Johanna “Jo” Ducheneaux, 68, of Little Eagle, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2025, at
Highmore Health, Highmore, SD.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. MDT, Friday, May 16, 2025, at CRST Bingo Hall, Eagle
Butte. Burial will follow in Good Shepherd Cemetery, Little Eagle. A wake service will be 7:00
p.m., Thursday, May 15, 2025, at the bingo hall, with a procession from the 4-Mile at 4:00 p.m.
Johanna Mary Ducheneaux was born on May 16, 1956, in Fort Yates, North Dakota, to Isadore
V. Ducheneaux Sr. and Audrey Takes The Gun. Throughout her life, she lived in Little Eagle,
Eagle Butte, Mobridge, and Fort Yates.
Johanna worked at Prairie Knights Casino, Grand River Casino, and Merkel Foods. She resided
in Mobridge until her health began to decline. She was first moved to a nursing home in
Mobridge, then to Rapid City, and finally to Highmore Health, where she passed away.
Johanna is survived by her two children: Waylon Little Dog of Bismarck, ND, and Chantelle
Ducheneaux of Waseca, MN; four grandchildren; two sisters: Yvette Inukihaangana and Victoria
Ducheneaux of Eagle Butte; and three brothers: Lynn Ducheneaux of Sioux Falls, Wallace
Ducheneaux of Eagle Butte, and Fredrick Ducheneaux of Spirit Lake, ND.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Isadore V. Ducheneaux Sr. and Audrey Takes The
Gun; two brothers, Isadore V. Ducheneaux Jr. and Harold Takes The Gun; and her grandmother,
Laura Takes The Gun.
Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Jo’s arrangements.
(www.familyfuneralhome.net)

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