Rene Nina 'Baby Girl' Lafley

ARLEE - Rene Nina "Baby Girl" Lafley, 42, went to join the ancestors on Friday, July 23, near Dixon, the result of injuries sustained in an auto accident.

Baby Girl was born June 5, 1962, in St. Ignatius to Robert "June Bug" and Anna Darlene (McClure) Lafley. Raised in the Arlee area, she was in one of the first graduating classes from Two Eagle School.

A member of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, she was proud of her ancestry, being one of Chief Charlot's great- granddaughters.

In her spare time she enjoyed writing poetry, working crossword puzzles and being with her family and friends. With her incredible memory and the ability to use it in remembering events, names and birthdays, she endeared herself to many.

Baby Girl was always making people smile with her fun loving attitude and infectious personality.

She enjoyed working various jobs in the woods, such as cutting trees, posts and poles and fighting fires. She was a caring individual who made helping others her life. She assisted many people who needed help at their homes, cleaning, babysitting and cooking.

She was preceded in death by her partner Richard McDonald; her father, June Bug, and a niece, Pretty Girl, as well as many extended family members.

She leaves behind her mother, Anna Darlene; her children, Kenny McDonald, LaReza "Bobby" Lafley and Craig Lafley; a granddaughter, Shaylene Anna McDonald; her sisters and brothers, Roberta "Injun" (Les Fisher) Lafley, LeAnn Lafley, Billy Bob Lafley and Clem (Jeanette) Lafley, James (Angel) McClure; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins and a large extended family.

Your pain is over Daughter, Sister, Mother and Ke'NA. Your family always loved you, right or wrong.

Mass was celebrated last Wednesday in the Jocko Catholic Church. Interment was in the Jocko Catholic Cemetery.