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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Mabel
Thompson
January 23, 1945 – May 12, 2018
Obituary
Mabel Lema "Dicey" Arpan-Thompson, WAHCA SKA WIN (WINYAN) WHITE FLOWER WOMAN, 73, of Wagner
Mabel "Dicey" Thompson died Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Funeral services will be 2PM, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Marty. Burial is in the church cemetery. Wake services will be Monday at the church. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Wagner is in charge of arrangements.
DICEY WAS BORN ON JANUARY 23, 1945 AT HOME, DURING A TERRIBLE BLIZZARD, IN GREENWOOD, SD. TO ROBERT ARPAN, SR AND MARY VIRGINIA DECOTEAU. HER BELOVED GRANDMOTHER, AMELIA SCHUNK-DECOTEAU WAS HER DELIVERY NURSE AND DICEY JOINED HER IN HEAVEN ON MAY 12, 2018.
IN HER EARLY YEARS DICEY GREW UP IN GREENWOOD AND THEN ATTENDED MARTY MISSION AND GRADUATED FROM FLANDREAU INDIAN SCHOOL. SHE ALSO ATTENDED DWU IN MITCHELL AND EARNED HER AA DEGREE AND PURSUED HER BA IN SOCIAL SERVICES BEFORE SHE GOT SICK. SHE MARRIED MELVIN THOMPSON, JR IN 1966. SHE WORKED IN STEPHAN SCHOOL AS A DORM PARENT FOR 20+ YEARS, LOWER BRULE TRIBAL SCHOOLS AS A STUDENT TEACHER, THE SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM IN THE WAGNER AREA BEFORE SHE RETIRED DUE TO HEALTH REASONS. DICEY LOVE TO CROCHET, MAKE HOMEMADE PICKLES, PLAY BINGO AND CARDS, PUT PUZZLES TOGETHER AND LAUGH AND JOKE WITH ALL SHE MET. HER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN WERE THE LOVES OF HER LIFE.
LEAVING TO CELEBRATE AND BE THANKFUL FOR HER LIFE IS HER MOTHER MARY V. ASHES, HER CHILDREN, LAVONNE ARPAN, WESLEY, SCOTT, CHAD AND TROY THOMPSON, SISTERS LYNETTE ASHES, ROBERTA BELL, CLARICE ROWE, SHERRY AND SHIRLEY ARPAN, BROTHERS WINFRED "CHOP" AND KENY ASHES, ROGER, PERRY, GARY AND BOBBY ARPAN. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 28 GREAT CHILDREN AND MANY NEICES AND NEPHEWS. PRECEDING HER IN DEATH IS HER FATHER, BROTHERS LEIN (ROBIN) ARPAN SR, FRANCIS CHARLES AND LARRY. HER GRANDMOTHERS AMEILIA DECOTEAU, LEMA (OMAHA) ARPAN, GRANDFATHERS LEIN DECOTEAU AND ANTOINE (SWAP) ARPAN.
DICEY HAD A FULL LIFE AND WAS LOVED BY MANY, SHE HAD A GREAT PERSONALITY AND KIND HEART FOR ALL SHE MET. SHE WAS LOVED AND WILL BE MISSED MOST OF ALL BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
OUR LIVES HAVE CHANGED FOREVER, THE CHAIN IS BROKEN ONCE AGAIN....WE WILL NEVER FORGET DICEY...WE LOVE YOU...
Mabel "Dicey" Thompson died Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Funeral services will be 2PM, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Marty. Burial is in the church cemetery. Wake services will be Monday at the church. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Wagner is in charge of arrangements.
DICEY WAS BORN ON JANUARY 23, 1945 AT HOME, DURING A TERRIBLE BLIZZARD, IN GREENWOOD, SD. TO ROBERT ARPAN, SR AND MARY VIRGINIA DECOTEAU. HER BELOVED GRANDMOTHER, AMELIA SCHUNK-DECOTEAU WAS HER DELIVERY NURSE AND DICEY JOINED HER IN HEAVEN ON MAY 12, 2018.
IN HER EARLY YEARS DICEY GREW UP IN GREENWOOD AND THEN ATTENDED MARTY MISSION AND GRADUATED FROM FLANDREAU INDIAN SCHOOL. SHE ALSO ATTENDED DWU IN MITCHELL AND EARNED HER AA DEGREE AND PURSUED HER BA IN SOCIAL SERVICES BEFORE SHE GOT SICK. SHE MARRIED MELVIN THOMPSON, JR IN 1966. SHE WORKED IN STEPHAN SCHOOL AS A DORM PARENT FOR 20+ YEARS, LOWER BRULE TRIBAL SCHOOLS AS A STUDENT TEACHER, THE SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM IN THE WAGNER AREA BEFORE SHE RETIRED DUE TO HEALTH REASONS. DICEY LOVE TO CROCHET, MAKE HOMEMADE PICKLES, PLAY BINGO AND CARDS, PUT PUZZLES TOGETHER AND LAUGH AND JOKE WITH ALL SHE MET. HER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN WERE THE LOVES OF HER LIFE.
LEAVING TO CELEBRATE AND BE THANKFUL FOR HER LIFE IS HER MOTHER MARY V. ASHES, HER CHILDREN, LAVONNE ARPAN, WESLEY, SCOTT, CHAD AND TROY THOMPSON, SISTERS LYNETTE ASHES, ROBERTA BELL, CLARICE ROWE, SHERRY AND SHIRLEY ARPAN, BROTHERS WINFRED "CHOP" AND KENY ASHES, ROGER, PERRY, GARY AND BOBBY ARPAN. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 28 GREAT CHILDREN AND MANY NEICES AND NEPHEWS. PRECEDING HER IN DEATH IS HER FATHER, BROTHERS LEIN (ROBIN) ARPAN SR, FRANCIS CHARLES AND LARRY. HER GRANDMOTHERS AMEILIA DECOTEAU, LEMA (OMAHA) ARPAN, GRANDFATHERS LEIN DECOTEAU AND ANTOINE (SWAP) ARPAN.
DICEY HAD A FULL LIFE AND WAS LOVED BY MANY, SHE HAD A GREAT PERSONALITY AND KIND HEART FOR ALL SHE MET. SHE WAS LOVED AND WILL BE MISSED MOST OF ALL BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
OUR LIVES HAVE CHANGED FOREVER, THE CHAIN IS BROKEN ONCE AGAIN....WE WILL NEVER FORGET DICEY...WE LOVE YOU...
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