Post by blackcrowheart on May 1, 2007 13:07:06 GMT -5
Velma Mae `Cookie' Bell Rock
Velma Mae "Cookie" Bell Rock, Ashduuptakloichish "Strikes
Both Camps," 58, a firefighter and nurse assistant, died Jan. 29,
2007.
She was born Nov. 6, 1948, in Crow Agency, the fourth of eight children
born to Edward and Josephine Whiteman Sr. She grew up in Pryor,
attending St. Charles School, Pryor Elementary, Edgar High School and
Chilocco Indian School. She eventually obtained her G.E.D. and completed
an emergency medical training program at Eastern Montana College.
She married James Keith Bell Rock Sr. on Nov. 6, 1978. She worked as a
cook's aide at St. Charles School and Pryor Senior Citizens Center,
as a certified nurse assistant and as a firefighter. She was diagnosed
with cancer in 1996.
She was a member of the Whistling Water Clan and a Ties the Bundle
Child. She was a lifetime member of St. Charles Parish in Pryor and
participated in the sweat lodge, Native American Church and sun dance.
Survivors include her mother; children, Dione Jay Bell Rock, James Keith
Bell Rock and Rita Faith Bell Rock; 11 grandchildren; siblings, Geneva
Whiteman, Norman Whiteman, Edward P. Whiteman Jr., Jolene Kills Pretty
Enemy, Channis Whiteman, Valeen Plain Feather, Carol Good Luck; and
adopted sister, Loretta Sedlmayer.
Velma Mae "Cookie" Bell Rock, Ashduuptakloichish "Strikes
Both Camps," 58, a firefighter and nurse assistant, died Jan. 29,
2007.
She was born Nov. 6, 1948, in Crow Agency, the fourth of eight children
born to Edward and Josephine Whiteman Sr. She grew up in Pryor,
attending St. Charles School, Pryor Elementary, Edgar High School and
Chilocco Indian School. She eventually obtained her G.E.D. and completed
an emergency medical training program at Eastern Montana College.
She married James Keith Bell Rock Sr. on Nov. 6, 1978. She worked as a
cook's aide at St. Charles School and Pryor Senior Citizens Center,
as a certified nurse assistant and as a firefighter. She was diagnosed
with cancer in 1996.
She was a member of the Whistling Water Clan and a Ties the Bundle
Child. She was a lifetime member of St. Charles Parish in Pryor and
participated in the sweat lodge, Native American Church and sun dance.
Survivors include her mother; children, Dione Jay Bell Rock, James Keith
Bell Rock and Rita Faith Bell Rock; 11 grandchildren; siblings, Geneva
Whiteman, Norman Whiteman, Edward P. Whiteman Jr., Jolene Kills Pretty
Enemy, Channis Whiteman, Valeen Plain Feather, Carol Good Luck; and
adopted sister, Loretta Sedlmayer.