Ruby Lynn Whiteshield Stickney, 1973-2022
Obituaries-Mobridge / Posted Jan 10, 2022 | 11:08 AM / 700 views
Funeral services for Ruby Lynn Whiteshield Stickney, 48, of Ft. Yates will be at 1 PM, Friday, January 21, 2022 at the McLaughlin Blue Gym. Burial will be at the Whiteshield Family Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. An all night wake will be Thursday with services at 7 PM at the gym. Procession will leave Kesling Funeral Home at 5 PM.
Ruby Lynn White Shield
10/17/73 – 1/7/22
Ruby Lynn White Shield was born on October 17, 1973 in Seattle, Washington to Shirley White Buffalo and Melvin White Shield of McLaughlin SD. She became an angel on January 7, 2022 at St. Alexis in Bismarck ND. She went to sleep peacefully while surrounded by her family.
Ruby Lynn lived on Boot Hill in Fort Yates ND. She went to elementary school in McLaughlin SD and junior school in Fort Yates ND she then got her G.E.D with Sitting Bull College. After a while she worked as a CNA at IHS for some time. Then moved to the Prairie Knights Casino where she did a couple jobs there. She then moved to being a bartender at multiple places. But most of all she was a stay-at-home mother.
Ruby was such a free-spirited person she had such a big heart and an even bigger laugh. She always opened her home to anyone who was in need. She made many friends and called a lot of people her brother and sister. She enjoyed cooking, hanging out with friends, doing arts and craft things and being outside down at the river enjoying some fresh air and catching some fish. She even got over her fear of four wheelers and loved taking them on a cruise. She was obsessed with Elvis Presley and dragon flies, most of all she loved being in her favorite jammy pants surrounded by her children, grandchildren and her hubby Lucas Ann as she would always call him.
Ruby was survived by her mother Shirley White Buffalo (Randy Wiest), husband Lucas Stickney and Mother-in-law Suziane Stickney and 10 kids and 5 grandkids, Kaitlyn White Shield (Jeff New Holy) her son, Zachiah and daughter, Kehlani, Spirit White Shield and her daughter, Kason JoLynn, Ethan Marshall (Gabby) and his son, Asher James, Bethany Marshall and her daughter, Sophia Diane, Nevaeh Grace, Memorie, Raisa Lynn, Kevin James KJ, Frittz and Izlynn, Her biological sisters, Marilyn White Shield, Milly Danials, Kelsey White Shield, biological brothers, Phillip (Phyllis) White Buffalo, Lawrence (Ha’Kela) White Shield, Mike White Shield, aunties, Sharon Thomas, Mazie (Vern) Shelton, Faith Taken Alive, traditional sisters, Paula Iron Cloud, Rachel Brown, Prairie Rose.
Proceed in death by her father paternal grandparents, Joshua and Helen White Shield, Father, Melvin White Shield, daughter, Courtney Jade White Face, her sisters, Melody June Good House and Valero Ann Walker Antelope, Aunts, Gladys White Shield and Delilah White Shield, Reta Iron Cloud, Donna Red Legs, cousin, Linda White Shield, uncle, Philip Looking Back, Hunka brother, Vincent Carry Moccasin.