ETHETE - Funeral services for Evan Craig Smith, 21, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at Blue Sky Hall with Father Kinner officiating. Interment will be in the Friday Cemetery.
An evening service and wake will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday at the Verna Thunder residence in Ethete.
He died Thursday, June 15, 2006, following an automobile accident.
He was born Sept. 8, 1984, in Lander, the son of Janell Thunder and Clarence Smith. He was a life-long resident of the Wind Indian Reservation and his given Indian Name was Medicine Singer. He attended Wyoming Indian Elementary and Junior High schools and in 2002 he graduated from Central High in Rexburg, Idaho as the class salutatorian.
He had been employed by Unit Drilling Co. of Rock Springs, and prior to that he worked for Three Sons Corp. as a pipe layer and landscaper.
He enjoyed family gatherings, the yearly round ups and branding, fishing, hunting with his uncle, riding bareback in the annual Bill Thunder Memorial Horse Race, and spending time with his friends and godchildren.
He devoted time to doing chores for his grandmother and he had two pets, Boo and Bambeano.
Survivors include his parents, Janell Thunder, Harold Little Bear, and Clarence Smith; brothers, Tyson and Keith Smith, Miguel Musalem, Truman Trosper, Kenny, Darrel, Bryce, and Dawson Smith, Silas and Dale Little Bear, Tracy and Torry Burson, Teake Thunder, and Starr Ware; sisters, Cortney Smith, Maria Musalem, Danelle and Charles Lone Dog, Vernita Thunder and William Lone Dog, LaDawn and Fred Armajo, Trina, Trisha, and Kimberly Smith, Shelly Warren, Joanna and Melvin Arthur, and Amy and Fawn Smith; grandmothers, Verna Thunder, Clara Thunder Antelope, Caroline Goggles, Alvena Friday; grandfather, Richard Thunder; and numerous uncles, aunts, and godparents.
He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Bill Thunder, Alex Smith Sr., Harold Luxon, and Joseph Smith; grandmother, Julia Smith; uncle, William Thunder III; and Richard and Agnes Ortiz and extended families.
Services are under the direction of Wind Dancer Funeral Home of Ft. Washakie.
Courtesy of Casper Star Tribune - Trib.com