Richard Oakie

Richard M. Oakie, 65, of Red Scaffold, passed away Monday, July 30, 2018 at I.H.S. Hospital, Eagle Butte.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. MDT, Friday, August 3, 2018 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Red Scaffold, with Deacon Harold Condon presiding. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Visitation was held two-hours prior to the service.

Richard Manson Oakie was born on August 20^th, 1952 to Mary Chasing Hawk-Oakie and Herman Guy Oakie-Oakiye. Richard was named after his mother’s cousin, Manson Garreaux. Richard grew up in a big family, as he was the fifth child out of 10 children. He had two older sisters, two older brothers, one younger brother, and four younger sisters. Richard was known in the family for his black curly hair during his childhood years, as he was easily noticed. He was raised in the country in his younger years near the area where the Takini School is located today. The family later moved to the town of Faith, South Dakota and the Red Scaffold community.

Richard attended the St. Joseph’s Catholic school in Chamberlain, South Dakota with his siblings and attended the Cheyenne Eagle Butte School during his high school years. Richard participated in fancy dancing when he was at the St. Joseph’s Catholic school and played basketball in high school at the Cheyenne Eagle Butte High School. He loved to play volleyball, at Matt Iron Hawks’ in the evenings, and baseball, too.

He went to the Kicking Horse Job Corps in Ronan, Montana and received his CDL license for heavy equipment operating. He worked in construction jobs during his younger years, also.

Richard loved riding horses, and he worked for various ranchers. He always spoke highly of Raymond Neuhauser and Craig Neuhauser.   He loved working for these two individuals. He looked forward to the branding season every year.

He loved babysitting his great nieces and great nephews and his sisters’ and brothers’ children, also. Richard’s favorite hobby was cooking for his sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, and the young children in the family. He never had any children of his own, so any child that he babysat was spoiled by him with his cooking; as he loved to cook. Richard’s favorite food was potato salad and baked chicken.

Our brother, Richard, was a very quiet person and always stayed away from negative things, as he was the peace maker in the family. People in the community of Red Scaffold knew our brother as being a kind and very humble person.

Richard Manson Oakie is survived by his younger brother, Romanus Delano Oakie; two younger sisters, Germaine “Maggie” (Clark) Iron Hawk, Sr. and Nadine Oakie; nephews: Lawrence Richard Oakie, Ricco Oakie, Sr., A’bleza Skyler Oakie, Clark (Izzie) Iron Hawk, Jr., Wicahpi Luta Iron Hawk, Saige Iron Hawk, Burtis White Wolf, Jr., Jason White Wolf, Kirk Oakie, Barry Oakie, Shane Oakie, Ronnie Joe Oakie, Cecil Oakie, and Joseph Carl “JC” Oakie, Jr.; nieces: RaMona Lisa (Oakie) Grindstone, Leslie Oakie, Lizabeth (Oakie) Nezzie, Carmen (Iron Hawk) Cervantes, Mashawn White Wolf, Misty White Wolf, Iliese Oakie, Aleta Luna Oakie, Jaqueline Oakie, Juanita Oakie and Zonnie Oakie; numerous great nieces, great nephews, cousins, uncles, aunts, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, and great uncle, Ed Widow and uncle, Kenny Little Thunder.

Richard will be greeted in heaven by the following: parents, Mary (Chasing Hawk) and Herman Oakie; brothers, Joseph Carl Oakie and Stuart Irvin Oakie; sisters: Bernadine Vera Oakie, Lynda (Oakie) White Wolf, Mary Helen Oakie and Marcella Ada Oakie; grandparents: Paul and Ester (Lyman) Chasing Hawk, John and Bertha (Lyman) Hump and Joseph and Ada (DeLeRoy) Oakiye; uncles: Darrell Hump, Duane Hump, Cecil Chasing Hawk, Allen Chasing Hawk and Evan Chasing Hawk; aunts: Philomean (Chasing Hawk) Campos, Wilma (Chasing Hawk) Salmen and Josephine (Chasing Hawk) Parson; nephews: Londell Iron Hawk, Keiko Iron Hawk, and Christopher Oakie; and niece: Michelle Pearl White Wolf.

Luce Funeral Chapel of Eagle Butte has been entrusted with Richard’s arrangements.