IN LOVING MEMORY
JEREMIAH BLAINE WOODENLEGS
HE’ÃMÂXHOO’ÊSTSE “SITS ABOVE”
JEREMIAH BLAINE WOODENLEGS, SR. 46, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND FORMERLY OF LAME DEER, MT WENT HOME TO BE WITH HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST ON JULY 28, 2022 IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND AT THE AMOS HOUSE WHERE HE LIVED. JEREMIAH WAS BORN TO ZETHEL WOODENLEGS AND EMMETTE MEDICINE TOP, SR. HE WAS BORN IN CROW AGENCY, MT. ON JULY 6, 1976. JEREMIAH WAS GIVEN HIS CHEYENNE NAME BY HIS GRANDMOTHER AGNES MEDICINE TOP. HE WAS NAMED AFTER JOE BEAR OF ASHLAND, MT.
JEREMIAH WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY HOME ON THE ROSEBUD CREEK ALL OF HIS YOUNG LIFE, HIS GRANDPARENTS RAISED HIM AS THEIR OWN, THIS IS WHERE HE LEARNED ABOUT GOD AND LIFE. HE WAS TAUGHT TO HONOR GOD WITH RESPECT AND PRAYER, WE BELEIVE THIS CAME IN HANDY MANY TIMES IN HIS LIFE. HE WENT TO BUSBY SCHOOL BEGINNING KINDERGARTEN THRU HIS SENIOR YEAR, GRADUATING IN MAY 1994. HE WAS PROUD TO BE A BUSBY EAGLE ALL HIS YEARS OF SCHOOL, HE PLAYED JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SPORTS. HE WAS A STAR PLAYER FOR THE HIGH BASKETBALL TEAM, BEING AT THE HEIGHT OF 6`8 HE WAS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH ON THE GYM FLOOR. I AM SURE THERE ARE ALOT OF STORIES REMEMBERED OF HIS BASKETBALL GAMES BY HIS CLASSMATES. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE PLAYED LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL WITH HIS UNCLES CLEVE AND ALBERT MCMANUS AND HIS GOOD FRIEND EUGENE LITTLECOYOTE. HIS VOLLEYBALL SERVE AND SPIKE WERE POWERFUL, YOU HAD TO BE BRAVE TO BE ON THE RECEIVING END. HE ATTENDED CHIEF DULL KNIFE COLLEGE WHERE HE RECEIVED AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY, FROM THERE HE WENT TO BROWN UNIVERSITY ON INTERNSHIP FOR TWO SUMMERS, HIS FAVORITE TEACHER BOB MADSEN {RIP} WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HIS COLLEGE EDUCATION. THIS IS WHERE HE MET CARLA CALADO THE MOTHER OF HIS SON JEREMIAH,JR AND THIS IS WHERE HIS HEART STAYED IN PROVIDENCE, RI. HE HAS ANOTHER SON JACOB WAGNER IN PAWTUCKET, RI FROM A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP. ALTHOUGH HE CAME BACK HOME TO MONTANA AT DIFFERENT TIMES HIS HEART WAS WITH HIS SONS ON THE EAST COAST. HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CARLA BECAME STRAINED DUE TO HIS ADDICTIONS BUT THEY STILL REMAINED CLOSE FRIENDS. HE LOVED JEREMIAH, JR WITH HIS WHOLE HEART, HE HELPED RAISE HIM THE FIRST YEARS OF HIS LIFE, HE HOPED FOR LIL MIAH TO MEET HIS NORTHERN CHEYENNE FAMILY SOON BUT NOT UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. WHILE IN RHODE ISLAND HE WORKED AS A SECURITY GUARD AT DIFFERENT VENUES IN AND AROUND RHODE ISLAND, FOR ONE AT A PATRIOTS PLAYOFF GAME AT GILLETTE STADIUM. HE WAS ALSO A BOUNCER AT NIGHT CLUBS. HIS HIGHLIGHT WAS BEING A SECURITY GUARD WHERE MOVIE STAR WESLEY SNIPES WAS PROMOTING A MOVIE, HE SAID WESLEY SNIPS CAME UP TO HIM AND STARTED JOKENLY MAKING KARATE MOVES AT HIM AND SAYING ASIAN SLANG. HE SAID I TOLD HIM I AM NOT ASIAN I AM A NORTHERN CHEYENNE WARRIOR, HE THOUGHT I