Our beloved Delphine Plain Bull passed away at Poplar Hospital on April 22, 2021 at the age of 51. Delphine was born to Hazel E. Longee and Orville Cloud on March 5, 1970 in Poplar, MT. She was raised by her foster parents Corrine and Timothy Turning Heart at Fort Kipp, MT. She graduated head start at Brockton in 1979. She also went to Culbertson school until 1981. Delphine got her GED. She always gone to powwows and camp. She loved listening to powwow music and drive her mom Hazel around. She was a Kansas City Chefs fan. Delphine enjoyed visiting and teasing her family and friends. She was a very kind, caring and loving person. She had six children: Clifford J Plain Bull, Jonas B. Birthmark, Isiah J. Birthmark-Alkire, Marvin D. Birthmark-Mcgrail, Sioux G. Birthmark-Merculieff and Ellyn Plain Bull. She loved her family.
Delphine is survived by her children: Jonas Birthmark, Marvin Birthmark-Mcgrail of Idaho Falls, ID, Sioux Birthmark-Merculieff of Poplar, MT and Ellyn Plain Bull of Fort Kipp, MT; grandchildren Darren Melbourne of Poplar, MT, Daniel Menz of Fort Kipp, MT, Destiny Melbourne of Poplar, MT, Clarissa Merculieff and Sandra Melbourne; adopted daughters Ashley Elk, Jennifer Jones and Avis Big Track; sisters Charlene Nepal of Omaha, NE, Rebecca Cloud of Omaha, NE, Patty Fiest of Pueblo, CO; adopted sisters Sharon Yellow Owl of Poplar, MT, Corrine Yellow Owl, Dianna Longee and Patricia Longee-Dubray; brothers Gordon Plain Bull, Jr. of Pueblo, CO, Llewellyn Plain Bull of Great Falls, MT, William Plain Bull of Poplar, MT; adopted brother Vernon Turning Heart of Fort Kipp, MT; half-brother Camille Cloud; step-brothers Eugene “Tubby” Longee of Poplar, MT and Robert Longee; aunties Mary Rose Kollman of Williston, ND, Verlynn Longee of Williston, ND, Midge Longee of Poplar, MT; cousins Blossom Longee of Poplar, MT, Sarah Longee, Anita Hale, Tanya Jones, Priscilla Jones, Sonya Jones, Jennifer Jones, Kimberly Longee, Wilma Huravitch, Elsie Longee, Tashina Longee, Errol W. Longee, Gerald Longee, Domingo Juarez, Juan Jose Juarez, Steven Jones III, Tony Browning, Everette Browning, many cousins, nephews and nieces.
Delphine is preceded in death by her parents, Hazel Evaline Longee and Orville Cloud, her foster mom Corrine Turning Heart-Long Hair, her sons Clifford J Plain Bull and Isiah J Birthmark-Alkire, foster brother Jeffrey Stump and foster sister Arlene “Sissy” Buckles, grandmother Elsie Long, grandfather William Longee.
Our apologies to those who we were not able to mention by name. Our beloved mother, sister, auntie, grandmother, and cousin. Delphine loved each one of you!