Funeral services for Matilda Marie Bushyhead, 65, will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 6, 2013 at St. Stephens Catholic Church with Father Phil Wager officiating. Interment will follow at Friday Cemetery. A Rosary will be held 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 5th at St. Stephens Catholic Church. A wake will follow at 422 Left Hand Ditch Road.
She died May 30, 2013 at the Lander Valley Medical Center.
Matilda was born December 12, 1947 in Fort Washakie, Wyoming, daughter of Louis T. and Christina (Pine) Underwood. She was raised by her adopted parents, Peter Monroe and Victoria Warren SunRhodes. She was a lifelong resident of the Wind River Indian Reservation.
She attended school in St. Stephens. Her graduating class of 1966 was the last. She also graduated from Haskell Institute in 1968 and in 1971 she became a certified Teacher’s Aid from Central Wyoming College.
On January 25, 1974, she married John M. Bushyhead in Riverton.
She worked as a Teacher’s Aid at Head Start for 7 years, St. Stephens Indian School for 7 years and the Arapahoe School for 10 years.
Matilda enjoyed going to the 789 Casino, watching her favorite t.v. programs such as The Price is Right, The Young and the Restless and Little House on the Prairie.
Survivors include her husband, sons, John M. Bushyhead, Jr. and his wife, Cheryl Blackburn, Thomas Bushyhead, Josh E Miller, Derek Gould, Gabriel Dodge, Steven Harris and Harold CrazyThunder; daughters, Teresa M. Bushyhead and Kristina R. Bushyhead; brothers, Raymond Underwood, Harold and Irvin O’Brien, Alfred and Hubert Redman, Marty, Pat, John and Jerome Underwood, Harley Hungary, Bobby Shakespeare, George West Shakespeare and Vincent Blake; sisters, Julianna M. Miller and her husband, Ben Miller Sr., Audrey, Patricia, Kay, Alicia, and Geri Underwood, Jody Jorgenson, Karen Trosper, Rebecca Underwood-Miller, Alvena Oldman, Anita Hungary, Lucy Willow, Lucy Warren, Dee Cuch, Marge St.Clair, and Agnes Logan; sisters-in-law, Amy Underwood and family, Florence Redman and family and Naomi Bushyhead; brothers-in-law, Stanford Bushyhead, Sr., Dan Brown and Mervin Bushyhead; nephews, Don Brown and family, Ricky Blackburn and family, Jay Monroe, Erron Monroe, Ben Miller, Jr. and family, Russell Underwood and family, Tony Underwood and family, Troy, Jerrad and Eric Underwood; nieces, Laureen Brown Case, Dee Brown and family, Nancy Wahtomy and family, Maggie Miller and family, Myrtle Underwood and family, Diane Underwood and family, Donita Standing Elk and Family, Elaine, Berta and Gina Monroe and Ericka Engavo; grandchildren, Amanda J.M Bushyhead, Katelynn T Antelope, Dane A Antelope, Clara Lynn Bushyhead, Fontessa J Bushyhead, Aaron D. J. Hill, JaJuan L.J. Bushyhead, Jade M.J. Bushyhead, Starr Miller, Sr., and Kasia Monroe; great grandchildren, Harmony Duran and Starr D. Miller, Jr.; close friends, Debbie Shakespeare, Cherri Evans, Cheryl Bowman, Rowena Ridgely, Alberta Little, Sonja Smith, Rose Apodaca, Dominic Littleshield, and Ann Shakespeare; God children, Jerome L. C’Hair, Laureen D. Brown-Case, Elaine L Monroe, Ben Miller, Jr., and Dane A Antelope; extended family, Goggles, Blake, Underwood, Warren, Bushyhead, Stacey, Gardner, Spoonhunter, Redman, Shakespeare, Hungary, Monroe and Willow.
She was preceded in death by her parents, both biological and adopted; brothers, Lawrence Underwood, Vincent Underwood and Thomas E. Underwood, III, Wesley Underwood, Eugene Monroe and Dennis Monroe; sister, Agnes L. Brown and her unborn baby Bushyhead; Godchild, Nathan N. Monroe; nephew, Lloyd Brown; brother-in-law, Joseph Bushyhead; sister-in-law, Margaret Washington; Aunt, Regina Pine Arthur and Josephine Redman; uncle, Martin Underwood, Sr.
