Funeral services for Leighton LaRoche, Sr., 57, of Lower Brule, SD will be 10:00 am Friday, August 28, 2020 at the Lower Brule Community Center in Lower Brule, SD with burial in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Lower Brule, SD. Wake service will be 7:00 pm Wednesday and Thursday evening at the Lower Brule Community Center in Lower Brule, SD.

Leighton LaRoche, Sr. made his Spiritual Journey on August 19, 2020 at the age of 57 years with his beloved daughter, Rosetta and his sister Dulcy by his side at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD.

Leighton was born on March 19, 1963 to Rose Quilt Eagle Star and Erwin LaRoche.  He attended school at St. Joseph's Indian School then transferred to Lower Brule Sioux Elementary.  He relocated to New Mexico and attended high school at Espanola High School in Espanola, NM.

Leighton's hobbies were any type of mechanical work, horseback riding, hunting and weight lifting.  He spent most of his time in the field of mechanics.  He had such a love of mechanics that he turned it into a lifelong career.

Leighton was raised by beloved Grandmother Mabel Driving Hawk.  He was blessed to have a Hun'ka family and spent his time age 11 to 21 with Alfred and Gayle Ziegler and family.

Leighton was a fun loving person and had many many friends he enjoyed spending time with.  He had a great sense of humor and deep abiding love for his children and family.

Gratefully sharing his life are his mother Rose Quilt-Eagle Star; his father Erwin LaRoche; his sisters Melissa LaRoche, Judy LaRoche, Connie LaRoche, Danielle LaRoche, Dorri (Troy) Estes, Deidra Bad Horse, Margaret Eagle Star, Dulcy Eagle Star, Nancy Eagle Star, and Anita (Dave) Pretty Sounding Flute; brothers Earl LaRoche, Sr., Curt McGhee, Darrell LaRoche, Jarrid LaRoche, Troy LaRoche, Jasper Eagle Star, Basil Eagle Star, and Dillion LaRoche; his children: two daughters Rosetta LaRoche, Cindy LaRoche, and Sarah Iron Thunder; three sons Leighton LaRoche, Jr., Aaron Grassrope, and Warren Grassrope; 17 grandchildren: Latayiah, Prenice, Lamaya, Leighton III, Jaylan and Jaxon LaRoche, Alexis Zieglers, Reese Ziegler, Hannah Ziegler, and Janelle Smith, Alyssa Fire Cloud, Steven Langdeau III, Aleighya LaRoche, Liam Medicine Crow, and Hugo LaRoche.  Leighton was blessed with grandchildren and many many nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his Hun'ka Father Alfred Ziegler, paternal grandparents Mable (Black Tomahawk) Driving Hawk, and Alex LaRoche; maternal grandparents Felix and Sible Quilt; a sister Lakota Ann LaRoche; daughter Alexis LaRoche; and a grandson Ogligle Wakan Hoksila LaRoche.