Florence "Flossy" Helen Drappeau, 93, of Wagner
Winyan Numpa ~ Two Woman

Flossey died Wednesday, March 2,, 2016 in Lincoln, NE. Funeral services are 12 noon on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the White Swan Community Center in Lake Andes. Burial is in the Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Greenwood. Wake services began Thursday at the Community Center. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Wagner is in charge of arrangements.

Florence Helen Zephier was born in Wagner, SD on October 24, 1922. She was the only child of Rosa LaRoche and Narcisse Zephier.
Florence was preceded in death by her companions, Cephas Ashes, Sr. and Leo Drapeau; sons: Charles "Chaske" Ashes, Keith Drapeau, Casey Drapeau and Glenford Drapeau.

She is survived by Cephas Ashes, Jr., Flondine Drapeau, Ida Drapeau and Galen Drapeau, Sr. Florence has many, many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren! (Grape!Grape! Grandma!)

Unci "Flossy" was a classy woman. She was always dressed for the occasion and she has made over 700 hand quilted star blankets. Her quilts are all over Grandmother Earth and she is known internationally from the Vatican to the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Unci Winyan Numpa was very proud to be an Ihanktonwan. She shared and provided to us the Red Road of our ancestors; the Dakota Lifeways and teachings. We are happy and proud to have been gifted this greatest gift that one can offer. She Sundanced at the Elk Soldier and the Big Buffalo Sundances for many years and many danced proud as they wore her tailor made sundance skirts with a depiction of the Starquilt design, Ate Wi!

We will love and miss Unci forever. We are her legacy, we are her reflection in Life! Wanna Winyan Numpa iyaye.