Emily Hollow Horn

Emily Rae Hollow Horn, 25, of Iron Lightning, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Dupree. 

Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. MDT, Saturday, March 29, 2025, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Eagle Butte. Burial will follow in St. Luke’s Episcopal Cemetery, Iron Lightning. A wake service will be 7:00 p.m., Friday, March 28, 2025, at the church, with a procession from the 4-Mile at 4:00 p.m. 

Emily Rae Hollow Horn was born August 12, 1999, to Veldon Emery Hollow Horn and Lee Bear Eagle at I.H.S. Hospital in Eagle Butte, joining her three brothers Collins Justin Willie, Veldon Emmett Hollow Horn Jr., and Charles Thomas Hollow Horn. Her siblings who followed are Tristan LeAnn Little Wounded and Noah Wayne Little Wounded, who were all very close. 

Emily grew up in Iron Lightning until the age of four then moved to Dupree where she attended Cheyenne River Head Start and then Dupree High School. There she participated in Junior High Basketball, which she enjoyed. Shortly after she was drawn to the Job Corps in Box Elder. At the Job Corps she had made multiple friends whom she loved. She had the great opportunity to be a volunteer firefighter which took her to fires in Wyoming, Oregon, and Washington, she had shared her stories and her love for it to everyone. She finished her Job Corps duty as an electrician then moved to Pierre with close friends. While she was there, she worked at Arby’s and then moved home shortly after. From there she started her family, her first born, Jessica Simone Red Dog, and following were her sons, Jake Thomas Hollow Horn and Rain Charles Hollow Horn. She was employed at LTM throughout her final years where she greeted everyone with a smile. She loved spending time with her children, family, and friends making everyone laugh and creating precious memories.

 Emily is survived by her mother, Lee and stepfather, Elwood High Elk; daughter, Jessica S. Red Dog; sons: Jake T. Hollow Horn and Rain C. Hollow Horn; sister, Tristan Little Wounded; brothers: Collins Willie, Veldon Hollow Horn Jr., and Noah Little Wounded; aunt, Lonna Chavez; uncles: Justin Bear Eagle and Chip Baumeister; nieces: Kayleigh Hollow Horn and Flora J. Clown.

Emily was preceded in death by her brother, Charles T. Hollow Horn; cousins: Jessica Bear Eagle, Angel Bear Eagle, and Marissa Bear Eagle; uncle, Bruce Bear Eagle; aunt, Mary Bear Eagle; father, Veldon Hollow Horn Sr.; grandmother, Cece Baumeister; paternal grandmother, Pearl Hollow Horn; paternal grandfather, Emmett “Cheese” Hollow Horn; grandpa, Juan Jojola “Pops”; and many more relatives she joins in the star nation.

Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Emily’s arrangements.