{"id":56295,"date":"2023-03-30T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/?p=56295?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2024-09-13T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2027-03-02T15:48:10","slug":"monica-martell-walking-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2023\/03\/30\/monica-martell-walking-eagle\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Monica Martell-Walking Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t Monica Rose Martell-Walking  Eagle, 67, of Poplar died March 15, 2023, at Poplar Community Hospital.<br \/>\n\t  She was born March 9, 1956, to Floyd Dominic Martell  Sr. and Roberta Louise Martell in Blair.<br \/>\n\t  She grew up in Blair and attended Brockton School. As she grew, she loved to explore  and experience living in different cities and states, but was always drawn back home to Poplar where she lived most of her life. She earned her high school equivalency diploma on May 28, 1976.<br \/>\n\t  She attended Police Academy  in Bismarck, N.D., and was a certified nurse\u2019s aide along with earning college credits. Throughout her life, she enjoyed working at A&amp; S, Poplar Hospital, Spotted Bull, Poplar HeadStart and, while living in Denver, Colo., she worked as a secretary and CNA for Health Resources and Services Administration. During her employment, she earned many certificates, including  most dedicated.<br \/>\n\t  Anyone who knew her knew she was a strong woman,  outspoken with an amazing  sense of humor and a heart of pure gold. She was always there for everyone and anyone.<br \/>\n\t  In her early 20s, she met her husband Alfred Walking Eagle Sr. She loved and enjoyed  spending time with her family and friends.<br \/>\n\t  In her spare time, she enjoyed  playing bingo, playing machines and fishing. She had a passion for traditional dancing and wanted one day to own an all-buckskin dress so she could show off her dancing skills.<br \/>\n\t  She was preceded in death by her siblings, Floyd \u201cLittle Guy\u201d Jr. Martell, Jack Martell  and Lori Ann Martell; grandchildren, Samantha Headdress, Robert Pinkerton  and Tyler Pinkerton; and great-granddaughter, Mahlani  Lezard.<br \/>\n\t  She is survived by her husband,  Alfred Walking Eagle Sr.; siblings, Betty Martell, Stanley Martell, Frank Martell,  Sophia Youngman and Mildred Friedrich; children, Donovan Martell, Jessica Garcia-Garza, Roberta Not Afraid, Tonetta Cantrell, Alfred  Walking Eagle, Buddy WalkingEagle, Jack Walking Eagle, Chili Walking Eagle, Ida Kicking Woman; and numerous  grandchildren.<br \/>\n\t  Funeral services were held Friday, March 24, at the Poplar  Cultural Center. Interment  followed at Riverside Catholic Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel was entrusted with arrangements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"news-destination":[13],"news-source":[12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56295"}],"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=56295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56462,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56295\/revisions\/56462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56295"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=56295"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=56295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}