Brooke Ducheneaux, 1986-2021
Obituaries-Mobridge / Posted Sep 8, 2021 | 10:05 AM / 697 views
Funeral services for Brooke Ducheneaux, 35, of Wakpala will be at 11 AM, Saturday, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Wakpala. Burial will be at the church cemetery under direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. An all night wake will start at 6 on Friday with services at 7 PM at the church. Brooke passed away Saturday, September 4, 2021 at Sanford Health in Chamberlain.
Brooke Malenia Ducheneaux Cante Was-te Win, Good Heart Woman was born on June 8, 1986 to Michelle Young Hawk and Benjamin “Benny” Ducheneaux at the Mobridge Hospital at 6:08 pm. Brooke spent her younger years with her mother and sister, Desiree. After a while she went to live with her Dad, Benny, and was raised during her school years by him and her G’ma Verna Fielder. Her uncle Warren was her best buddy. Brooke excelled in high school and participated in many activities such as a walk for suicide awareness and prevention. She was a Fancy Shawl Dancer and enjoyed dancing wacipi’s and DJ music dancing. She really loved to dance.
Brooke became pregnant with her first child, Keearah. She was so excited to be expecting and from the moment Keearah arrived, her children were her life. She loves each and every one of them very much. She had so much room in her heart that she also has 3 hunka daughters, Maske, Tia and Naya and one hunka son, Antoine. Brooke had the biggest heart. She had to have had because she had so many people in her life. With some, she shared her hopes and dreams and now she left it to us to carry on. Brooke was also a free spirit. If she knew you or knew you were her relative, she would definitely let you know who she was. She had lots of hugs for everyone, a smiling face and a welcoming hello. After a couple of years of hardship for her, she came home and excelled at everything she put her mind to. She studied at Sitting Bull College, was employed at Flying J Truck Stop as an assistant manager. She worked in Mobridge for a while and was always working. She still found time for her children and spending time with them, riding around listening to music, Facebooking, etc. If you ever spent time with Brooke, you knew she was a free spirit. Always remember her when you see her children. Give them a hug, fist bump, even a hand shake, because they have hearts as big as their Momma. On Saturday, September 4, 2021 we got the most tragic news that Brooke was in a car accident and sadly for us, her free spirit was called home.
Brooke is survived by her children, Keearah, Jai Jai, Angelo, Carmelo, Brylie and Juanito; her mother, Michelle Scharmer; father, Benjamin Ducheneaux; sister, Desiree Young Hawk; brother, Antoine “TJ” Jordan and his fiancé, Kass Gayton; extended grandparents, Robert Tiger, John Four Bear and Steve Ducheneaux; maternal grandparents, Nelson and Faye Young Hawk and Robert “Old Bob’ Baker Sr.; paternal grandparents, Joe Ducheneaux and Verna Fielder.
We would like to extend a special thank you to Officer Paul W. Sargeant, Officer Trey J. Hawkwing, Cheyenne River Tribe, grave diggers, CCST Chamberlain Ambulance Service and Sanford Hospital in Chamberlain.