Eric Lee Cook

Eric Cook, 26, of Eagle Butte entered the spirit world Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Avera Gettysburg Hospital.

His funeral service was held August 31, 2020 at the CRST Powwow Grounds in Eagle Butte and burial was in St. James Episcopal Cemetery at Bear Creek.

Eric Lee Cook was born September 17, 1993 in Eagle Butte to Deloris Bagola and the late Leslie Cook. He attended Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School, graduating in 2012. He worked at the Eagle Stop and then attended the FLETC Indian Police Academy, graduating as a certified adult detention officer. He worked for some time in law enforcement and was employed at Cheyenne River Housing Authority as an environmental tech at the time of his passing.

Eric was the kind of person who would help with anything. He enjoyed mechanical work, changing oil, or fixing something; he loved his many cars and wouldn’t part with any of them.

Eric enjoyed being with family and friends. He took his nieces and nephews fishing, skate boarding, and even would babysit.

Eric is survived by his mother, Deloris Bagola, Eagle Butte; girlfriend Hunter Mike, Eagle Butte; brothers: Rufus (Sami) Cook and children, Green Grass, and Nate (Aiden) Cook, Eagle Butte; sisters: Cori (Cyle) Chasing Hawk, Eagle Butte, Lucinda (Mark) Garter, Eagle Butte, and Megan Bagola, Vermillion; sister-in-law: Theresa (Mitch) Kleinsasser; grandmothers: Grace Larrabee, Hilda Marshall, Eva Jost, Laura Bagola, and Maryann Fisher; special uncle, Dale Bagola; and many other aunts and uncles.

He was preceded in death by his father, Leslie Cook; brother, Justin Cook; cousins Cherie Agneau, Jarryn Agneau, Anthony Iron Moccasin, and Brent Bagola; nephew, Eli James Cook; and grandparents Nathan and Caroline Bagola and John and Mary Cook.

Luce Funeral Chapel of Eagle Butte was in charge of arrangements.