Funeral services for 20-year old Abbey Lynn Steele are Tues, Dec 13, 2022 at 10:00 at the Woyatan Lutheran Church in Rapid City, SD.
Burial will be later that morning at 11:30 at the Pine Lawn Cemetery in Rapid City.
A one-night wake service starts Monday, Dec 12, at 2:00 at the Woyatan Lutheran Church in Rapid City.
Abbey Lynn Steele was born on May 17, 2002 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD to Amy R Steele and Gerald Davey Red Leaf. Abbey made her journey to the Spirit World on December 2, 2022 at the Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, SD.
Abbey spent her childhood in Bismarck, ND, and attended Roosevelt Elementary School in Bismarck. She played the flute and played in Volleyball.
In 2013, the family moved back to Rapid City and Abbey attended Horace Mann Elementary and both North Middle School and South Middle School, all in Rapid City. For high school, she attended Sturgis High School in Sturgis, SD.
Abbey was very strong spoken and outgoing. She made friends easily, anywhere she went and always had a good sense of humor and lots of jokes to tell. Any room she walked into, she brightened.
Abbey was very selfless and deeply protective over those she loved. Her life revolved around the love she shared for her children, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was a very caring daughter, sister, niece, cousin, granddaughter, and friend. Abbey will be remembered as a strong, outgoing, and loving angel.
Abbey is survived by her very special friend Edward ‘Eddie’ Little Bear; mother Amy R Steele of Rapid City; children Ariana Steele and Elias Little Bear; sister Maria A Steele and her children: Gabriel, Luis, Reyna and Nevada; brother Blair Smith of Longview, WA; father Gerald D Red Leaf and his kids -brother & sister to Abbey – Tristan, Tylee, and Charissa Lundin; aunts Heather Steele and her Kids: Connor, Elijah, Sahara, Lucas, Lindsey, Amelia, and Cason; Angel Flying Hawk and her Kids: Stephen, Tristen, and Alexander; Roberta Little Dog & Kirk Huwe and Kids: Kyle and Christopher Little Dog, Justin and Trey Huwe; uncle Wesley Steele and his daughter, Tea Escobar and her children; grandmother Audrey Apple; and cousins Taylor and Andrew Amiotte, Wikinyan Mesteth and Sarah Amiotte & children; Kayla Mesteth and her children: Treasure and Taycee.
Abbey was preceded in death by her aunts Catherine Little Dog, Lori Mesteth, and Hope Red Leaf; cousins Jesus Vance and Eliseo A Steele; uncles Robert & Steve Little Dog, Duane Steele Jr; maternal great-grandparents, Paul & Stella Apple-King; special friend of the family Manuel Bald Eagle; paternal grandfather Duane “Buzzy” Louis Steele; and best friends Marissa Adams and Tanner Bruce, both from Sturgis, SD.
Pallbearers will be Taylor Amiotte, Kyle Little Dog, Elijah Steele, Joseph D Looks Twice, Ernie Evans, Cody Hartford, Justin Huwe and Trey Huwe.
Honorary pallbearers will be Colton James Ruder, Alicia Quevedo, Dennis Volk, Dennis Soul, Natalie Means and Organizations, Delany Apple & Family, Jean Roach & Family, Pricilla Roach & Family, Dave & Sydney Claymore & Family, Roberta Little Dog, Kirk Huwe, All the Organization that helped us pray for Abbey and also the Organization that helped with Abbey’s children during this devastating time, and All family and friend that we may have missed….
Arrangements entrusted with Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge, SD