In this section, we wish to say farewell to our beloved Colville Tribal Members and send our wishes for health, happiness and faith to their families.
We welcome memorials about your loved ones and friends who have passed away, including photographs and poems if you wish. Please send your contributions to: Tribal Tribune Memorials, P.O. Box 150, Nespelem WA 99155 or Email @ editor.tribune@colvilletribes.com. Include your name and address on the photographs, funeral cards or other materials you want returned to you.
Stephanie Yvonne Waters
“Ee-mi-welott”
Stephanie Yvonne Waters “Ee-mi-welott” (35) of Harrah died at Yakima Regional Hospital on Wednesday October 12, 2005. She was born in Omak on May 8, 1970 to Gary S. and Vera (Tillequots) Waters.
Stephanie graduated from Chemawa Indian School in 1988 and went on to Dental Assisting school and worked for Indian Health Service in Nespelem and Toppenish. She was a member of the Colville Tribes, Catholic and Seven Drum religions. Stephanie enjoyed spending time in the mountains, was an avid bingo player that thoroughly enjoyed watching her children participate in their many activities. She rode horses and played basketball & traveled to Australia to play on an international basketball team in 1987.
She is survived by her mother, Vera (Anthony) Hernandez of Toppenish; two children, Isaiah and Takiah LameBull of Harrah; four brothers, Anthony Hernandez, Jr. of Toppenish, Lionel Mathias of Auburn, WA, Danny Hernandez of Bellingham, and Gary Waters, Jr. of Nespelem; two sisters, Malinda Waters of Wapato and Holly Hernandez-Bevins of Portland.
She was preceded in death by her father, Gary S. Waters.
Dressing service was held at 2PM Thursday October 13, 2005 at the Wapato Longhouse. Rosary and overnight services will be at 7PM Friday October 14, 2005 at the Nez Perce Longhouse in Nespelem, WA. Interment will be at 9AM Saturday October 15, 2005 at the Chief Joseph Cemetery in Nespelem. Colonial Funeral Home, Toppenish is in charge of arrangements.
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The family of Evelyn James
The family of Evelyn James would like to express their gratitude to the many friends and relatives who came to visit, pay their respects and offer help.
We are especially grateful to the Hospice program. These folks certainly made our job easier. I don’t think we’ll ever be able to adequately thank you!
To Aunts Hazel, Alva and Suzanne, Cousin Gooch, Eli, Angie, Lottie, Tillie, and the many others who were with us at various times; to Jackie Innes, Rhonda Arauco, Julianne Saulque, and Alice James who volunteered their services….You are all pretty awesome people.
Thanks to all the family (especially her sons) and friends who helped clean her home, prepare meals, donated their time, gave moral support with beautiful words of compassion and for the sharing of stories.
Thanks to Deb Louie and the tribal attorney who helped us take care of necessary business while Evelyn was still with us and afterwards.
Thanks for the medical folks….Central Washington Hospital was great; Indian Health Service staff for being there whenever we needed them; Colville Tribal Convalescent Center for their provision of supplies. And thanks to Faith Community Church for their provision of meals.
So many folks stepped forward to be there with us and for us, giving of yourselves in our time of need. We are grateful to the community for being there to stand in the gap for us during our time of grief. May God reward your generosity!
Thanks!
Suzette, David, Lewis, Kenneth, Jeannie, and Pete
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Georgia A. Nanamkin Iukes
Georgia A. Nanamkin Iukes got together with Steve Iukes, Sr. in June, 1960, and got legally married March 9, 1964. Georgia had seven children: Sandra Quill, Mitzi Sweowat, and Ernie Brooks, Teena Paul, Leanette Kaulaity, Tim Brooks and Steven Iukes, Jr. She also has 20 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She traveled all through the states to the end of the central time zone.
She won many prizes for her beadwork. She also helped many young people learn how to bead and make patterns, she taught them how to knit and crochet.
Georgia has one sister, Jackie Nanamkin, one brother, George Nanamkin, Jr., many nieces and nephews. She also integrated the Nespelem Intertribal Pow-wow that started back in 1976-1987.
Georgia went to PSIS to help the kids put together their own moccasins, wing dresses and jingle dresses and fancy dance dresses.
She spent 58 years as a member of the Indian Shaker Church. She did prayers in New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, and many areas in Canada and with prayers helped many start their own church service. She never had fought with any churches, she felt that every one had to find a way and make their own way.
One of the highlights of her life was when the boys and girls started drumming. Followed her dad, George Nanamkin and he was a singer and story teller and historian.
She will be missed by all the family and friends.From Steve Iukes and Family
We would like to thank the following people that helped us with their support during the time of our wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother in the loss of her life this past month. We will miss her very dearly; she was a very caring and sharing person to those that needed help with some things. She shared some things with a lot of people and made a lot of friends.
The following people made it kind of easy for us to cope with what was going on with her: Dr. Kim from the IHS Clinic in Nespelem, Carla Norris of Home Health, Nancy of Home Health Care, Clara Carson, Suzette Tucker of the Convalescent, Dr. Klingner of Omak Mid-Valley Hospital, and all of the nurses and the rest of the staff that helped when she was there.
Dr. Chaffie and the nurses and staff from the Coulee Community Hospital when she was there. Dr. Bullock and nurses from the Central Memorial Hospital the last time she was there. Also the Life-line for bringing her home to her final resting place. The Colville Tribal Council for all their help with things we needed at the last minute.
