Rose Reed

Funeral mass Friday Dec 10 at 11:00 AM at the St. Dennis Catholic Church in Crow Agency. Burial following at Hardin Fairview Cemetery. Rosary will be recited Thursday at 3:30PM at the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Thursday 10-3:30.

Rose Ann Reed, our kind, beautiful sister, auntie/mom, cousin and friend left us to the other side camp on December 6, 2021 surrounded by loved ones. Rose Reed was born January 23, 1947 in Crow Agency the daughter of George and Ida Ruby (Good Horse) Reed. She was the youngest of nine children. Her Indian name Baaloo Puux Xiasaawas was given to her by the late Mabel Pretty on Top. She was a member of the Whistling Water Clan and a child of the Big Lodge.

Rose graduated high school from Chilaco Indian School and then attended Haskell Indian College, Little Big Horn College, Eastern Montana College and Salish Kootenai College earning her degree in Early Childhood Education from SKC. She started her career at Crow Head Start then worked for a time at the Crow Carpet Mills. She began her teaching career at Pretty Eagle Catholic School where she worked for 25 years before retiring. One summer, Rose did a special internship at Gonzaga University in the area of religious studies. After her retirement from Pretty Eagle, she continued her teaching career at Salish Kootenai Head Start where she again worked with children and was affectionately known as “Gramma Rose”. Rose dedicated her life to teaching children. She never had children of her own but loved all her nieces and nephews and grandkids as her own. Rose loved country music; her collection included 45 RPM’s, LP Vinyl albums and 8 tracks. Her all time favorite artists were Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Connie Smith and Randy Travis. Everyone knew they could not touch these records without her permission and supervision.

Rose was preceded in death by her parents, her Aunt Catherine and A.O. McCulloch who raised her, Inez Birdinground, Harlan and Gerald Reed, Myrtle Howe, Anthony, George “Sonny Joe” Reed and Crawford Reed and her blonde haired, blued eyed baby girl.

She is survived by her sisters Annette Couture, Ruby Williamson, Carol Reed Alden, Una Rose Little Light, Shirley Bad Bear and Maggie Calderon. She loved as her own Gary Reed, Cheryl Dawes, Ramona Bear Claw, Melveen Paula Fisher, Olivia Rose Williamson, Colleen and Nicole Couture. Her special grandchildren Angela Parrish, JanTeesa Fisher, Juliayn Magpie, Charmaine, Veronica and Mary Laforge, Kateri Couture, Velma Pease, Wendy Twin, Cindy Crooked Arm, Rochelle Passes and Jaime Fredericks and great grandchildren Christiane Parrish, Khalil and Alicia Ladson; special grandsons Vernon Fisher, Jr., Ronnie Fisher, Solomon Montoya and Junior Sabado; her nieces Elsie Laforge, Andrea and Barbara Birdinground, Annie Jane Stops, Cecilia Big Lake, Tina Pretty on Top and Ruby Peterson, Melody, Dawn Shea, Ida Jane and Norma Reed, Lydia Stewart, Regina Crooked Arm, Leonada Old Coyote and Debbie Passes and her hairdresser Rose Turcott; her nephews Ricky and Eugene Birdinground, Henry, TJ, Lennis and Luke Reed and Darrel and George Couture and Joseph Perry Howe, Ivan Morning and Frank Caplett. She adopted Verna Not Afraid, Carol Tenny, Patricia Maxwell, Gloria Hardy, Charlotte Schumann and Edith JohnAnn Reed as her sisters. Her extended family includes the He Does It, Little Owl, Hill , Good Horse, McCullough, Schafer, Hogan, Yellowmule, Birdinground and Chavez. A special thank you to Choke Cherry Creek Designs Angela Parrish for taking care of the final expenses.

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