Daniel 'Sonny' Takes Gun Jr.,  Big Horn Co., MT

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Daniel 'Sonny' Takes Gun Jr.

       LODGE GRASS - Daniel "Sonny" Takes Gun Jr., 43, of Lodge Grass,
 died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1998, near Lodge Grass.
       He was born April 10, 1954, in Crow Agency, a son of Daniel and
 Virginia White Hip Takes Gun Sr. He was raised in Lodge Grass and
 attended area schools. He later attended Rocky Mountain College,
 studying business administration. He grew up around horses and
 later raised and trained thoroughbred race horses.
       Sonny married Haroldine Backbone on Aug. 2, 1983, and the
 couple made their home in Lodge Grass. For a short time, the couple
 lived in Bismarck, N.D., where he received electrician training. He was
 currently employed by the Crow Housing Authority as a electrician
 and carpenter, specializing in renovations.
       He was a member of the Catholic Church, Ties The Bundle Clan,
 Ree Society and was a Bad War Deeds child.
       Sonny was a tradition Crow male who was a "gifted Christian
 singer," who participated in drum groups and was a medicine man for
 the Lodge Grass District Hand games team. He supported all
 traditional events, including Pow-Wows and arrow throwing, often
 following his children at these events. He enjoyed playing and
 watching basketball.
       He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents; a
 grandson, Issac; a sister, Roseen; and a brother, Larry.
       Survivors include his wife, Haroldine of Lodge Grass; two
 daughters, Bridget Takes Gun and Carlene Jefferson of Lodge Grass;
 one adopted daughter, Clarissa Nomee of Billings; nine sisters
 Georgine (Ronald) Falls Down, Maria Onion, and Latonna (Sharon) Old
 Elk of Crow Agency, Annie (Cyrus) Leider, Carmen (Clayton) LaForge,
 Mary Agnes White Hip and Arbutus Coversup of Lodge Grass and
 Natalie Stewart of Pryor; two brothers, Ryder White Hip of Lodge
 Grass and Steven White Hip of Pryor; his grandfather, John Left Hand
 of Canada; his adopted parents, Joe and Lorraine Bear Cloud of Crow
 Agency; one adopted brother, Robert (Alberta) Rides Horse of Lodge
 Grass; his uncles, Jerome and Vincent White Hip, Bill and Gordon
 Lincoln, Phillip Beaumont, Andrew Russell and Willis Medicine Horse
 Jr.; and his aunts, Clara Nomee, Ada Rides Horse, Mary Frances Flat
 Lip, Agnes Parrish, Hannah Pretty on Top, Lois White Hip, Ernestine
 Bird in Ground, Victoria Hogan, Marie Lincoln, Rosemary Lincoln and
 Wyla Red Wolf.
       Rosary services will be recited at 5 p.m. Sunday in the Lodge
 Grass Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be
 celebrated 10 a.m. Monday in the Church, with Fr. Jim Antoine,
 celebrant. Interment will follow in the Lodge Grass Cemetery. Bullis
 Mortuary of Hardin is entrusted with the arrangements.