Celebration of Life service for Catherine Miner age 67, of Eagle Butte, SD will be 10:00 AM MDT Monday, June 5, 2017 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Eagle Butte. Inurnment will be in the Emmanuel Episcopal Cemetery in White Horse under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Family and friends are asked to meet at 4-mile junction at 5 PM MDT Sunday, June 4, 2017 to process to the church for an all-night wake with a prayer service at 7:00 PM. Catherine passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Catherine Lorraine Miner
"Tokahewin"

Catherine Lorraine Miner, "Kate" as she was known to many, was born at home in Whitehorse, SD on January 26, 1950 to Clarice V. Miner (Eagle Shield) and Rudolph Miner, Sr. As a child, she enjoyed riding horseback, reading, playing with her dolls, and spending time outdoors picking wild turnips, onions, chokecherries, and plums. She spoke fondly of waiting for her dad to return in the evenings so she could share her day with him. She would often spend time with her grandma and grandpa, Louisa and Ernest Makes Life in Little Eagle, SD. It was her grandma, Louisa, who gave Catherine her Indian name "Tokahewin". She had many, many stories about her life growing up in the country and would visit for hours about them. In her adult life, Catherine often donned a coat of many colors so to speak, she worked as construction worker, WIC program clerk, LPN, CHR/MCH, and as a Social Detox Coordinator. She retired as the Social Detox Coordinator for the Walter Miner Law Enforcement Center in 2002. Thereafter, she spent her time with her family and enjoying life as best as she could, even if it was just sitting out on her porch with her coffee and a cigarette telling stories from her childhood. In the summer you would often find her out looking for wild turnips, wild plums and chokecherries. She loved being around her grandkids and great grandkids, they always brought her so much joy. To her children, she was their beacon...their light, she will be missed dearly.

Catherine Lorraine Miner passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. She is survived by her three daughters, Clarice Miner (William), Kali Tree Top(Tom), Melissa Tree Top (hunka son Jason Dolphus), and one son, John Miner. Grandkids include- Julianne Miner, Alex (Smokey) Hunt, Kirah Van Norman, Waycee Dolphus, Katlyn Miner, Riley Miner. Great grandkids include-Joshua Lawrence, Sidney Old Elk, and Mikayla Kate Old Elk. Her mother, Clarice V. Miner; Sisters-Diane Miner(Burtis) and Glenda Miner; Brothers-Joseph Miner(Cora), Marlin Miner, Sr., Michael Miner, and Levi Miner. Her aunt Wanda Jeanne Miner(Norfolk, NE) and her good friends, Colleen Brown Wolf and Iris Dupris and her constant coffee and visiting nephew, Billy Iron Hawk. She has many other Aunts, Uncles, Nieces, Nephews, Grandkids, Great grandkids and Friends too numerous to list.

Catherine was preceded in death by her Father, Rudolph Miner, Sr., her sister, Melissa Miner, her brothers Chester Miner, Roger Miner and Rudolph Miner, Jr., her son, Shawn Miner, her grandson, Joshua Shawn Miner, her grandma and grandpa, Louisa and Ernest Makes Life; her grandma and grandpa, Lorraine and Walter Miner; and her uncles, Walter Miner Jr. "JB" Miner, Roland Miner, Ralph Miner, Melvin Miner, Randy Miner, Richard Miner, Sidney Eagle Shield, Sr., Wallace Eagle Shield, and Fritz Eagle Shield; her Aunt Diane Miner and her cousin Ellen Elk.