Funeral services will be held on Monday July 27, 2015 at the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Community Center at 10:00 A.M. with lunch served after the burial. All night Wake services will be held Saturday and Sunday, July 25th &26th starting at 7:00 p.m. with supper served after the services. He will be laid to rest at St Matthew's Catholic Cemetery, Veblen, SD. His Uncle Rev. Vernal Donnell will be officiating. Pallbearers are Barry McGrady, Lawson Renville, Dustin Jarman, Michael Quinn, Peter E. Faber and Daniel Faber. Pianist will be Kay Bursheim and singer Carl Lufkins.
Allen Rodney LaCroix, 37, was born on July 18, 1978 to Morris and Sheila (Jarman) LaCroix in Sisseton, South Dakota and passed away July 21, 2015, at home, in Manistee, MI. Al had a big smile, a big generous heart and his six year old daughter, Marie Lynn was the joy of his life. He enjoyed taking long walks and sitting around the bon fire visiting with family and friends. Friends and community members from the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians honored Allen with a traditional sacred fire in Manistee. He was baptized at St. Matthew's Catholic Church and his sponsors were Vernal and Mary Donnell. He attended elementary school in Warner, SD. It was a close-knit community where he enjoyed playing baseball on the local team. This is when he began his love of baseball card collecting. He graduated from Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, FL. He then served his country in the US Navy after completing basic training in Great Lakes, IL and was stationed in Spain and California, moving back to Sisseton after his discharge. He moved to Onekama, MI after his father's death to be near his sister Dawn. He completed his AA degree in Business with Honors and was working toward his BS degree. Prior to his death he worked as a security guard at BDR Rehabilitation Center in Manistee, MI.
Survivors include his daughter Marie Lynn LaCroix, Manistee, MI; mother Sheila (Peter) Faber, Snohomish, WA; grandparents Allen and Charlotte Jarman, Peever, SD; sister Dawn (LaCroix) McGrady, Onekama, MI; brothers Michael Quinn, Portland, OR, Peter E. and Daniel Faber, Snohomish, WA; step-father LeRoy Quinn Jr.; nieces Sierra Hull, Katelyn and Ashley McGrady; nephew Rusty McGrady and Matthew Hull; brother-in-law Barry McGrady, Onekama, MI and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his father Morris LaCroix, and grandparents, Norris and Marion LaCroix.