Johanna “Jo” Ducheneaux, 68, of Little Eagle passed away Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Highmore Health, Highmore.
Funeral services were held on Friday, May 16, 2025, at CRST Bingo Hall, Eagle Butte. Burial followed in Good Shepherd Cemetery, Little Eagle.
Johanna Mary Ducheneaux was born on May 16, 1956, in Fort Yates, ND, to Isadore V. Ducheneaux Sr. and Audrey Takes The Gun. Throughout her life, she lived in Little Eagle, Eagle Butte, Mobridge, and Fort Yates.
Johanna worked at Prairie Knights Casino, Grand River Casino, and Merkel Foods. She resided in Mobridge until her health began to decline. She was first moved to a nursing home in Mobridge, then to Rapid City, and finally to Highmore Health, where she passed away.
Johanna is survived by her two children: Waylon Little Dog of Bismarck, ND, and Chantelle Ducheneaux of Waseca, MN; four grandchildren; two sisters: Yvette Inukihaangana May 16, 1956 – April 26, 2025
and Victoria Ducheneaux of Eagle Butte; and three brothers: Lynn Ducheneaux of Sioux Falls, Wallace Ducheneaux of Eagle Butte, and Fredrick Ducheneaux of Spirit Lake, ND.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Isadore V. Ducheneaux Sr. and Audrey Takes The Gun; two brothers, Isadore V. Ducheneaux Jr. and Harold Takes The Gun; and her grandmother, Laura Takes The Gun.
Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg was in charge of arrangements.