Agnes Limpy

Agnes LittleWhiteMan Limpy, (Setovena´hane´e, "Center Kills Woman") was born in Rosebud Creek, MT on October 15, 1921 to Henry LittleWhiteMan and Edith Black Medicine. She reached the age of 90 and lived to see 5 generations of her family lineage before being called home by the Good Lord.
Agnes lived and believed in the Cheyenne cultural way of life. She spoke the Cheyenne language fluently and practiced her Native ways of prayer. She was a Native American Church member all her life. A very strong believer of the Roman Catholic Church, Agnes always managed to find her way to Sunday mass to make her small monetary donation. She attended school at the St. Labre Mission where she received her first Holy Communion and early education. In the sixties went to work for the mission as a dorm matron, then completed janitorial work, and later worked for the Guild Arts & Crafts. Then for a number of years she worked for the Busby Day Care under Josephine Tall Bull.
Her mother Edith, father Henry, husband Henry Limpy, sisters Clara Holmes, Edith Manley, Agnes Brady Little Head, daughters Edith, Doris, Sarah, Letha, Lillian, and Wahlena., a son James preceded her in death.
She is survived by her sons Homer Limpy of Lame Deer, Clifford Limpy, Sr. of Rosebud Creek, Eugene (Patricia) Limpy of Busby, Raymond Limpy of Rosebud Creek, her daughter Mary Jane (Roger) Snake of Rosebud Creek, adopted-daughters Rosie (Clyde) Brady of Busby, Becky Big Fire Elkshoulder of Lame Deer, Kathy Black Plume of Black River Falls, a special god-child Hilda Moss of Rosebud Creek, 65 grandchildren, 116 great grandchildren, and 32 great-great grandchildren, as well as her extended family, LittleWhiteMan, Manley, BraidedHair, Flying, MedicineTop, WhiteDirt, RisingSun, Teeth, Morrison, BlackWolf, ElkShoulder. If we missed you, please accept our sincere apologies; our family is very large.
The family would like to extend a very special thank you to the nursing staff at the Billings Health and Rehab Community, and to the inmates at the Yellowstone County Detention for their prayers.