John Rodney Four Colors Jr.

John Rodney Four Colors Jr., whose Indian name was “Ah-si-niw Nah-pe-sis,” meaning Rock Boy,  57, died Friday afternoon, May 31, 2013, at his home in Wild Rose Village of natural causes.

His wake service will begin Saturday at 4 p.m. and continue through Sunday, with his funeral service at 10 a.m. Monday, all at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church with Pastor Linda Webster officiating. Burial will follow at Rocky Boy Cemetery. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home.

Rodney was born April 1, 1956, in Fort Belknap, Mont., to Mary Rose Weaselboy and Johnny Rodney Four Colors Sr. He was raised in the traditional Cree way and enjoyed teaching and practicing the cultural way of life. He participated in the old ceremonies and enjoyed powwows. He made sure he taught his grandchildren songs and stories. Rodney enjoyed picking sweet grass and spending time in the mountains. He was known as a kind and generous man to everyone who needed help. He made many friends across the powwow trail. He graduated from Box Elder High School and later attended Montana State University and the University of Montana.

Rodney believed in hard work. By this, his occupations during his life included working for his late uncle Alex Weaselboy. He was a heavy equipment operator who worked many jobs in the Rocky Boy area. Rodney worked as a logger and one of the few C-Fallers. Rodney also worked as an EMT for Rocky Boy and Bozeman for many years. He wanted to instill his hard work ethic to the younger generation.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Rose Weaselboy and Johnny Four Colors; his grandparents, George and Lucy Weaselboy; and uncles, Alex Weaselboy and Louis Weaselboy.

He is survived by his only brother, Gerald “Jerry” Four Colors of Rocky Boy; his children, Jonathan Four Colors Sr. and Jodi Four Colors, both of Rocky Boy, and Tiffany Youngman of Billings; his grandchildren, Jonathan Jr., Jerrod, Jacinda, Brianna Four Colors, and Anthony, Carman and Jaycee Youngman; and one great-grandchild, Talasia Burns.