Funeral services for Monica J. Quilt, 53, of Lower Brule, SD will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, June 5, 2025 at the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Lower Brule, SD with burial in the Holy Comforter Episcopal Cemetery at Lower Brule, SD.  Wake services will be 7:00 p.m., Wednesday at the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Lower Brule, SD.

Anyone wishing to follow, the procession will leave from funeral home on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.

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Monica Jean Quilt

"Tá Siŋa Zi Wiŋ"

Her Yellow Shawl Woman

Monica Jean Quilt was born October 5, 1971 at the Community Bailey Hospital in Chamberlain to Shirley Eagle Thunder and Marvin LaRoche.  Monica was raised by her maternal grandparents Elizabeth Sticker† and Felix Quilt Jr.† in Lower Brule, SD.

Growing up she attended Lower Brule Schools her entire life and excelled in her studies.  Monica, being the only girl in her senior class, was given the nickname "Precious".  After graduating in May of 1989, Monica enlisted in the U.S. Army, where she served in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm as a Patriot Operator and Systems Mechanic from August 1989 to April 1992.

She worked in several capacities over the years starting in October 1992 to October 1994 as JTPA Intake Specialist/Secretary, from February 1995 to February 1996 as Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Receptionist, from April of 1999 to June of 1999 at the Ramada Inn, July of 1999 to September 1999 at Lower Brule Enterprises Flagger, November of 1999 to January 2000 at Universal Packaging, and September of 2013 to August 2015 as Sung Maka Ska.

Monica loved and cared deeply for her family and friends, especially her children and first born takoja.  She was very kind hearted and generous to anyone she crossed paths with.  "My mother cherished every moment and every memory with each and every one of you.  I know she was grateful to be apart of your lives and you a part of hers.  Thank you all for loving her and her children." Miya Rose

Monica made her journey to the Spirit World on May 30, 2025 at the age of 53 years.  Gratefully sharing her life with her are her four children Felix Quilt III, Miya Quilt, Isaah Quilt and Vonni Goodface-Tyrrell, her granddaughter Ariyah Harrison, sisters Barbara Crane, Winona Byington, and Misty Ziegler (her hunka sister),

brothers Glen Eagle Thunder, Alvin Johnson Jr., John Quilt†, Marlin Greenwood (Sioux Falls), Aunt Rachel and Uncle Antoine "Pudgy" Laroche and family , and many other relatives and friends.

She lived her last years with her significant other Emmett Goodface.

Preceding her in her journey to the Spirit World are her maternal grandparents Elizabeth Fern Stricker and Felix Quilt Jr., sisters Barbara Jean Eagle Thunder, Inez Eagle Thunder, and Ethel Quilt, brothers Billy Eagle Thunder, Herbert Eagle Thunder, and John Quilt.