Mildred Clancy

Mildred “Midge” Clancy, 72, of Wolf Point, died Oct. 29, 2020, in Great Falls.

She was born Sept. 18, 1948, to Christine Davis Douglas and Joseph Douglas. She graduated from Chilocco Indian School at Chilocco, Okla.

She worked as a teacher aide for HeadStart and a C.H.R. for Tribal Health. Most of all, she was a homemaker. She was also a foster mother. She was involved in a lot of activities in the community. She enjoyed going to church, Bible studies, cooking for church dinners and feeding the street people, chairwoman for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Organization and an advocate for the Unity through Elders Group, the Dakota Reconciliation Homecoming Organization at Winona, Minn., and Wolf Point Boys & Girls Club.

She had a loving motherly heart for the street people. She made sure they had warm jackets, caps, gloves and socks before winter. Her hobby was sewing, and she made beautiful star quilts, especially the ones with crosses.

She married David Menz Sr. and, from this union, David Menz Jr. was born. She married Ralph Clancy on Nov. 22, 1983. To this union, their only daughter, Michelle Clancy, was born.

She is survived by her children, Michelle Clancy and David Menz Jr.; adopted sons, Micheal Bearhill, Emery Lester and Raymond Clark; grandson, Brandon Red Boy, whom she raised as her own; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; sisters, Louella Douglas Contreras, Vivian D. Jones and Melissa White Eagle; and brothers, Arnold Douglas and Jeffrey Douglas.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, Leroy Douglas, Steven, William, Duane, Jesse and John Douglas; and sister, Joan White Eagle.

Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 6, at Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point. Burial was at Box Elder Cemetery in Poplar.