Obituary for Noah Running Horse, Ideal, SD

Noah Running Horse, 39, of Ideal, SD passed away on Thursday, December 15th, 2022 at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 28th, 2022 at 12:00PM at the Shekinah Glory Chapel in Ideal, SD. Burial will follow in the Ideal Cemetery in Ideal, SD. Wake services will be held on Monday, December, 26th, and Tuesday, December 27th at 7:00PM at the Shekinah Glory Chapel in Ideal, SD.

Noah was born at Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, SD to Wayne & Kathryn Running Horse Sr. on June 16th, 1983. He was airlifted to Sanford Medical in Sioux Falls on October 12, 2022. He fought long and hard until he was transported to Avera McKennan in Sioux Falls where he went to sleep. He was 39 years old.

Noah went to school at Ideal grade school and Winner High School. He lived out to Big Ol’ Ideal with his parents. He loved life and lived it to the fullest. Noah loved playing fastpitch softball. Everywhere he went he made friends. He loved his family very much.

Noah is survived by his wife Dana, his children Jeff Running Horse & Angel Running Horse, his grandson Roland, his stepson Zachary, his parents Wayne & Kathryn Running Horse Sr., his siblings Frances “Running Horse” Cook, Loren Running Horse, Anna (Abe) “Running Horse” Stanford, Wayne Jr. (Geraldine) Running Horse, Calvin (Connie) Running Horse, Kelly Star Chief Sr., Chris Traversie Sr., his younger siblings Katelyn, Reuben, & Kayla (Jacob & Jonah Eli) Running Horse, his nephews, nieces, and takojas, his aunts, and uncles Arlie & Gerald, Neil & Grace, Al & Shirley, Glen, Linda, Marion & Joe, Buzzy, Harold & Richard, and his grandmother Jeanette Shaving Bear.

Noah is in heaven with his grandparents Eli and Baby Sallie “Black Crow” Swalley, Clifford & Ruth Old Lodge and Fenton Shaving Bear, his uncles Manny O., Calvin Old Lodge, Lawrence Old Lodge, Larry Cortez, Melvin Running Horse, Reuben Running Horse & Butch Pawnee, his aunts Vi “Old Lodge” Medicine Eagle, Tree “Old Lodge” Long Crow, Iris Siers, Judy Erickson, Dolly BB, Vera Siers, Lou G., Freda Bordeaux, and Velma Little Eagle.