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Rachel Two Bears age, 41 of Fort Yates, ND will be 11:00 AM Monday, March 23, 2020 at the AJ Agard Building in Fort Yates, ND. Interment will be in the Reed Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Rachel passed away March 15, 2020 at Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck, ND.

Rachel Ann Ponga Two Bears was born April 28, 1978 at Fort Yates, ND to Diane and the late Gene Ponga.

She attended Theodore Jamerson Elementary School where she graduated from 8 ^th grade. She continued her education at Bismarck High School. She lived in Bismarck, ND, from 1990 to 1995 then she moved to Fort Yates, ND, up until the time of her death. While in Bismarck she was employed by various hotels as a housekeeper. She was also employed at Prairie Knights Casino as a cashier.

In November 11, 2012 Rachel was joined in marriage to Richard Two Bears. They made their home in Fort Yates, where she was a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother. She really loved and cherished her granddaughter, Aureliah Rachel Rose Brave Bull.

In her spare time, she loved to cook, bake, play Yahtzee and play games on her Ipad.

Rachel was a loving and caring person with a big heart. Her home was open to all who needed a place to stay.

Rachel is survived by her husband, Richard Two Bears, children, Elaine, Jayden, Alex Lawrence, grandchildren, Kolby, Elaina and Aureliah, her mother, Diane Ponga, brothers, Hadley White Lightning, Warren White Lightning, Jon Ponga, sisters, Jean Marie Ponga and Celie Cross and Taylor Farrell, Hunka family, Nathan and Kay Shell Track, Eugene Good Voice, Alvin Bull Bear and also many aunties, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews too numerous to mention.

She was preceded in death by her father, Gene Ponga, brother, Alden White Lightning, grandparents, Leo and Edith (One Horn) Bull Bear, Henry and Gertrude (Iron Road) Ponga.