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Funeral services will take place on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 11:00 AM (Mountain).

TNT Building
Wanblee, South Dakota

Gethsemane Episcopal Cemetery
Wanblee, South Dakota



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In memory of

T'Ailani Ashley Wounded Head

of Wanblee, South Dakota, died on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the Bennett County Hospital in Martin at the age of 0

T’Ailani Reign Ashley Wounded Head was born July 23, 2023 in Rapid City, South Dakota to Teija Ashley and Joseph Wounded Head.


Survivors include her parents Teija Ashley and Joseph Wounded Head; grandparents Shauncina (Howard) Ashley, Charmaine Wounded Head; great-grandparents Frances Ashley, Julia Randall, Anita Wounded Head; aunts: Hailey, Harley, Haidyn, and Nikki Ashley, Tyra Fugate, Chloe, Markia, and Markayla Wounded Head; uncles: Caleb and John Wounded Head; and a host of other relatives and friends.


She was preceded in death by her grandfathers Rance Blue Legs, Cleveland "Joey" Wounded Head, and Richard "Rico" Ashley; great-grandfathers: Melferd Ashley, Gary Blue Legs, Sr., Delmar Wounded Head, and David Wounded Head; great-grandmother Lynell Morrison; great-great-grandparents Joe and Marie Randall; Wallace and Melissa Blue Legs; Benjamin and Gertie Sitting Up, and Joseph and Minnie (Little Chief) Ashley; cousins: Ay'vreigh Ashley Chipps and Presley Bettelyoun; and aunt Hailee Wounded Head.

A two-night wake service will begin at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, October 1 and continue until the funeral service time at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2023, all at the TNT Building in Wanblee.

Burial will follow at Gethsemane Episcopal Cemetery in Wanblee.

Cards and memorials may be sent to P.O. Box 168 Wanblee, SD 57577.

TWO-NIGHT WAKE SERVICE
Beginning Sunday, October 1, 2023 - 4:30 p.m.
TNT Building
Wanblee, South Dakota

FUNERAL SERVICE
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.
TNT Building
Wanblee, South Dakota

OFFICIATING
Father Ron Seminara - Pastor Chris Grillo

TRADITIONAL LAKOTA SERVICE
Richard Moves Camp

PALLBEARERS
Zavion Standing Bear - Beau High Horse
Teycin Ashley - John Wounded Head

HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Hailey, Harley, Haidyn, and Nikki Ashley
Zalena and Zacchaeus Waters - Tei'lynn Standing Bear
Zaniya Mesteth - Zakyiah Dull Knife - Stevoni and C.j. Bissonette
Woody Bad Cob - Talitha Ashley - Tia (Antoine) Ashley and Family
Michaela (Morgan) Ashley and Family - Talena (Tom) Spotted Elk
Talana Standing Bear - Leslie Ashley and Family -Stephana Standing Bear and Family
Ella (Marvis) Sitting Up and Family Charity (Vaughn) Ashley and Family - Melferd Ashley Jr. and Family
Shaun Ashley - Esther Rooks and Family - Gary Blue Legs and Family Taneal Randall and Family - Brianna High Horse and Family
Katie Randall and Family - Anson (Tasha) Randall and Family - Ron Randall and Family - Agnes Randall and Family
Ed Randall and Family - Todd Randall and Family - Joann Randall and Family - Martha Randall and Family
Gloria Randall and Family - Reuben Wounded Head and Family -Sharon Wounded Head and Family
Angela Wounded Head and Family - Chuck (Audrey) Wounded Head - Tangela Wounded Head
Charlene Wounded Head and Family - Meredith Blue Legs and Family - Stacy (Julie) Blue Legs and Family
Dennis Wounded Head - Ashley, Sitting Up, Long Soldier, and Cross Families - Wanda Corey and Family
Peggy Morrison and Family - Charity Hill and Family - Paul Morrison -
Erna Morrison and Family - Randi Morrison and Family - Alphonso Morrison
Nadine Morrison and Family - Delores Ferguson and Family - Lionel Morrison

INTERMENT
Gethsemane Episcopal Cemetery
Wanblee, South Dakota