Funeral services for Taylor A. McGhee-Ecoffey, 25, of Wounded Knee, formerly of Fort Pierre, SD will be 1:00 pm Friday, August 13, 2021 at the Lower Brule Elementary Gymnasium in Lower Brule SD with burial in the Holy Comforter Episcopal Cemetery at Lower Brule, SD.  Wake services will be Wednesday and Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Lower Brule Elementary Gymnasium in Lower Brule SD.

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Taylor Allysia McGhee-Ecoffey was born December 26th, 1995 in Mitchell, SD to Jolene LaRoche and Kevin McGhee. Taylor grew up in Lower Brule, SD. Where she attended Lower Brule Elementary then Pierre Indian Learning Center, where she made an impact on a lot of people's lives. She loved to run. She was also a cheerleader. You could hear her beautiful wicked whiskey voice over all the other cheerleaders. Taylor loved to jingle dress dance when she was a child. She recently decided she wanted to get back into the circle. She had a whole plan to make her own regalia, had it all drawn out and everything. She was even going to dance at the upcoming Kul Wicasa Oyate Wacipi.

Later, Taylor transferred to Stanley County High School. In 2014, she became pregnant with her only child Cherish Michel Ecoffey with Gilbert W. Ecoffey. They were married in September 2015 in Martin, SD. They lived their married life in Wounded Knee, SD and chased the career of racing horses. They've raced horses as far as Grants Pass, Oregon as well as all over the Midwest. She loved to travel and drive. One of her bucketlist wishes was to see the ocean and she got to do that with her daughter and husband in Crescent City, California.

Taylor was a very bright soul! She lit up every room she walked in to. She always made time for anyone she felt was having a hard time. She was the type to lift anyone's spirit, especially when they were feeling down and out. Always able to put a smile on someone's face. Her laugh could carry all the way across the race track. She cheered for every horse even when it wasn't her horse.

Taylor passed away on July 28, 2021 at Crow Creek, SD at the age of 25 years.  She would be survived by her Mother Jolene LaRoche, Father Kevin McGhee, Father Sherwood Estes, Sister Kourtney McGhee, Dayle Lynn James, Torey McGhee(Shadu Kawaja), Tia LaRoche, Barbara McGhee, brothers Justin Fleury, Westley Skunk(Heather LaForge", Grandfather Antoine "Pudgy" LaRoche, grandmothers Rachel Laroche-Eagle Thunder and Barbara Evans. Daughter Cherish Ecoffey, Nephews Allen McGhee, Wesley Hammond Jr, Louis LaRoche and Marly Skunk, Nieces Gabriella Fallis, Auriemma LaRoche, Aluda Kawaja and Soliana Kawaja. Aunties Kim LaRoche and Theresa LaRoche, Uncles Shawn LaRoche, William Eagle Thunder Sr., James LaRoche and Damon LaRoche and God Mother Casey Jones.

Proceeding in her death are her special father in law Gilbert Leroy Ecoffey, grandparents Louis LaRoche, Wayne McGhee, Marvin LaRoche, Herbert Eagle Thunder, Inez Eagle Thunder, Great grandparents Fern "Elizabeth" Quilt, William T. Eagle Thunder, Vera LaRoche, Antoine LaRoche Sr., Dorothy Jones, Helen Long Crow, Arthur Guy Eagle Thunder, Uncle Jeremy LaRoche, Aunties Naomi Eagle Thunder, Jamie Eagle Thunder, Cousins Kalup McGhee, Gabriella LaRoche, Krista Goodface and baby brother and sister Kevin McGhee Jr. and Rachel Marlene McGhee.