Forrest Cross

Forrest Cross passed

away at his home on

Tuesday, June 27, 2017.

His Indian name was

Black Feather, and he was

a member of the Prairie

Chicken Clan.

A private family service

was held at Eastgate Fun-

eral Service in Bismarck,

ND, on Friday, June 30,

2017.

Forrest was born to

Mike Cross and Kyle

Patterson on August 3,

1982 in Stanley, North

Dakota. He was raised on

the Fort Berthold Indian

Reservation and was an

enrolled member of the

Three Affiliated Tribes

and was Tuscarora of the

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois

Confederacy). He graduat-ed from New Town High

School in 2001, attended

the Fort Berthold Com-

munity College and gra-

duated from the Universi-ty of North Dakota in

2006. He obtained a

Bachelor of Business Ad-

ministration (B.B.A.) in

Information Systems. He

obtained employment in

his field at the Microsoft

Corporation in 2006,

Prairie Knights Casino in

2007, and Tesoro Refinery

in 2011.

He married Sacheen

Whitetail Cross on July

28, 2007. They built their

home and resided in Man-

dan, ND.

Forrest enjoyed playing

golf, reading, and watch-

ing and playing sports. He

loved spending time with

all his family and friends.

He had a wonderful sense

of humor, a generous and

kind nature, and charisma

and charm that everyone

who knew him loved.

Forrest is survived by:

his wife, Sacheen Whi-

tetail Cross; his parents,

Mike Cross and Kyle

Patterson; his sisters

Amanda Cross and Kara

Fox (Clint); his nephews

Tristan Fox and Isaak

Franklin; his nieces Kayla

Franklin, Kylie Franklin,

and Ellie Fox; and

numerous aunts, uncles,

and cousins.

Go to

www.eastgatefuneral.com

to share memories of

Forrest and sign the on-

line guestbook.