Darleen Stump-Brown
Darleen Faye Stump-Brown, 77, of Poplar died May 2, 2022, at the Billings Clinic.
She was born Aug. 8, 1944, to Pete and Eleanor Stump in Havre. She was part of a huge family and had seven siblings, Robert, Pete Jr., Keith “Keno”, Harold, Gordon, Ronald and Edwina. She grew up in the Rocky Boy area and attended schools there.
She worked in the hospital systems in Havre where she met Archie Red Boy while he attended college. Eventually, they married. They had three children, Archie III, Sean and Brandy. The family moved to Poplar and continued their lives there, where she began working for the Fort Peck Tribes. They later divorced, but she stayed in Poplar and made it her home.
In 1991, she met Tom “Pudd” Brown. They married on June 11, 1994, and they maintained their relationship until her death.
She loved what she did with the tribes and especially loved her co-workers to the point where she would need to call her relatives and let them know how crazy they were. She loved to laugh and talk with people. In 2004, she cooked and fed the individuals
that were taking part in the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Reenactment Voyage. But that’s how she was, very giving. She retired from the Fort Peck Tribes in 2017.
She was preceded in death by a special aunt, Delilah Weeks; brothers, Pete Stump, Harold Stump and Keith “Keno” Stump; sister, Edwina Matte; and daughter, Brandy Red Boy-Birdsbill.
She is survived by her husband, Tom “Pudd” Brown of Poplar; sons, Archie Red Boy and Sean Red Boy, both of Poplar; brothers, Gordon Stump of Salt Lake City, Utah, Robert Stump and Ronnie Stump of Rocky Boy; numerous grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
The funeral service was held Saturday, May 7, at the Assembly of God Church in Poplar. Interment was at the Redboy Family Cemetery in Riverside.
