Omani Wichaihpi Hoksila (Walking Star Boy) | 2023
Obituaries-Mobridge / Posted Jan 19, 2023 | 11:27 AM / 306 views
Omani Wichihpi Hoksila (Walking Star Boy), baby boy of Shalynn Carter and Travis LaRoche II of Pierre, journeyed to the Spirit Nation on Monday, January 16, 2023, at Avera St. Mary’s Hospital, Pierre.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., MST, Monday, January 30, 2023, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Eagle Butte. Burial will follow in St. Mark’s Cemetery, rural Red Scaffold.
He is survived by his parents, Shalynn Carter and Travis LaRoche II; brothers, Jaleighton and Payden; sisters, Shaumari and Kinsley; great-great grandfather, Ed Widow; great grandmother, Marlis Afraid of Hawk; grandfathers: Paul, Jauron, and Duriel Widow; grandmother, RaDawn Widow; and many aunties and uncles.
He is preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Tonia “Roxee” Widow; paternal great grandfather, Narcisse Widow; great-great maternal grandmothers, Angeline Afraid of Hawk and Delma Widow; and great-great paternal grandfather, Daniel Afraid of Hawk Sr.
Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Omani Wichahpi Hoksila’s arrangements.