Sampson One Skunk, Jr., 68, of Eagle Butte, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at
Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls.

Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. MST, Saturday, February 15, 2025, at St. John’s Episcopal
Church, Eagle Butte, with a meal to follow. Burial of Sampson’s ashes will be in Frasier
Memorial Cemetery, Red Scaffold, at a later date. Visitation will begin at 4:00 p.m. with a
service at 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 14, 2025, at the church.

Sampson One Skunk, Jr. was born on March 13, 1956, to Elizabeth (InAmongst) and Sampson
One Skunk, Sr. in Faith, SD. He grew up in Bullhead, SD, with his mom and dad and sister,
Linda. For elementary school, he went to Bullhead then St. Joseph’s for a year each, then grades
3rd-12th he attended McIntosh, where he graduated in 1974.

Sam went to school in San Jose, CA, then Haskell, KS. He served in the U.S. Air Force for four
years as a top-notch jet mechanic. The Air Force flew him wherever his expertise was needed.
Finished with his military service, Sam went to Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in
Albuquerque, NM, where he graduated as a pressman.

He and Carmen were married in 1986 and he worked at Kwik Kopy Print Shop, in Albuquerque,
NM from 1985 to 1993. Returning to South Dakota, he lived and worked in Philip, SD for 18
years at Ravellette’s Publishing as a pressman. Sam was a perfectionist as a pressman, no job
left his printer and press until he was satisfied it was the best job possible. Retiring in 2014, he
and his family moved to Eagle Butte, SD.
Sam enjoyed basketball, he played everywhere he was, with many good friends and exciting
times. He was a traveler, always seeing new places. What he enjoyed most was socializing. He
thoroughly enjoyed visiting, he’d laugh and talk, putting everyone at ease as he shared his good
heart.
Grateful for having shared his life include his wife, Carmen (Whirlwind Horse); his children,
Chuckie, Joseph, Rilee, and Jay; his sister, Linda and her sons, Charles, Richard, and Howard;
his goddaughter, Ettie Mae Benoist; and a host of family of cousins, nieces, nephews, aunties,
uncles, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren.

Sam was preceded in death by his parents, Elizabeth (InAmongst) and Sampson One Skunk, Sr.;
his cousin, Sarah; and his grandparents, Charles and Lucy InAmongst, and Peter and Josephine
One Skunk.

Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Sampson’s arrangements.

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