Funeral Service for Ann Marie Eagle, 51, of Waubay, SD will be held on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 11:00 AM at St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Sisseton, SD with the Rev. Fr. Andy Knop celebrant. Organist will be Mary Beth Kirk. Pallbearers are Les Barse Jr., Terrance Robertson, Cory Renville, Merle Red Bear, Bradley Dilworth, Lydell Barse, Larry Finley, Christian Barse, and Keith Wanna. Honorary Pallbearers will be Bob Olson, Frank White, Stacey Wanna, Opal Kitto-Renville, Melda Hawkins, Mary Bearhill, Larry Brineger, Rochelle Renville, Cheryl Renville, Sally Paul, Doris Paul, Teresa Blue Dog, and all of Ann's Friends & Relatives. Interment will be at St. Matthews Catholic Cemetery, Veblen, SD. There will be a Wake Service on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 7:00 PM and Friday, December 19, 2008 an all night wake at St. Peter's Hall, Sisseton, SD. The Cahill Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Ann Marie Eagle was born on May 11, 1957 in Sisseton, SD to Marcella Eagle. She was Marcella's only daughter. Elijah and Clara Eagle were her grandparents and they raised her at Blue Dog Lake near Waubay, SD. She attended grade school in Sisseton, SD and Tekakwitha Children's Home. She moved with her grandparents to Waubay, SD where she attended High School. She traveled all over the United States. She met and made many friends every where she went. She loved to tell stories and jokes to her favorite nieces & nephews. She loved to go to the dances, listen to music wherever her nephew Jr. Barse played. She also loved to play bingo and do crossword puzzles. She had a big heart, always caring about family and friends. She settled down in Waubay, at her Grandmother Clara Eagles' home in 2005. She told her grandmother it was time to settle down now and her grandmother was so happy she was home. Because her grandmother constantly worried about Ann's many travels. God gave her a reason for coming home, because our grandmother passed away a few months later. Ann always said there was a reason why she came home when this happened. To us, there was a reason why Ann came home, too. To be home when her time came to join God and her family.
Ann is survived by two sisters, Michelle Walking Bull of Sisseton, SD and Cheryl Eagle of Sisseton, SD; five aunts Bernadine (Eagle) Gaikowski of Peever, SD, Charlotte Grey of Sisseton, SD, Kathy Barse of Peever, SD, Nadine (Eagle) Anderson, and Donna Red Bear of Waubay, SD,; two uncles, Francis Eagle of Waubay, SD and Patrick Eagle of Fargo, ND; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Ann was preceded in death by her parents, maternal , paternal grandparents, two uncles and three aunts.
For Ann's obituary and on-line registry please visit www.cahillfunralchapel.com