Movement in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he worked as a police officer on the Standing Rock Agency. He was a member of the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Bullhead.
Survivors are his mother, Marie Brave Crow of McLaughlin; three daughters, Megan Agard of Bullhead, Jerrilyn Agard/Soft and Gwen Taken Alive, both of McLaughlin; two brothers, Joe Agard of McLaughlin and Dale Brave Crow of Mobridge; six sisters, Geraldine Agard, Mabel Medicine Crow, Gale Spotted horse, Etta Brave Crow and Kathy Antelope, all of McLaughlin, and Pauline Mellette of Mobridge; one brother-in-law, Benjamin Mellette of Mobridge; maternal uncle, Mayo Takes The Hat of Almeda, Calif.; adopted brothers, Richard Fiddler of Fort Yates, N.D., Sasha Nicholic of McLaughlin, Leland Brown of Mobridge and Jerry Running Hawk of McLaughlin; four adopted sisters, Irene Poor Thunder, Verna Chapman/Reeds, Lucia Hairy Chin and Kathy Kuzior, all of McLaughlin; uncles, Linus Grey Eagle of McLaughlin, Sidney Eagle Shield Sr. of Little Eagle and James Three Legs of Wakpala; aunts, Julianne End Of Horn of Fort Yates, Ramona Hopkins of Hillsboro, Ore., Clarice Miner of Eagle Butte and Lavina Three Legs of Wakpala.
He was preceded in death by his father, Cyril Agard; stepfather, Walter Steve Brave Crow; brothers, Jimmy Agard, Whitney Agard, Lyle Agard and Freddy Agard; sisters, Margie Agard, Alvina Agard Grey Bear, Bernadine Agard Goudreaux and Evelyn Agard Claymore; grandparents, James and Annie Takes The Hat, Henry and Matilda Three Legs, and Ernest and Louisa Makes Life; uncles, Morris and Dennis Takes The Hat and Michael Cross Bear; aunts, Margie, Mabel and Mayme Takes The Hat and numerous other aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.
Funeral services for Gerald were Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the Rock Creek Grant School gym in Bullhead. Father Kerry Prendiville officiated. Special music was provided by the American Horse family, Jerry Good House and Elliot Ward.
Casketbearers were Richard Fiddler, Kevin Bear Ribs, Paul Archambault, Charlie White Buffalo, Kermen Shoestring, Archie Fool Bear, Anthony Vermillion, David West, Bruce Eagle and Milton Brown Otter. All his other friends and relatives were honorary bearers.
Burial was in the St. Aloysius Catholic Church Cemetery in Bullhead under the direction of Oster Funeral Home of Mobridge.
Mobridge Tribune November 17, 2004
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