Bennett Everett Sr., 71, White Shield, ND, died on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at a Minneapolis hospital. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 11:00 am at the White Shield School. Wake services will be held on Thursday beginning at 5:00 pm at the school. Burial will be at the Congregational Cemetery in White Shield.
Bennett Claire Everett Sr. was born on October 08th in 1955 to Betty Fox and Theodore Everett Sr. in Los Angeles California. He is the fifth child in a family of ten. The family would later relocate home to White Shield North Dakota, making it there on and off home over the years. Bennett or Benny as he was known to his family would attend Chamberlain Catholic Elementary boarding in South Dakota, before attending circle of nations, Wahpeton Indian school in South Dakota until finishing in the 8th grade and once more relocating back to White Shield to attend High School, in which he would leave unfinished in 1972 to head back to the state of his birth with his brother "Lucky." In California is where he would remain until 1974 working as an auto mechanic, before heading east to Denver Co with his brother Sunny. Being the type of guy who likes to roam around, Benny would head northwest to Novick, Alaska with his sister Karen, but as he was California dreaming, he would leave for Los Angeles with Lucky once more. In 1979, Benny would head home to White Shield North Dakota, where he would meet and eventually marry miss Aldine Olivia Rush in 1981, with whom he would be blessed with there first son Bennett "Smurf" Everett Jr in 1982. After they would relocate to Kotzebue Alaska, where they would be blessed once more with his only daughter, Storm. They would remain in Alaska until 1988, returning once more to White Shield to make their home, where Benny would start his career as wildland firefighter for the BIA. Making his way to crew boss and fighting fires in Montana, California and Oregon. It would be a career he would keep until in the beginning of the 90's when he would return to school to finish his GED, and enrolled in the Dickinson State College drivers program obtaining his CDL license, which would be the beginning of his driving career. During this time, he was would be blessed with three more sons, Quentin Orville Wayne in 1991, Elijah Cole in 1996 and finally Nevada Steele in 1999. He would drive for Swift Trucking for two years before accepting a position at White Shield School as our neighborhood bus driver where he would remain for 20 years up until his last day in 2017. Bennett was a musician, a born Rockstar. He enjoyed jamming on his guitar and writing his own music or learning to play popular songs with whom he enjoyed playing with his sons. Benny was also a man of god, who he enjoyed playing for the most. Brother Ben would be a frequent on the church scene over the years, evening starting his own fellowship in the early 90's, Ben would eventually become an ordained minister in 2004 by his friend and brother Bishop Cole. Ben would love to perform or have a jam session, always down for a performance, he would travel throughout to sing the gospel or even just play the guitar whenever asked never one to turn down a gig. He was a man of few words, quiet but with a quick wit type sense of humor, but a great man non-the less. Brother Ben would make his way to Macon Ga to watch his youngest son graduate Ga Youth Challenge, it was on his return trip that he would be diagnosed with stage four liver cancer on December 19th, 2018. Bennett left this world on January 7th, 2018 surrounded by his children after a quick battle with cancer at Northwestern Abbott Hospital in Minneapolis MN. He is survived by his former wife Aldine Olivia Rush (Leonard), His Sons Bennett "Smurf" Everett Jr.(Ashley) of Newtown, ND. Quentin Orville Wayne Everett (Kathern) of White Shield ND. Elijah Cole Everett (Hunter) of White Shield ND and Nevada Steele Everett of Gray, Ga. His daughter Storm Olivia Cruz (Brandon) of White Shield ND. His Siblings, Karen Mulluk (Bob) of White Shield ND, Theodore "Lucky" Everett Jr.(Alice) of White shield, ND. Lloyd Everett of White Shield ND and Catharine Oshquim of Williston ND. And his many nieces, nephews and grandchildren.