William Butcher
October 31, 1969 ~ October 23, 2017
William F. Butcher, 47, of Red Scaffold, passed away Monday, October 23, 2017 at I.H.S. Hospital, Eagle Butte.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., MDT, Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Eagle Butte, with Mother Margaret Watson and Mother Mikayla Dunfee presiding. Burial will follow at Frazier Memorial Cemetery, rural Red Scaffold, SD, with military honors. A wake service will be at 7:00 p.m., MDT, Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at the church, with a procession from the 4-mile at 4:00 p.m.
Willie is survived by his daughters: Ann D. Mae Butcher (Jon Taken Alive) of Eagle Butte, and LeeAnna Butcher of Lawrence, KS; son, Yamni Bobtail Bear; grandsons, Jayden and Jackson Taken Alive of Eagle Butte; sister, Yolanda Butcher of Salt Lake City, UT; brothers: Louie Butcher Jr. and family of Rapid City, Danny Butcher and family of Eagle Butte, Clark Iron Hawk of Red Scaffold, Arthur Butcher of Farmington, NM, and Samuel Butcher and family of Thermal, CA; aunties: Christina Moran, Philomine Moran and Wanda Hahne of Eagle Butte, Inez Iron Hawk of Red Scaffold, and Bonita Iron Hawk of Spearfish; uncles: Steve Moran of Bear Creek, Manny Iron Hawk of Red Scaffold, Dewey Bad Warrior of Eagle Butte, Gary Bad Warrior Sr. of Eagle Butte and Leonard “Foss” Chasing Hawk of Eagle Butte; Lois Chasing Hawk (unci) of Eagle Butte and High Elk Tiwahe of Green Grass.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Ione Iron Hawk Butcher and father, Louis Butcher Sr.; daughter, Louise Butcher; maternal grandparents, Claude and Goldie Iron Hawk; paternal grandma, Maethel Butcher Moran; paternal grandpa, Roy High Elk; grandparents, Raymond Sr. and Ethel Uses The Knife; sister, Jolene Counting; niece, Sunny Butcher; nephew, Keiko Iron Hawk; great-great grandma, Alice Ghost Horse; great-great grandparents, Sam and Agnes Butcher; great grandma, Nellie Clown; great grandparents, Bill and Edith War Bonnet; cousins, Milt, Myron and Mike Bad Warrior; uncles, Ken War Bonnet and Rodney Iron Hawk Sr.; and Coach Earl Roberts.
Luce Funeral Chapel of Eagle Butte has been entrusted with William’s arrangements.
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To the family, sorry to hear the news about your loss. May the God who "binds up the brokenhearted" and "comforts all who mourn" sustain your family during this challenging times, and keep the family together. Isaiah 61:1,2
Many condolences to the family of William Butcher. May your many memories bring you comfort along with "the God of all comfort" 2 Corinthians 1:3,4 "who comforts us in all our trials."
I know the Butcher family and friends have saddened hearts because of losing Willie recently in death, way too son. So I want to share this beautiful scripture where our heavenly Father, Jehovah promises us that he is going to do away with man’s greatest enemy, death. Rev. 21: 4; "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore." When our loved ones fall asleep in death, the pain and grief seems unbearable. Our loving God Jehovah understands how we feel and he comforts us by means of his word the Bible. God’s kingdom that Jesus taught us to pray for at Matt. 6: 9, 10 will bring about these wonderful promises including the resurrection. (John 5: 28, John 6:40, John 11:23-25) Jehovah invites you to throw all your burdens on him and he will sustain you in your time of grief. (Psalm 34:18) You are in my prayers.