WAS OF ASIAN DECENT. HE BECAME MY GOOD FRIEND AND ALWAYS LOOKED FOR ME TO VISIT WHILE I WAS ON DUTY. JEREMIAH WAS A SMART, KIND AND LOVING MAN WITH A HUGE HEART. HE DID NOT HAVE MUCH, JUST THE CLOTHES ON HIS BACK BUT HE MADE THE BEST OF LIFE AS MUCH AS HE COULD. I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY STORIES THAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE OF HIM LIKE WHEN HE SAW A LADY SLIP AND FALL AT THE CHEYENNE DEPOT, HE PICKED HER UP OFF THE GROUND AND CARRIED HER TO HER VEHICLE. SHE SAID I BELIEVE IF I WAS HURT FROM MY FALL AND DID NOT HAVE A VEHICLE HE WOULD HAVE CARRIED ME TO THE ER THAT WAS THE KIND OF PERSON HE WAS. PEOPLE WERE INTIMINDATED BY HIS SIZE BUT HE WAS THE NICEST PERSON YOU COULD BEFRIEND, HE WAS A SIMPLE MAN WITH A BIG HEART. JEREMIAH LEAVES BEHIND TWO SONS JEREMIAH WOODENLEGS JR. AND JACOB WAGNER, HIS FATHER EMMETTE MEDICINE TOP, SR. SISTERS: RHEA RUSSELL, SHACHEEN(MIKE), SABETTE(LEVI) STARLEEN MEDICINE TOP, SHANIA MCMANUS, MARIA (RUBEN) RUSSELL ACOSTA AND ANGEL ROCHELLE, DARLENE, JENNIFER, SHAWNA AND JOSETTE WOODENLEGS. NEPHEWS\NEICES: KENYON, AMAZING DAY, TRUE LIGHT, ADDIE, GAIL,IV, ZANDER, PONCHO, ETHAN, MJ, RYLEI, REEANN, SHYLEN, LILLY, LEONIDUS, LEIGHANNE, MICHAEL, AZARIAH, AMAYA, KIANA BROTHERS: ABDEL RUSSELL, EMMETTE MEDICINE TOP, JR., BRAD (THEA) BAKER, CALEB HIGHWALKING, LELAND AND IRA MCMANUS, QUINCY WOODENLEGS, JOVAN WOODENLEGS JOHNSON, DESI ROLLEFSON AND SYDNEY BAHR, ADOPTED BROTHERS DOYLE LYONS, LELAND PINE AUNTS: ADDIE BAKER, MYRNA {CHRIS} ROCHELLE, ELIZEBETH(FLOYD) HIWALKER, MARY GRACE AND STELLA MEDICINE TOP, VIRGINA FERRIS, ROSE LAFRANIER, THOMASINE, URSULA AND RACHEL WOODENLEGS, VANGIE(GILBERT) SIOUX CALF, RACHEL, ESTHER AND TIA LARANCE, GERI, GAIL(JOE), WANDA SMALL, JENNIE LAFRANIER, LORRAINE WATERS, JOLENE WALKSLAST AND CHARLENE ALDEN, LAURA AND LEAH LONEBEAR, ROSE DOYLE, CLARA ONEFEATHER, SPECIAL AUNT IMOGENE DEWEY, ELRENA WHITE DIRT, BONNIE REDBIRD, ADOPTED AUNT RITA JEFFERSON. UNCLES: CLEVE MCMANUS, MAX HIWALKER,JR., DERRELL BIXBY, FLOYD HIWALKER, ADAM AND ALDEN MEDICINE TOP, LAFORCE SIOUX CALF, MATTHEW, JEFF, MARVIN AND THOMAS WOODENLEGS, JOE WATERS, JR. CLIFFORD, CLAYTON AND HORACE SMALL,JR. MANUEL EUGENIO AND HERBERTO CALADO, DOUGLAS MCDONALD, JASON RICH. PRECEDED IN DEATH: MOTHER ZETHEL WOODENLEGS, ADOPTED SISTER DEANA BRADY ROJAS GRANDMOTHERS: THERESA HIWALKER, AGNES MEDICINE TOP, MARTHA LARANCE, HELEN HIWALKER, BUELLA SIOUX CALF, JEAN LONEBEAR GRANDFATHERS: DONLIN MANY BAD HORSES, MATTHEW WOODENLEGS, CLARENCE MEDICINE TOP. AUNTS: DIANE LITTLEBEAR AND MARDELL WOODENLEGS, GERTRUDE FIRECROW, PAT HOSSNER, KAREN LARANCE UNCLES: LELAND AND ALBERT MCMANUS, LAFORCE LONEBEAR, GEORGE SCALPCANE, GEORGE, WEAVER AND CLEVELAND HIWALKER, LOGAN, CLARENCE MEDICINE TOP, JR. NEICE: ELSIE G. MEDICINE TOP. WE LISTED AS MANY RELATIVES AS WE COULD REMEMBER BECAUSE JEREMIAH LOVED ALL HIS RELATIVES, EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. OUR APOLOGIES IF WE HAVE FORGOTTEN ANYONE. HE HAD ALOT OF FRIENDS IN ALL THE STATES THAT HE WAS IN INCLUDING RHODE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, LAS VEGAS AND MINNESOTA.
