Swift Bear Canku Wakan (the Holy Road)

This page is dedicated to our relatives who have gone to the spirit world. If you would like to add a name to this page email the name of the deceased, birth and death dates, funeral service date and place, and the burial place to us along with the name of the paper and date it was published.We will not publish information sent to us without this information!

Listing of burials on file at the SD State Archives in Pierre.

St. Ignatius Cemetery on GOOGLE maps.

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Edward Arnold Black Elk (August 24, 1982 - March 19, 2009) Wakes were held Monday and Tuesday at Swift Bear Community Hall in White River, SD with funeral service Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Burial at St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery, White River, SD. (Holmes Funeral Home Website)

Grover Cleveland Burnette, III (September 8, 1954 - April 11, 2010) Wakes were held Wednesday and Thursday with funeral at 1:00 PM, Friday, April 16, 2010 at Swift Bear Community Hall in White River. Burial at White River Cemetery. (Holmes Funeral Home Website)

Ronald Ray Burnette (January 30, 1959 - January 4, 2010) Wakes were held January 9 & 10 at St. Thomas Hall in Mission with funeral services Monday, January 11, 2010 and burial at the White River Cemetery in White River, SD. (Holmes Funeral Home Website)

Shannon Rae Castaway (January 8, 1976 - March 9, 2010) Wake services were held Saturday and Sunday with funeral service at 2:00 PM, Monday, March 15, 2010 at Sacred Heart Hall in White River, SD. Burial at St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery, White River. (Holmes Funeral Home Website)

Lester 'Mickey' Michael Larvie (April 7, 1955 - March 23, 2010) Wake services were held Saturday and Sunday with funeral 1:00 pm Monday, March 29, 2010 at Swift Bear Community Hall in White River, SD. Burial at St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery, White River. (Holmes Funeral Home Website)

Clarence Philip Leading Cloud, Jr. (September 12, 1956 - June 25, 2009) Wake services for George were held Wednesday & Thursday, July 1-2, 2009 at the Swift Bear Community Hall in White River, SD. The funeral service was held Friday, June 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM, also at the Swift Bear Community Hall in White River, SD. Interment followed the service at White River Cemetery.

Vera Ann Menard (October 26, 1923 - March 11, 2009) Wake service was held March 16th at the Swift Bear Community Hall in White River, SD. Funeral Mass was held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, March 17th, at the St. Ignatius Catholic Church in White River, SD. Burial followed at the White River Cemetery in White River, SD. (Holmes Funeral Home Website)

Jeremy Leigh Sharp Butte (November 10, 2009 - November 10, 2009) infant son of Hattie Marshall & Mike Wilson. Funeral services were held at the White River Community Hall at 2:30 PM, Thursday, November 19, 2009 with burial following at the White River Cemetery. (Holmes Funeral Home Website)

Leo Adam White Wing, Jr. (July 29, 1931 - December 17, 2009) Services for Adam White Wing were held at the Lakota Chapel in White River, SD on Monday, December 21, 2009 at 1:00 PM. Burial followed at the Lakota Chapel Cemetery south of White River, SD. (Holmes Funeral Home Website)

David Joseph Wilcox (June 23, 2008 - December 19, 2009) Wake service were held Wednesday followed by funeral service at 10:00am, Thursday, December 24, 2009 at Swift Bear Community Hall in White River, SD. Interment was at Govier Brothers Crematory in Broken Bow, Nebraska. (Holmes Funeral Home Website)