Marcella Has The Eagle

Marcella Has The Eagle, 50, of Harlem, passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2014, east of Havre due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Wake services will begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap, and will continue until her traditional funeral service, which will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2014, also at the Red Whip Center. Interment will follow in the Buckman Cemetery.

Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements, and you can leave your memories and condolences for the family at http://www.hollandbonine.com.

Marcella was born on Dec. 20, 1963, to Gilbert and Mary Lou (Buckman) Has the Eagle in Lodge Pole and spent the first few years of her life there. Her parents divorced, and her family, together with her beloved stepfather Davis Long Knife, relocated to Fort Belknap, where she lived for many years. Marcella attended the Wahpeton and Intermountain schools, before graduating from Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota. She worked hard supporting her family as a firefighter, receptionist, secretary, jailer, on the catering camp crew, for Indian Health Service and in retail at the EZ Mart, the Kwik Stop and Walmart. When she wasn't working, Marcella loved spending time with her family; her best friend, Terry Ann Messerly; her uncle, Ted Buckman; her aunt, Sherry LongKnife; and her other lifelong friends. They were her life.

Marcella was preceded in death by her father, Gilbert Has The Eagle Sr .; her brother, Gilbert Has The Eagle Jr .; and her stepfather, Davis LongKnife.

She is survived by her daughters, LaToya LongKnife of Mandaree, N.D., and Kimberly Horseman, Trista Horseman and Danity Walker, all of Fort Belknap Agency; her four grandchildren; her mother, Mary Lou LongKnife of Fort Belknap; her sisters, Brenda (Lionel) Messerly of Fort Belknap and Crystal (Travis) Max of Sisseton, S.D .; her brother, Ronnie Has The Eagle of Lodge Pole; her six nieces and six nephews; and numerous beloved other extended family and friends.