Alden Delane White Lightning Obituary (1973 - 2015)

Alden Delane White Lightning, 41, Fort Yates, North Dakota, passed away Monday, June 1, 2015, at Sanford Health, Bismarck. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 PM, Monday, June 8, 2015, in the AJ Agard Memorial Building, Fort Yates with Rev. Ruger Winchester officiating. Visitation is scheduled for 9:00 AM until time of service also in the AJ Agard Memorial Building. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Alden was born June 18, 1973, to Hadley White Lightning Sr. and Diane (Bull Bear) Ponga, at Fort Yates, where he was raised and educated. He was a wrestler in high school. Alden served in the US Marines as a machine gunner. He served in the Middle East and Africa. Following his service, he worked as a CNA at the Baptist Home, Lake Andy's Health Care Center, Fort Mead, and Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was friendly and very helpful to the patients he served, and willing to answer their questions. He is survived by his mother, Diane Ponga, Fort Yates; two sons, Reese White Lightning, Kansas, and Kaylon Ashes-White Lightning, Bismarck; stepdaughter, Kaylee Reed, Bismarck; three sisters, Rachel (Richard) Two Bears and Jean Marie Ponga, Celie Cross, all of Fort Yates; three brothers, Hadley White Lightning Jr., Fort Yates, Warren White Lighting, Madison, Wisconsin, and Jon (Susan) Ponga, Fort Yates; two adopted brothers, Nathan (Kay) Shelltrack Jr. and Alvin Bull Bear; and numerous nieces and nephews. Alden was preceded in death by his father, and step-father, Gene Ponga.