EXTENDED FAMILY: HIWALKER, WOODENLEGS, MEDICINE TOP, WHITEDIRT, WHISTLING ELK, TEETH, LONEBEAR, SCALPCANE, TIMBER, TALLBULL, SIOIUX CALF, LARANCE, GLENMORE, WATERS, SMALL; SPECIAL BROTHERS: BIG AMERICANHORSE, LITTLE AMERICANHORSE, ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, SIDNEY BAHR, BRIAN REDSTAR EAGLESFEATHERS, DESI ROLLEFSON, ROBERT YELLOWFOX JR., ROBERTO VELEZ, DAVID DOVE, MICHAEL MARTINEZ, JERRY FISK, AND DALE BONANNO.
THE FAMILY EXTENDS A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HELPED JEREMIAH IN HIS LIFE STRUGGLES, THE PASTORS, MEDICAL STAFF IN RHODE ISLAND, BILLINGS, MT, TREATMENT COUNSELORS, SPONSORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, GRANDMAS, GRAND PAS, AUNTIES, UNCLES, SISTERS, BROTHERS, FRIENDS. LIKE THE SAYING GOES IT TAKES A VILLIAGE TO RAISE A CHILD. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT OF OUR BELOVED JEREMIAH. HE WILL BE MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.
STEVENSON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMEOF FORSYTH HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS
Darlene says
I will miss your smile whenEver
You seen me around!! Much love brother!
ROBERT LITTLE WOLF says
THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE CHIEF COUNCIL EXTEND THEIR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF JEREMIAH BLAINE WOODENLEGS AND PRAYERS FOR STRENGTH DURING THIS MOST SAD, SORROWFUL AND MOURNFUL TIME FOR THE LOSS OF A BELOVED LOVE ONE.
Ruben Acosta says
GODBLESS you Jeremiah we will see each other again , not a good bye but I’ll see you later… the LORD JESUS CHRIST will wipe our tears , and there will be no more death no more pain or suffering,, we will all be with the LORD one day together brother ❤
Johan Quintens says
Miah, your kindness has always made an everlasting imprint in our hearts. Some day we’ll meet again. Wish you a good journey and we pray for you and your beloved ones. Johan & Nadine.
BERGES Michelle says
Miah, I wish you a good and safe journey. You’ll only find love on the other side, no more pain.
Sorry, I missed your last message but we’ll see eachother again. I’ll pray for you. Love ya.
Jamie Spears Vanderhoop says
I am so saddened to read of Jeremiah’s passing. I met Jeremiah almost 20 years ago when I worked at the RI Indian Council. I would often see him out when he was a bouncer on Federal Hill and various places around the city. He was such a kind soul and I have fond memories of his smile and friendliness whenever we crossed paths. I send my heartfelt condolences to his family.
r says
jeremiah! i remember those volleyball nights in ashland and busby and dude your serve and spike was off the charts!! either get off the court or be able to send it back over the net! those were some fun times snow storms and all we were still driving by see if the gym was open. May God open his arms to you and bless the broken hearted that will greatly miss you!
Ben Jones says
I’m so sad at Jeremiah’s passing. I knew him when our paths overlapped in Providence. I expected that we might still text from time to time – even though mine, and I expect his, cell phone numbers changed. A big man with a big heart, the dream catcher he gave me helped me through some challenging times with, as he said, its big medicine.