Corrine Stretches Obituary (1949 - 2017)

Corrine Stretches, 68, Cannon Ball, North Dakota, passed away Monday, February 6, 2017, in her home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, February 13, 2017, in the Youth Activity Center, Cannon Ball. A wake is scheduled for 5:00 PM Sunday, February 12, 2017, also in the Youth Activity Center. Burial will be in St. James Episcopal Cemetery, Cannon Ball. Corrine was born January 12, 1949, at Fort Yates, to Francis and Mildred (American Horse) Tikanye. She enjoyed playing cards, fixing puzzles with the grandkids, doing word search, playing Monopoly, going for drives to Bismarck to shop Thrift Stores and Walmart, watching television, making frybread, baking, going to the casino with her best friend Zelda, but especially spending time with family and grandchildren. She is survived by four daughters, Stephanie Tikanye (Jesse Black Cloud), Venita Ponga (Charmaine), Alice Cotton Wood, and Dallette Redstone; five sons, Steven (Stacey) Dogskin, Shane Tikanye (Trisha Paint), Shawn Day, Skip Summers, and Darien (Cindy) Redstone; eleven brothers, Duane Tikanye (Jolene White Eagle), Francis (Theresa) Tikanye, Maynard Tikanye, Randolf Tikanye, Weyland (Myra) American Horse, Antoine (Verdelia) American Horse, Matthew (Julie) American Horse, Dustin (Melody) American Horse, Alton (Donna) Summers, Marlon (Rita) Hunt, Richard Summers and Byron Bull Bear; sisters, Beverly Tikanye, Yvonne Georgenson, Delphine Tikanye, Lovetta (Daniel) Martin, Ione (Evan) Elk, Mona (Gerald) American Horse, Cheryl (Frank) American Horse, Zelda Marie Rhiel, Twyla (Sam) Rough Surface, Valinda Two Horses (Randy Brave Bull), Eunice, LoraLee, and Irene Bull Bear; special aunts, Sharon Georgenson Albin, Hilda (Louis) Garcia, Kay Red Fox, Alberta Red Fox, Victoria (Guy) Ireland; grandchildren, Brandon (Sabrina), Justin, Samantha, Destiny, Brenden, Miley, Elizabeth, Alex, Kenzlie, Quincy, Keenan, Dayanna, Dayna, Ellis, Sophie, Megan, Yamni, Ronisha, Shaniah and, Serena; she also raised, Sidney, Shawn Jr, Sage, and Stephan; great-grandchildren, Tristan, Aries, Bryant, Jayla, Anna, Ezla, Sansa; nieces, nephews, cousins, uncles, aunts, grandchildren; adopted sons, Christian Iron Road, Eddy American Horse, Thomas Two Bear, Everett Fool Bear, Carl Little Bird, Tyler Summers, Jason, Jeremy Silk, Roger Standish, Sheldon Thunder Hawk, Bernadette Brave Bull, Steve Himes, Emilio Thunder Hawk, BJ Miner Kenyon, Vance Plenty Chief, Murphy Young Bird, all the family members of the above, and extended family. Corrine was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Floyd Stretches; son, Shannon; daughter, Stacey; grandson, Benjamin; five brothers, Emery (Judy), Thomas, Jonathan, Skippy, and Myron; sisters, Bernadine Tikanye, Francine Doggskin; grandpa, Archie (Gertrude) Red Fox Sr; uncles, Tony (Darlene) American Horse, George American Horse, Matthew American Horse, Robert Red Fox, Archie Red Fox Jr., Lucas White Lightning, and Sydney (Pat) Ramsey; aunts, Gloria and Wilma American Horse, Joann Red Fox, Karen Paul, Beatrice Grant, Alma Ramsey, and Miriam Red Fox; and many other relatives whom welcomed her to the Spirit World.