{"id":39757,"date":"2021-12-09T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps02.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/?p=39757?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2021-12-09T05:06:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T05:06:36","slug":"henry-buck-elk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2021\/12\/09\/henry-buck-elk\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Henry Buck Elk"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tgreat-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and siblings, Myrtle Olsen of Lebanon, Ore., Esther Hapa, Phyllis Prairie Chief of Oklahoma,  Louis Buck Elk of Fort Kipp.<br \/>\n\t  A wake will be held 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at the James Black Dog Center in Fort Kipp. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at the James Black Dog Center in Fort Kipp. Interment  will follow at the Fort Kipp Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel of Wolf Point was entrusted with the arrangements.<br \/>\n\t Henry Buck Elk Jr., 77, of Fort Kipp died Dec. 4, 2021, in Fort Kipp.<br \/>\n\t  He was raised in Fort Kipp and attended Brockton Schools, where he set a record  in track.<br \/>\n\t  After schooling, he married  Violet Martell. From this union, they raised eight children.<br \/>\n\t  In the early years, he moved to Denver, Colo., where he graduated from mechanic school. He graduated well before the rest of his class. He was always a very skilled carpenter. He owned his own contracting company and worked with his son, Wendell,  and his sons-in-law.<br \/>\n\t  Through all his life, he made lifelong friends. He farmed with his father, Henry Sr., and loved hunting, fishing and camping. His greatest joy was his family. His grandchildren  were his life, along with many great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.<br \/>\n\t  He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Nancy Buck Elk; brothers, Darryl K. Buck Elk Jr., Wilson  Shields, Ronald Small, Edgar \u201cHomer\u201d Buck Elk and Everette \u201cSharon\u201d Buck Elk; children, Rudolph \u201cRudy\u201d Martell and Thalia Buck Elk; three grandchildren; and adopted  children, Georgie Dupius,  Karla Cantrell, Dani Red Bull, Jennifer \u201cMissy\u201d Bearcub,  Debbie Hopkins, Lorraine  (Buck Elk) Bear, Debbie Old Person and Wynn Hall.<br \/>\n\t  He is survived by his wife, Violet Buck Elk; children, Wendell \u201cChico\u201d Martell, Mary Follette, Teresa Jaymes,  Darryl Buck Elk, Yvette Olsen and Janel Little Light; numerous grandchildren, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39757"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=39757"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=39757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}