Funeral services for Hilda S. Long Crow, 103, of Fort Thompson, SD will be 1:00 pm Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Diamond Willow Ministries in Fort Thompson, SD with burial in the Conkicaska Presbyterian Cemetery at Fort Thompson, SD. Wake services will be Friday evening at 7:00 pm at Diamond Willow Ministries in Fort Thompson.

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Hilda Susan McGhee Long Crow passed away at home on the evening of November 16, 2020.  She died peacefully lying on her bed, surrounded by her close family, she will be dearly missed by all.

Hilda was born on April 29, 1917 at Old Fort Thompson Agency to Frank McGhee Sr. and Mercy McGhee.  Hilda was the oldest of ten siblings.  She was raised in the Crow Creek District on the allotment of her grandmother Susan McBride High Bear.

Hilda spent her childhood on the family ranch helping her parents run the ranch as well as helping raise her younger siblings.  She learned to be humble from her mother and the stubbornness came from her dad.  Even though Hilda's ancestors were the original inhabitants of this land, she wasn't able to become a citizen of the United States until June of 1924.

Hilda got to see the Dirty 30's, the grasshopper plagues, the droughts and blizzards, heat waves, floods, and the coming of electricity to the rural areas.

She also witnessed the coming of the first automobile to this area at the time when the only way of transportation was previously by horse and wagon.

Hilda's education was in the local country school and boarding school then here at Old Fort Thompson and Stephan and Mission.

Hilda was married in 1946 to Ben Long Crow at St. John's Episcopal Church at Crow Creek and to this union were three sons Alvin, Bernie, and Chauncey and a daughter Rosie.

Ben and Hilda adopted Ivan Medicine Crow in 1971.

Hilda's husband Ben passed away in 1987.

Hilda lived most of her life in the Crow Creek District until March of 1969 when her and Ben plus family moved into the house that she currently lived at the time of her death, house #74.

Hilda was a homemaker most of her life. In her younger years she worked a few years for Frank Cable Land and Cattle Company as a cook and housekeeper in order to help support her family.

After her husband Ben passed away she worked in Fort Thompson for the Green Thumb Program for ten years as a store clerk and running the clothing store in the Golden Age Elderly Center.

Hilda was preceded in death by her parents Frank Sr. and Mercy McGhee, two younger brothers Vern Sr. and Arnold, and two younger sisters Effie and Della.  Hilda recently lost two sons Robert "Bumpy" and Wayne "Flookie" McGhee.  Hilda is the oldest member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in 2020.

Hilda is survived by her sons Bernard Long Crow, Alvin Long Crow, and Ivan Long Crow; daughter Rose Ducheneaux; two sisters Helen Furest and Hazel Olson; two brothers LeRoy McGhee and Frank McGhee; and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.  She is also survived by Cookie, her grand-dog.