Upper Cut Meat 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.

Jack Arcoren was born in Chicago, Ill. 21 Aug. 1952 to Rudolph Arcoren Jr. and Zona Iron Shell. He departed this life on 24 April 1970 at the age of 17 years, 8 months, and 3 days. His sister and brothers are Geraldine, Anthony and Eugene. His grandparents include Isaac Iron Shell Sr., Susan Standing Bull Iron Shell, Angeline Standing Bull, Charles iron Shell Sr., and Rosalie Dubray Iron Shell. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Rudolph Arcoren Sr. and Lillian White Bird Arcoren. A wake was held at the Iron Shell home in Upper Cut Meat community. (Rosebud Sioux Herald, 11 May 1970)