Agnes Clifford was born on February 12, 1913; She was born Feb. 12, 1913, daughter of Mortimer "Morty" Shelly Clifford and Anestasia Hernandez. She was delivered at home by her grandmother, Julia Clifford, near Kyle on the White River where Medicine Root Creek pours into the river. Her mother died when she was two years old. She was raised by her father and stepmother, Catherine Hernandez Clifford. The family lived near White River until 1930, when they first moved to Potato Creek and then on Three Mile Creek.
1 She was the daughter of
Mortimer Shelly Clifford and
Anestasia Hernandez. She was a student at
Davidson Flats, South Dakota, USA, after 1918. School:.
1 She was a student at
Rapid City Indian Boarding School, Rapid City, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA, after 1923. School: She attended through the 8th grade..
1 She was a student at
Genoa Indian School, Genoa, Nance Co., Nebraska, USA, circa 1931. School: In her 10th year of school, she and her cousin, Cecelia Hernandez Montgomery went to Genoa, Neb., to attend the Indian school there..
1 Agnes Clifford married
Frank Dozark on March 29, 1932; The school closed that same year, so Agnes returned to Kyle where she met and married Frank Dozark on March 29, 1932.
1 Agnes Clifford died on December 28, 2002 at
Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA, at age 89; Frank and Agnes moved to Three Mile Creek, where they built their home and ranched with her parents, brothers and sisters for more than 40 years. She was an excellent horseman and could calm any horse she rode. She had a beautiful herd of Palominos during those years.
She worked with LaCreek Electric as a member in the late 1950s so electricity could be brought to the Kyle area. She served as a Council Representative from Medicine Root District in the early 1960s and helped establish the Public Health Service committee to improve health care on the reservation.
Upon her husband's death in 1965, she worked at Stone's Grocery in Manderson, then Sioux Nation, the first shopping center on the reservation, where she worked for 22 years. She retired in 1990, at age 77.
She loved to play the piano and organ and filled St. Sophie's Church at Three Mile Creek with music. She was active in the community, raising money through quilting and other activities so the community could enjoy Christmas time with presents for young and old, and food for all.
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