Deanna Dean

Standing Rock

Deanna Dean Standing Rock, 71, passed away due to natural causes on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls. Wake services will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, and will continue until her funeral service, which will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, all at the Chippewa Cree Help Lodge with Doug Standing Rock officiating. Burial will follow in Warriors Burial Grounds Cemetery. 

Deanna was born on July 5, 1955, at home in Rocky Boy. She was raised there, attending school in Box Elder and Havre. Following high school, she had two sons, Shawn and Seneca. She began a relationship with Alex Denny with whom she had three children, Joseph, Aldean, and Norman, and they remained together until his death. Deanna had a lifetime love of learning, so after her children were a little older, she returned to school at Stone Child College. She also worked at the Chippewa Cree Tribal Offices in various capacities over the years.

Deanna was very outgoing and outspoken, spending much of her time joking and laughing. She enjoyed beading and playing the machines. Deanna was proud of her heritage and enjoyed participating in cultural events. She especially loved singing at round dances and pow wows.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alex Denny; sons, Seneca Standing Rock and Joe Denny; siblings, Daniel Denny, Bill Stump, Dorothy Coffee Crane Stump, George Stump-Denny, Videl Stump Senior, Patsy Raining Bird, Fern Standing Rock, Martin Standing Rock, and Harriett Standing Rock; and several nieces and nephews.

She is survived by her children, Shawn Standing Rock, and Aldean and Norman Denny, all of Rocky Boy; grandchildren, Lynette and Limin Standing Rock, Quinton Denny, Sheena, Sundance, Seela, and Slade Standing Rock, and Ariel Gopher; great-granddaughter, Billie Standing Rock; brothers, Douglas (Pauline) and Ken Ellis (Desiree) Standing Rock, all of Rocky Boy; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and other extended family and friends.