Edwina Morales
November 22, 1963 ~ January 21, 2014
Edwina “Dee” Morales, 50, of LaPlant, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at the I.H.S. Hospital, Eagle Butte.
Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m.C.T., Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Whitehorse, with Mother Margaret Watson officiating. Burial followed at Emmanuel Episcopal Cemetery. Wake services were held at 7:00 p.m.C.T., Monday, January 27, 2014 at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, with a procession 4:00 p.m.C.T., east of town.
Edwina was born on November 22, 1963 to Bermuda Joyce Traversie and Edward Scares The Hawk in Eagle Butte, SD. As a toddler they moved to Ohio for a short time, then they moved to Chicago, IL, where she lived until the age of 44. She attended high school at Lake View in Chicago. Edwina continued living there, enjoying life with her family and friends.
She loved hanging out and enjoyed dancing, music, and chillin at the lake. She loved and adored her kids; Jorge “Ozie, Angel, Emmanuel “Manny”, and Natasha “Nana”. Sweet Pea and Lynn were always there for her. The whole family relocated, and came to live in South Dakota, where she wanted all of them to be. She was a great mother, beautiful sister, aunt and a lovely wife.
Edwina met her husband, Orlando, in Chicago as friends. They have been married for seven ½ years but have been together for 23 years.
Her friends and family also know her as Dee. They have all appreciated her kindness to others, her crazy personality and loving ways as a joker. Her niece & nephew lived with her for awhile; Anjolicque “Babez” and Antonio. She moved to SD 16 years ago and continued to live here. She stayed in Ridgeview with her aunt and uncle (Barbosas) until she moved to Laplant, SD. Her family was from White Horse. She will be dearly missed by all her family and friends.
Edwina "Dee" is survived by her husband: Orlando Morales of Laplant; her sisters: Sweet Pea Scares The Hawk (Lawrence Lind) of White Horse and Lynn Hawk (Jose Oquendo) of Huron; brother, Antonio “Apache” Hawk of Pierre; four children: Natasha "Nana" Trudell (Glenn Trudell) of Pierre; Jorge "Ozie" Hawk (Kelsie Lee) of Swift Bird, Angel Gomez of Pierre, and Emmanuel "Manny" Gomez (Melena Sermon) of Swift Bird; grandchildren: Shawnda, Cruz, Keearah, Jorge Jr, Angelo, Carmelo, Junito, Izzy, Julian, Jaheida, Jayden, Fabian, Shane, Nataliyah and Sadie; and special niece and nephew, Anjolicque "Babe" and Antonio "Gorjo".
She was preceded in death by her mother, Bermuda Joyce Traversie; father, Edward Scares The Hawk; grandmothers, Jenny Makes Him First and Julia Traversie; her uncle, Jack Jewett; grandpas, Severt Blue Coat and Levi Traversie; and her nephew, Donnie "Choas" Swan.
Luce Funeral Chapel is entrusted with Edwina’s arrangements.
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Condolences to the family. I went to grade school with Edwina and her sister in white horse. Sorry for your loss
My sincere condolences to you and your family. Revelation 21:4 make this promise, it says: ” And he (God) will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more, neither will morning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” What a beautiful promise, we all look forward, from our loving Creator, (Jehovah God, Psalm 83:18). May the God of peace be with you and your family.
Sincerely Yours,
Brandy Molina
Ima miss u mama..always and forever u will be in my heart love u
I am so sorry for your loss of Edwina. It is hard enough to try to put into words the emotions you are dealing with right now. But know that our Creator did not intend for us to deal with such a loss, but do remember that He hates death: he even views it as an enemy.(1 Corinthian 15:26) He has “a yearning” to conquer that enemy, to undo death by means of the resurrection. He longs to bring back those who are in his memory and to see them live on earth again-Job 14:14,15. And for the mean time“ He heals the brokenhearted; He binds up their wounds.”(Psalms 147:3). So trust that He can comfort you.