Donald Middletent

Donald Middletent, 70, of Chamberlain, journeyed to the spirit world Sunday, December 2, 2012 at the Sanford Mid Dakota Care Center in Chamberlain. 

Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 7, 2012 at Christ Episcopal Church, Fort Thompson with Mother Liz Powers and Father Kim Fonder officiating. Burial followed at All Saints Cemetery, Fort Thompson.  The wake service began at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the church.

Donald Lewis Middletent was born May 29, 1942, in the Big Bend District of the Crow Creek Reservation, to Ernest, Sr. and Adeline (Red Day) Middletent.  His early years were spent in Big Bend where he attended elementary school and later when the family moved to Fort Thompson, he attended Gann Valley High School.  He obtained his GED and attended vocational school for heavy equipment operator. 

He married Beverly Scott and to this union, one son, Donald Middletent, Jr. was born.  He worked in the Eagle Butte area doing construction.  Donald was a lifetime member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Reservation.  In 2002, he entered the Golden Living Center in Pierre and in 2011 transferred to the Care Center in Chamberlain. He was known to love riding horses, telling jokes and laughing.

Grateful to have shared in his life are his children: Donald Middletent, Jr of Eagle Butte, Madeline Scott of California and Winona Pomani of Pierre; three brothers: Ernest Gary Middletent, David Middletent and Winifred Middletent, all of Ft. Thompson; one sister, Caroline Middletent of Ft. Thompson; and many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Greeting him in the Spirit Worlds along with his ancestors, being a descendant of Chief Dewey Beard, are his paternal grandparents, John and Kate (Little Dog) Middletent; maternal grandparents, Treon and Emma (Fast Walker) Red Day; parents, Ernest, Sr. and Adeline (Red Day) Middletent; wife, Beverly; four brothers; and four sisters.