These are people that stayed with the family in her last few days. We would also like to thank John and Marie Grant, Nelson and Jennifer Iukes Grace Moore, Vicki Swan of the Yakima Valley who’s a close relative of the family. John and Gerri Grovner, Phil and Marge Downey of Omak, Glen and Carol Schemkel, Ron and Cheryl Race of Twisp who worked with mom and dad on the Twisp pow-wow. Rodney Mitchell, her adopted son from California. Fred Manuel, Lorenzo Dodge, Bill Timentwa, Frank Halfmoon and all the drummers of the Seven Drum Religion with their songs and drumming. Jesse Andy and the other Shakers that came at the last minute from Yakima Valley.
Sherrie Lauver who helped with the food at the house and cooking, and the Kanzlieter Girls who brought the melons and pies from the Yakima Valley, a big thanks to them. The cooks: Glo Simpson, Barb Aripa, Ronni Redstar, Jeanne Moon, Panda Jack, and all the rest of the Longhouse that helped. Phil Wak-Wak, for the use of the gym at the last minute. Thanks.
All the deer hunters and fisherman who donated all the deer and fish, a big thanks to all that helped in that area, also for Rex Buck for bringing up some dried fish from Priest Rapids.
And a big thanks to all that donated money, give-away items, food, coffee and anything else that we forgot to mention. A special thanks to all family and friends for all the help that we needed in our time of grief.
Thanks goes to Seaton’s Grove for the flowers.
Thank You community people for everything.
From the Iukes Family; Sweowat family; Jackie Nanamkin, her only sister; Brooks Family, George Nanamkin, her only brother; Paul Family; Kaulaity Family; Sandra Quill and Lisa Waters; and all the grand kids, great-grand kids, and great-great grand kids, nieces and nephews.
Thank YouMany thanks to all that helped the family in our recent loss. Thank you to Harvey Moses for coming to Wenatchee and trying to help us get our loved one home. Thanks to Deb Louie for his concern and help. Thanks to Grace Moore and Marie Grant for staying with the family throughout our tough times. I’d like to thank all the ones that prayed for our family and all the good words and thoughts. It is a great help to us to meet the days ahead.
Thank you each and every one that donated food and funds to meet the expenses, everything was a great help. She had appreciated your friendship and kindness. I’m sure to the end she remembered each one of you.
Bless you all,
Steve Iukes, Sr.
On behalf of my family, the Iukes familyI am writing this letter on behalf of my family, the Iukes family. We would like to thank Marie & John Grant, Marge and Phil Downey, Nelson and Jennifer Iukes, Grace Moore, Tony Atkins and family, Iva Saxa and family, Sherry Lauver & family, Pam Spencer and family, Gennbug & Joetta Nanamkin, Fred Manual & his brother from New Mexico, Auntie Tillie George, Vicki Swan, Albert Andrews Red Star, Veronica Andrews Red Star, Joe Nomee, Francis Calluyah, Albert Thomas, Gerry & John Gabriel, and all the others who stayed by our sides all week before my grandma Georgia Iukes passed away.
There are so many people who loved her and we will miss her dearly. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother as well as a beautiful woman inside and out.
There are so many people who helped us out. I would like to thank Shirley Charley for helping my mother, my aunts, my cousin and I get emergency loans to help us get back home after everything was over.
Thank you Deb Louie for always being there to support my grandpa Steve. We didn’t know how we would manage from day to day but with the support, the love, the prayers we got from so many people. It made us family members strong in our hearts to accept she was going to leave us and to try to do everything the way she wanted.
I want to thank all the people who donated food, money and their time. I want to thank all our cooks. Thank you Sherry L. for cooking before we found some cooks. A very big thank you to Glo Simpson and all her cooks & cook’s helpers. You were all very helpful and we appreciate all you did for us.
Thank you to the hunters and to all people who brought fish and all the Indian foods.
Thank you to all the pall bearers, honorary pall bearers, and grave diggers.
A special prayer & thank you to Jesse Andy & Nelson Iukes for officiating and handling the Shaker services.
Thank you to the people who had the seven drum service. Thank you to father for having the Catholic Rosary.
I want to thank all the people who brought all the beautiful flowers. Anyone who knew her, knew she loved flowers, plants and animals.
I want to thank all my family who traveled so far to show their love & support. My grandma loved all of our family no matter where they were or where they lived. She had so many friends that we can’t name them all but please remember, you are not forgotten.
Thank you to all the EPA group of people who my grandma worked with to stop mining. That was some thing she believed in strongly. She had so many talents. She loved to crochet, knit, sew, beadwork, weave, dig roots, pick berries, and travel to pow-wows. She loved being with family. Family gatherings meant a lot to her. Especially at the Shaker church. She taught all of us girls how to do many things.
My grandparents took us many places, showed us the bead business, food business and took us to pow-wows and gatherings all over the US and Canada.
I thank you everyone who prayed with us, and for us. All the love and support was appreciated by all my family. God Bless all of you and please keep our family, especially my Grandpa Steve, in your prayers.
Thank you very much from:
Lisa B. Waters, the Iukes Family, the Brooks Families, the Sweowat Family, the Paul Family, the Kaulaity Family, the Morse Family, the Manuelito Family, the Nanamkin Families, the Zack Families, the Swan Family, the Arqethe Family, the Sohappy Families, the GunShows Families, the White Families, the Smiskin Family.