She died May 30, 2013 at the Lander Valley Medical Center.
Matilda was born December 12, 1947 in Fort Washakie, Wyoming, daughter of Louis T. and Christina (Pine) Underwood. She was raised by her adopted parents, Peter Monroe and Victoria Warren SunRhodes. She was a lifelong resident of the Wind River Indian Reservation.
She attended school in St. Stephens. Her graduating class of 1966 was the last. She also graduated from Haskell Institute in 1968 and in 1971 she became a certified Teacher’s Aid from Central Wyoming College.
On January 25, 1974, she married John M. Bushyhead in Riverton.
She worked as a Teacher’s Aid at Head Start for 7 years, St. Stephens Indian School for 7 years and the Arapahoe School for 10 years.
Matilda enjoyed going to the 789 Casino, watching her favorite t.v. programs such as The Price is Right, The Young and the Restless and Little House on the Prairie.
Survivors include her husband, sons, John M. Bushyhead, Jr. and his wife, Cheryl Blackburn, Thomas Bushyhead, Josh E Miller, Derek Gould, Gabriel Dodge, Steven Harris and Harold CrazyThunder; daughters, Teresa M. Bushyhead and Kristina R. Bushyhead; brothers, Raymond Underwood, Harold and Irvin O’Brien, Alfred and Hubert Redman, Marty, Pat, John and Jerome Underwood, Harley Hungary, Bobby Shakespeare, George West Shakespeare and Vincent Blake; sisters, Julianna M. Miller and her husband, Ben Miller Sr., Audrey, Patricia, Kay, Alicia, and Geri Underwood, Jody Jorgenson, Karen Trosper, Rebecca Underwood-Miller, Alvena Oldman, Anita Hungary, Lucy Willow, Lucy Warren, Dee Cuch, Marge St.Clair, and Agnes Logan; sisters-in-law, Amy Underwood and family, Florence Redman and family and Naomi Bushyhead; brothers-in-law, Stanford Bushyhead, Sr., Dan Brown and Mervin Bushyhead; nephews, Don Brown and family, Ricky Blackburn and family, Jay Monroe, Erron Monroe, Ben Miller, Jr. and family, Russell Underwood and family, Tony Underwood and family, Troy, Jerrad and Eric Underwood; nieces, Laureen Brown Case, Dee Brown and family, Nancy Wahtomy and family, Maggie Miller and family, Myrtle Underwood and family, Diane Underwood and family, Donita Standing Elk and Family, Elaine, Berta and Gina Monroe and Ericka Engavo; grandchildren, Amanda J.M Bushyhead, Katelynn T Antelope, Dane A Antelope, Clara Lynn Bushyhead, Fontessa J Bushyhead, Aaron D. J. Hill, JaJuan L.J. Bushyhead, Jade M.J. Bushyhead, Starr Miller, Sr., and Kasia Monroe; great grandchildren, Harmony Duran and Starr D. Miller, Jr.; close friends, Debbie Shakespeare, Cherri Evans, Cheryl Bowman, Rowena Ridgely, Alberta Little, Sonja Smith, Rose Apodaca, Dominic Littleshield, and Ann Shakespeare; God children, Jerome L. C’Hair, Laureen D. Brown-Case, Elaine L Monroe, Ben Miller, Jr., and Dane A Antelope; extended family, Goggles, Blake, Underwood, Warren, Bushyhead, Stacey, Gardner, Spoonhunter, Redman, Shakespeare, Hungary, Monroe and Willow.
She was preceded in death by her parents, both biological and adopted; brothers, Lawrence Underwood, Vincent Underwood and Thomas E. Underwood, III, Wesley Underwood, Eugene Monroe and Dennis Monroe; sister, Agnes L. Brown and her unborn baby Bushyhead; Godchild, Nathan N. Monroe; nephew, Lloyd Brown; brother-in-law, Joseph Bushyhead; sister-in-law, Margaret Washington; Aunt, Regina Pine Arthur and Josephine Redman; uncle, Martin Underwood, Sr.