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Taylor Marie Trepanier
6/15/2018 2:52:00 PM - Final Journey

TREPANIER, TAYLOR MARIE, (MoKee'e-"Little Woman") age 22, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018 at her home.

Funeral Services for Taylor will be held on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Gym, with Rev. Owen White-Pigeon officiating. Interment will take place at Denver Township Cemetery. A luncheon will immediately follow the interment at the Tribal Gym. The family will receive friends on Friday and Saturday from 6-8 p.m. at Clark Family Funeral Chapel, and on Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. until the time of the funeral service. Memorial contributions may be made to the family. Envelopes will be available at the funeral chapel and the tribal gym.

Taylor was born November 3, 1995, in Mt. Pleasant, to Trent Trepanier, Sr. and Valoria Weasel Bear. Taylor was a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, a descendant of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, and the Chippewa Indian Methodist Church. She enjoyed beading, traveling, karaoke, and playing games. Taylor had a great sense of humor, and she loved being with her nieces and nephews. She like to walk dogs, and writing in her journal. Taylor was a bunny mom to "Bunn".

Taylor is survived by her father Trent (Dana) Trepanier; mother Valoria Weasel Bear (Aldin); sisters Leslie (Allert, Jr.) Takes Enemy, Morgan Trepanier (Rashaun Redstar), Aubrey Trepanier; brothers Trent Trepanier II (Erin Rueckert), and Grant Trepanier; nephews Tyrell Trepanier and Rashaun Redstar, Jr.; nieces Bonnie Redstar, Brooklyn Redstar, Aaliyah Ali Takes Enemy, Lalynn Rose Takes Enemy, and Vincene Victoria Takes Enemy; aunts Dena Wilson, Angela Miller, Leanne (Gilbert) LaForge, Fran Owl, Nadine Weasel Bear, Anna (Mike) Weasel Bear-Old Crane; uncles John Trepanier, Jamie Trepanier, Kurt Trepanier (April Reed), Elroy Weasel Bear, Herman Weasel Bear, Kenneth Birdchief, and Curtis Trepanier; grandfather John P. Trepanier, grandmother Elsie Weasel Bear, grandmother Diana Trepanier; special aunt Joyce Wilson; and many cousins. She is also survived by her special aunt who generously gave her Taylor her Indian name, MoKee'e.

Taylor was preceded in death by her grandfather Herman Weasle Bear, Sr., infant sibling, cousin Nevada Cruz Beartusk, uncle Chris Bear Tusk, Sr., and great aunt's and great uncle's Bernice Birdchief, Jennifer Birdchief, Earl Birdchief, Marie Birdchief, Dale Birdchief, Archie Weasel Bear, and Lillian Weasel Bear.


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