Funeral Service for Claudia "Inalou" Kirk, "Mini Waste Win," Good Water Woman, 79, of Sisseton, SD will be held on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 2:00 P.M. at the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribal Community Center, Agency Village, SD with John Cloud III and St. Mary's Lay Readers officiating. Pallbearers will be John DuMarce, Dean DuMarce, Tomas Bommersbach, Dustin Kirk, Quincy DuMarce, Garrett Ojeda, Keenan Ojeda, Gerald German Jr., Josh Johnson Jr., and Brody "Benji" Wanna.   Honorary Pallbearers Pte Cante Win Society, Lillian Wanna, Angel Wanna, Nita Kirk, Ramona Renville, Joyce Country, Lorraine German, Marvel Bursheim, Betty Jo Kirk, Libby Locke, Yolanda Bommersbach, Lillian Owen, Jackie White, Dean Abraham Sr., John German Sr., Raymond "Lil Ray" Harwood II, and all of her nurse from the Sisseton Dialysis Unit. Pianist will be Billy Kohl and varoious Drum Groups. Interment will be in the Kirk-Ojeda Family Cemetery. All Night Wake Services will be Monday and Tuesday, August 5 ^th and 6 ^th , 2019 at 7:00 P.M. at the SWO Community Center. The Cahill Funeral Chapel, Sisseton, SD is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Claudia "Inalou" Kirk was born on July 14, 1940 in Sisseton, SD to Vida Ferguson and Llewellyn H. Kirk. She was raised by her parental grandparents Minnie and Simon Jay Kirk. Claudia attended Wahpeton Indian School, Flandreau, and Oceola High School in Pine Ridge, SD. She graduated from Plankinton High School in Plankinton, SD. From there she went to Haskell in Lawrence, KS. She received her business degree from Oak Cliff School of Business in Dallas, TX.

Claudia was united in marriage to Rodolfo DeLa Cruz Ojeda in 1964 and through this union had three children, R. David (Cindy) Ojeda, Richard W. (Cheryl) Ojeda, and Dara Marie (Ronnie) Harwood all of Sisseton, SD.

Claudia is survived by her sons Keith D. Wanna, David Ojeda, and Rick Ojeda; daughter Dara M. Harwood; grandchildren John (Hana) DuMarce, Dean DuMarce, Ellen (Jon) Yost, Kabryn Harwood, Ronnie Ray Cruz Harwood, Keenan and Fancy Ojeda, and Garrett Ojeda, Kristen and Kelsey Renville, Kristen Seaboy, Keith Wanna Jr., Michelle Wanna, Michael Wanna, and numerous great grand children.

Claudia was preceded in death by her parents; maternal and paternal grandparents; daughter Rebecca Stoughton and her Hunka brother Percy Kirk Jr.

For Claudia's obituary and on-line registry, please visit www.cahillfuneralchapel.com