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Wayland Deputee Obituary
Our beloved son and brother, Wayland Deputee, Jr. 23, of Billings went home to be with the Lord early Friday morning, Oct. 28, 2005.
Wayland was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on Nov. 16, 1981. He was a member of the Crow Tribe of Indians, a child of the Big Lodge and of the Big Lodge Clan and lived most of his life on the Crow Reservation. He is also a descendant of the Chukchansi Yokut Tribe from California. He attended schools at Lodge Grass Elementary and Junior High schools. He attended high school at St. Labre Indian School, Hardin High School and graduated in 2001 from Lodge Grass High School.
Wayland enjoyed playing chess for which he won a trophy in 1993. He was a gifted trumpet player and received an Outstanding Musician 1st Place Trophy at the Chicago Music Festival Tournament in 1998, in which he bested 5,000 other students. Wayland loved to play video games and could often be found playing them for endless hours. He enjoyed playing poker and pool. He enjoyed playing computer games in which he could play people from around the world. His teachers recounted his talents in writing and poetry. In his spare time, he wrote his own stories and spent time with his family.
His grandparents, Chester Deputee and Ruth Graham preceded Wayland in death.
Survivors include his parents, Wayland and Sharon Deputee of Billings; three sisters, Alisha, Addy and Angela Deputee; two brothers, Mike of Billings and Joseph of N.M.; his girlfriend, April Bauwen; grandparents, Audrey Deputee, Verna Pease, James Deputee, Lloyd Pickett, Sam Bird in Ground, Clifford and Alex Bird in Ground and great-grandmother, Marie Wallace. His relatives are many and we would like to give honorable mention to the Deputee, Little Light, Pretty Paint and Bird in Ground lines and the extended families from the California line including the Goodeye, Graham, Hammond, Wilson, McCombs Lust and McDaniel.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the Hardin Branch Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Interment will follow in the Crow Agency Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements.
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