Funeral services for 16-day old Ay’vreigh Joy Ashley-Chipps are Tues, Feb 21, 2023 at 1:00 at the Ashley-Chipps residence, 231 Cluster Housing in Wanblee, SD, with Deacon Bill White officiating and traditional Lakota services by Mr Richard Moves Camp
Burial is at the Chipps Family Cemetery in Wanblee.
A two-night wake service starts at 12:00 PM, Sunday, Feb 19, at noon at the Ashley-Chipps residence in Wanblee.
Online condolences may be left at siouxfuneralhome.com
Ay’vreigh Joy Ashley-Chipps was born on Jan 27, 2023 in Rapid City, SD to Antoine Chipps Sr and Tia Ashley. Ay’vreigh made her journey to the Spirit World on Feb 12, 2023 in Martin, SD.
Ay’vreigh is survived by her parents Antoine Chipps and Tia Ashley; siblings Talyn Ashley, Alyse Chipps, Aiyla Chipps, Torryn Ashley, Antoine Chipps Jr, Aeryss Chipps, and Damien Bettelyoun; grandparents Leslie Ashley, Julie Chipps, Stacy Blue Legs, and Salvatore Gencarelle; great-grandparents Gary and Judy Gencarelle, Lena Chipps and Frances Ashley; aunts Tatiana Ashley and Dashawn Waters; uncles Anthony Gencarelle, Adrienne Gencarelle, Salvatore Gencarelle III, Ezekiel Chipps, and Lonte Ashley; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Ay’vreigh was preceded in death by her great-grandparents Benjamin Godfrey Chipps Sr, Ellis and Victoria (Lodge Skin) Chipps, Jonas & Lucinda (Richards) Quiver, Melferd Ashley Sr, and Richard “Rico” Ashley Sr; aunts Alysia Gencarelle and Jaylynn Sitting Up; uncles Layton Ashley, Kane Sitting Up, and Daniel Loafer,; grandparents Margaret Chipps, Philenae Chipps, and Mary Sitting Up; cousins Johanna Waters, Ashton Doyle, Lenny Sitting Up, and Evianna Brown; and great-great-grandparents Benjamin and Gertie (Breast) Sitting Up and Joseph and Minnie (Little Chief) Ashley.
Pallbearers will be Lonte Ashley, Anthony Gencarelle, Salvatore Gencarelle III, and Adrienne Gencarelle.
Honorary pallbearers will be all friends & relatives.
Arrangements entrusted with Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge, SD