Victor St. John, 72, of Big Bend, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at Avera St. Mary’s Hospital, Pierre.

Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 9, 2022, at St. Catherine’s Church at Big Bend.  Burial will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery.  Two-night wake services will be held at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 7^th and Wednesday, June 8^th at St. Catherine’s Church at Big Bend.  A procession will form to escort Victor home at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 7^th, from Luze Funeral Home in Highmore.

Victor Verdell St. John was born March 5, 1950, in Rosebud, South Dakota to Doris Katherine (Ree) St. John and Odell St. John, Sr.

Our father, brother, uncle, grandpa, great-grandpa, and relative has come from a very big family, so many loved and cherished him and his crazy jokes and sense of humor.  A quiet man but when he speaks from time to time his good sense of humor comes out. He always wanted people to just be happy as he would say and he would state, “Life is too short”.  We were not sure what he was feeling deep down but he would always think of others. Victor was and still is a strong spirit man.  He has faced many challenges in life, especially after returning home from Vietnam. This is when his life changed.  Most of all, he kept surviving for his beautiful children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and his family that he loved so dearly. He will truly be missed but will always be cherished and remembered in our hearts.

Survivors include his children: his daughters: Tina, Tracy, Nicole, Cherish; sons: Derek and Victor Jr.; grandchildren and great grandchildren: Milton Kim and Angel Warrior Summers, Caspen, Aspen, Gracie St. John, Chris, Jr., James, Ashlyn Two Bears, Gina, and Montclair; his siblings: brothers: Emery & Gwen of Fargo, ND, Odell, James, Kelly of Ft Thompson, Kevin and Kathy of Rapid City; sisters: Sandra and Phelix Sepulveda of California, Mary Hoisington, Brenda, Glenda all of Ft Thompson, Bonnie Fae of Big Bend; nephews: Valdon and Dulce of Dickinson, ND, Jerry and Jay of Cherry Creek, Jessie, John, Matthew, Lakota Sepulveda of Ft. Thompson, Joaquin and Leslie of California, Bryon Eagle Man of Rapid City, Marcus Howe of Pierre, Kallen of Rosebud, Jordan, Gaston of Pierre, Jack Iron Boulder of Big Bend; nieces: Stephanie and Erik Mountain of California, Marie, Carol, Donna of Fargo, ND, Lidia Skunk of Lower Brule, Shawna of Florida, Selena and Jose of California, Joie of Rapid City, Amanda and Mike Deville of Mandree, ND, Savannah of Michigan, Marveen Ross of Columbia, Missouri, and Francesca and Hailey Ross of Mandree, ND.

Greeting him in the spirit world are his parents: Doris and Odell Sr.; brothers: Philip and Keith; grandparents: Solomen and Ruth, Hosea, Sr. and Eunice Ree and Gail Touch; a dear friend he loved; and all his relatives that have passed before him.

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