Memorial services and rosary service for Ria E. Ducheneaux, 73, of Mobridge were held Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge. Inurnment will be at a later date at St. Catherine’s Catholic Cemetery in Promise. Ria passed away Monday, March 20, 2023 at the Mobridge Regional Hospital in Mobridge.
Ria Elaine Ducheneaux was born to Ted and Dorothy (Rieger) Ducheneaux on June 24, 1949. She attended the Cheyenne Agency Indian School, and later, she attended Eagle Butte Middle School, and Immaculate Conception School in Stephan, where she graduated.
She was widowed by Elzie Albert Shows, and later she married Beaman Seaboy. She had two children, Danelle and Wayde.
Ria loved to travel, cook, watch crime shows, and play cards. She worked at MDU and the Aberdeen Area Youth Regional Treatment Center, where she retired. She enjoyed working with Dean Schweitzer at his butcher shop. Ria had a quick wit and was always fast to joke.
Her heart was broken at the loss of her only son, Wayde Michael Seaboy. Her life changed forever at his sudden loss.
June 24, 1949 – March 20, 2023
She leaves behind her daughter, Danelle Ducheneaux; grandchildren, Morgan Ducheneaux Stensaas, Taylor Chance, and Sage Paterson; siblings, June (Tom) Ledbetter, Lynn Ducheneaux, Rolland (Kathy) Ducheneaux, Deana (Tom) Mulloy, and Kay (Terrace) Thompson; aunts Vicki (Lester) Berreth and Faith (Carl) Hackleman; and many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her first husband, Elzie Albert Shows; son Wayde Michael Seaboy; parents Ted and Dorothy Ducheneaux; brothers Mike and Larry Ducheneaux; grandparents Douglas and Esther (LeBeau) Ducheneaux; close friends Dean Schweitzer and Linda DuBray; aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.