Beatrice Noisy Hawk | December 5, 1933 - March 19, 2021
Obituaries-Pierre / Posted Mar 23, 2021 | 5:41 AM / 534 views
Beatrice Noisy Hawk, 87, of Pierre, SD, died March 19, 2021, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.
Visitation will be from 9:00 am until 11:00 am, Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pierre, with a funeral service beginning at 11:00 am and burial to follow at Black Hills National Cemetery at 2:30 pm Mountain Time. For those unable to attend the funeral, it can be viewed the top of this page.
Beatrice Catherine Tree Top was born on December 15, 1933, to Michael and Lizzie (Looking Back) Tree Top at Fort Yates, ND. She grew up in Pierre. After high school, she earned her LPN at St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre. She worked as a nurse and also as a Lakota Language Interpreter for the South Dakota Tie-Line. She met Everett Roland Noisy Hawk at the Pierre Indian Learning Center and they were married in 1962.
Beatrice enjoyed time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved gardening, sewing, playing cards and was lucky at bingo. She loved cats and donated to various cat charities. In her last years she loved to travel. She liked to be on the road again.
Beatrice is survived by her children: Bibie “Ann” Whipple, Michael Whipple, Catherine Whipple, Jerry (Susan) Whipple and Everett (Gerrene) Noisy Hawk Jr, 7 grandchildren: James, Roger, Mindy, Mikey, Galen, Donna, and Taylor, great-grandchildren: Constance, Quanah and Colton, and her siblings: Michael Tree Top Jr, Rosie Tree Top, Debra End of Horn, and Lois Tree Top.
Beatrice was preceded in death by her parents Michael and Lizzie, her husband Everett, a grandchild Jerald and siblings: Aurelia Marks, David Tree Top, Norma Jean Tree Top, and Mary Lou Tree Top.
