Evan Craig Smith of Ethete

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.


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Alysia Marie (Smith) Musalem of Kinnear

ST. STEPHENS - Funeral services for Kinnear area resident Alysia Marie Musalem, 48, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, May 16, at St. Stephens Mission by Fr. Gannon, S.J. Interment will be in St. Stephens Catholic Cemetery.

Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today, May 15, in Blue Sky Hall in Ethete, with Fr. Harold Luxon officiating. A wake will follow at the family residence, No. 161 Johnstown, Kinnear.

She died May 11, 2003, at Riverton Memorial Hospital, from a sudden illness.

Born Oct. 10, 1954, in Lander, she was the daughter of Alexander Sr. and Ellen Julia Smith; was a lifelong resident of the Wind River Indian Reservation; and attended school in Wind River.

At the time of her death, she was a family service manager for the Shoshone and Arapaho Head Start Program.

She enjoyed fishing, camping, and woodworking.

Survivors include her father and husband, Miguel Musalem, both of Johnstown; sister, Rolanda Smith of Kinnear; daughter, Marie Musalem, and two sons, Keith Smith and Miguel Musalem Jr., all of Kinnear; adopted son, Kyle Ferris of Fort Washakie; seven brothers, Alex Smith Jr. of Kinnear, Harold Smith of Mill Creek, John Smith of Ethete, Clarence Smith of Riverton, Preston Smith of Lander, Loren Smith of Kinnear and Ruben Behan of Thermopolis; a grandchild; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her mother; a sister, Rhonda Smith; and grandparents, Luke and Minnie Smith and Pete and Lucinda Aragon.

Wind Dancer Funeral Home in Fort Washakie is in charge of arrangements.


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