Burgess Stewart Roye
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Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6 B Obituary - March 18, 2015
Same Obituary as March 17, 2015
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6 A Obituary - March 17, 2015
Burgess Stewart Roye, age
70, died February 15, 2015, at
his home in White Eagle.
He was the first of twin boys
born to Doris and Thurston
Page Roye on October 30,
1944. Burgess grew up in a traditional
Ponca Tribe family.
Born on the reservation, his
life began with a mix of joy
and great sadness - an unveiling
of how life would unfold about him as a full-blood Ponca Indian.
His stories are both happy and humorous, yet heart rendering
at times. Though he stumbled in young adulthood, an emphasis
is placed on how his life changed - finding success and happiness
after he discovered his gift from the Great-spirit; and his
life’s calling-to help preserve the history and culture of the Ponca
Way - the honorable ways
of his people of old. In 1970, he learned of his gift as an artist
and endeavored in that direction since then.
He is preceded in death by both parents, and eight of nine
siblings.
He is survived by his wife, Rebecca Roye; daughters,
Burgaline Roye; Tierra Roye; Sierra Schafer, and Burma Cripple
Deer Roye; brother, Beaumont Roye; several nices and
nphews; grandchildren, Thomas, Jake, Charlie, Anthony, Jesse,
Surgio, Brice Schafer, and Angel Lanee Place; three greatgrandchildren,
Anna Rosa, Alana, and Felix.
He will truly be missed.
A memorial service will be held at Legacy Funeral Home on
Thursday, March 19th at 1:00 p.m. Part of his cremated remains
will be taken to the Rocky Mountains as he had requested.
