Michael S. Weston, “Ta Canku Duta” (His Red Road), 57, died Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, at Select Specialty Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Monday at Wicoicaga Otipi Community Center in Flandreau with burial in First Presbyterian Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday with a 7 p.m. wake service which will continue through Sunday all at Wicoicaga Otipi Community Center.
Mike was born Dec. 23, 1959, at Gettysburg to Andrew and Violet (James) Weston. He attended Rapid City Central and graduated in 1979 from Santee High School, Santee, Nebraska.
Mike married Lisa Long on Aug. 12, 1986, in Flandreau. He worked as a CHR, bingo caller, a casino host, and assistant manager at the Mart. Mike was a member of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and served three terms on the council from 1996 – 2002 and from 2014 – 2017.
He loved working with the youth group, the pow-wow committee and coaching softball, but most of all he loved spending time with his grandkids.
He just loved being a grandpa and going to all their activities and spending every Saturday spoiling them.
Mike is survived by his daughter Shasta (Megan) Weston of Sioux Falls; five grandchildren; his former wife Lisa of Sioux Falls; siblings, Everett “Sandy” (Belva) Weston, Myrna (Dave) Louis and James “JB” Weston, all of Flandreau; his adoptive mother, Helena Thompson and several nieces and nephews.
Mike was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.
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