Louis Stanford White Horse

September 26, 1929 - August 1, 2014

Louie Stanford Brings Three White Horses First To Go - To Ka’ He Ya 9/26/1929 - 8/1/2014 Louie, 84 of Martin, SD, began his journey to spirit world on August 1, 2014 at the Firesteel Nursing Home in Mitchell, SD. Louie began his life in Parmelee, SD on September 26, 1929 to his proud parents Amelia Arrow Side Menard and Arthur Brings Three White Horses. He grew up at Horse Creek, near White River, SD. He had 6 sisters and 3 brothers. Louie attended school at the Horse Creek Day School and then went to the Rosebud Indian School until he enlisted in the United States Marine Corp in 1948. While in the Marine Corp he served in World War II and in the Korean Conflict, he was honorably discharged in 1953. Upon his return to Horse Creek, he was elected and served for two years on the Rosebud Tribal Council. After which he became a Federal Law Enforcement Officer for a few years. He then worked construction, then a Gasification Plant operator, and then a janitor. He married 3 times during his life, the first to Ruby Jandreau, they had seven children; then he married Grace Richards, they had two children; and he married Charlene Bush, no children. Louie is survived by his eight children, Patricia White Horse-Carda (Dean Carda) - Wagner, SD, Karen White Horse (Robert Cournoyer) - Wagner, SD, Marilyn Redlightning (Michael) - Wagner, SD, Richard White Horse (Azalea) - Vermillion, SD, Constance Vallie (James) - Oacoma, SD, Janice Williams (Chris Jenkins) - Minneapolis, MN, Beverly White Horse (Daryl Banks)- St. Paul, MN and Wyatt White Horse (Cora)- Martin, SD; three sisters Bertha Brings Three White Horses Black Elk, Virginia Brings Three White Horses Berrara and Cordelia Delorse Brings Three White Horses Hopkins; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Louie was preceded in death by his parents, Amelia Arrow Side Menard and Arthur Brings Three White Horses; three brothers, Elijah Baptiste Brings Three White Horses, Richard Brings Three White Horses and Chauncey Brings Three White Horses; three sisters, Pauline Brings Three White Horses, Elizabeth Brings Three White Horses Menard and Hilda Blanche Brings Three White Horses Leader Charge; his son Morgan White Horse and grandsons Larry & Calvin Picotte and Mato Ska Vallie, and wives Grace and Charlene. Visitation & Prayer Service - Martin Activity Center, Wednesday August 6 from 2:00-4:00 PM Wake - Swift Bear Community Center, White River, SD (after Prayer Service) Funeral - Horse Creek, St. James Cemetery, White River, SD August 7 at 10:30 am Officiates: Rev. Webster Two Hawk, Rev. Kim Fonder & John Bush (Prayer Service)