Elouise Burshia
Elouise “Elly” Florence Burshia, “Humble Lakota Woman,” 62, died Dec. 29, 2021, in Poplar.
She was born on Nov. 10, 1959, in Poplar to Mary Recette and Aloysius James Burshia Jr. She attended schools in Culbertson, Glasgow, Poplar and Brockton.
She also went to college in Billings to become an accountant. She enjoyed making patch quilts and she loved her cats and her favorite dog. She worked at the Brockton senior site and Brockton School in the cafeteria until her health forced her to quit.
She was married to Donald Weinberger by Pastor David Boyd.
Shey is survived by her son, Joshua James Burshia; granddaughters, Kenicea Burshia, Angela Antoinette Carrillo; 11 grandchildren; and sisters, Carolyn Adams, Roxann Smith, Brenda Eder and Joanne Clark of Worrenton, Ore.
Her funeral will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 10, at the Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point. Interment will follow at the Riverview Cemetery in Brockton. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel was entrusted with arrangements.
