Mitchell E. Wing

Mitchell E. Wing, 41, of Fort Belknap, passed away on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 5 .m. on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at the Chief Nosey Center in Lodge Pole, and will continue until his traditional funeral service, which will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Burial will be in the Lodge Pole Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Mitchell’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com.

Mitchell was born on Oct. 4, 1972, in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, to Burl and Shirley (Yellow Horse) Wing. He was raised in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and Fort Belknap, Montana, graduating from Flandreau Indian School in 1993. After graduation, he returned to Fort Belknap,where he married Stella Walker, also in 1993. The couple made their home in the Fort Belknap area, where they finished raising Stella’s two children. Mitchell worked as a firefighter and a lineman, and he also cared for his grandchildren while their parents worked.

Mitchell was an avid reader, who loved watching sports, especially football. He was a huge Denver Broncos fan. He also enjoyed fishing, but he absolutely cherished the time he spent caring for his grandchildren.

Mitchell was preceded in death by his parents, Burl and Shirley (Yellow Horse) Wing; his brother, Robert Wing; his grandmother, Mary Agnes Bird; and other extended family members.

He is survived by Stella Walker, his beloved wife of 20 years, of Fort Belknap; his step-children, Mike (Santee Clark) Healy of Havre and Michelle Healy of Harlem; his grandchildren, Mike Denny, and Cassidy, Cassius, and Crysie Johnson; his brothers, Frank (Michelle) Thunder Horse of Wounded Knee, SD, and Gilbert Thunder Horse of Sioux Falls, SD; his uncles, Orville Bird and James (Viola) Bird, all of Great Falls, Dennis Wing of Harlem, Melvin Wing of Colorado, and Joseph Wing of Lodge Pole; his aunt, Elmira Wing of Lodge Pole; and numerous beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and other extended family.