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Sheldon Bowker | December 11, 1977 - September 8, 2022

 Obituaries-Pierre / Posted Sep 22, 2022 | 6:14 AM / 484 views

Sheldon Bowker, 44, of Swiftbird, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2022, at his home.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. MDT, Thursday, September 22, 2022, at the Church of God, LaPlant with Pastor Jason Dillard presiding. Burial will follow in the Congregational Cemetery, LaPlant.  Wake services will be 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at the church, with a procession from the hill east of town at 4:00 p.m.

Sheldon Ray Bowker was born to Emery Different Horse and Jerrilyn Bowker, December 11, 1977, at I.H.S Hospital, Eagle Butte. He joined one sister, Wynelle Bowker.

Sheldon attended the Swiftbird Day School and graduated through 8th grade.  He enjoyed hanging out with his cousins and friends, playing basketball and horseshoes, and going fishing. He was a kind and friendly person, and if anyone needed help, he would always be there.  Sheldon worked many labor jobs throughout his life.  Credited for raising him were his grandparents, Dorothy and Jonas Bowker Jr.

Sheldon is survived by his father, Emery Different Horse, and his sister, Wynelle Bowker.

He is preceded in death by grandparents: Dorothy Bowker and Jonas Bowker Jr.; mother: Jerrilyn Bowker; aunts: Orally Bowker and Tamera Bowker; uncles: Stanford Fire Cloud Sr. and Marvin LeCompte; nephew: Isiah Iron Wing; cousins: Shawn Brown, Royce Bowker, Eric Scott, Roxanne Iron Wing, Colt LeCompte, and Dion Rosas; and special friend: Donna Scott.

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

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