Obituary: RoseAnn Saddler

RoseAnn Saddler, 19, passed away due to a brain aneurism Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Seattle.

Wake services began at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, and continued until her funeral service, which was set for 10 a.m., today, Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, all at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial followed in the Rocky Boy Cemetery.

Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.

Please visit RoseAnn's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com.

RoseAnn was born Aug. 24, 1997, to Fabian Saddler Sr. and Corrina Ojeda. She was raised by her grandparents Candy and Curt Carter. RoseAnn was named after her great-great-grandmother, the late Roseann Saddler.

RoseAnn attended Rocky Boy Public Schools and graduated in May 2015. Her junior year, she was voted Prom Princess by all her peers. She received the Pathways Scholarship, and for a brief time attended Montana State University-Northern. She attended Close Up in Washington, D.C., and a Bi-Lingual Conference in Florida after winning an essay contest through Plain Green on how to keep culture alive.

RoseAnn enjoyed playing basketball and beading. She loved spending time with all her friends and family. She was also one of a very few girls to jump on cows at the youth rodeos. RoseAnn was a traditional jingle dress dancer and was crowned the Junior Princess for the Sweetgrass Society Powwow.

RoseAnn was a true believer in the Indian culture. She sundanced in the Shoshone and Sioux sundance, and she also enjoyed attending ceremonies. The greatest love of her life was her daughter, Belen.

RoseAnn is survived by her daughter, Belen Rain Saddler; her grandmothers, Candy (Curt) Carter of Rocky Boy and Estella Ojeda Gardipee of Box Elder; mother, Corrina Ojeda (Joe Sanchez) of Gilroy, California; father, Fabian Saddler Sr. of Rocky Boy; her brothers, Juju Saddler and Kimowen Corcoran; her sisters, Esmeralda, Mia and Zoey Sanchez; and her numerous beloved aunties, uncles, and cousins.

She is preceded in death by her grandfathers, Leno "Tug" Henderson Sr. and Phillip Ojeda; her great-grandmother, Emma "Chicky" Saddler; and her cousins, Jerrod Coffee and Reece Morsette; and all other Ojeda, Henderson and Saddler relatives.