Renee Shopteese 1968-2024

Renee Roy Shopteese, Quengo, 56, Delia, died Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 in Topeka.

She was born Jan. 12, 1968, in Holton, the daughter of Virgil Shopteese Sr. and Delilah Allen Shopteese. She graduated from Kickapoo Nation High School.

Ms. Shopteese had worked in home health care as a certified nurse’s aide.

She was a member of the Kickapoo and Prairie Band Potawatomi Nations and the Drum Religion.

Survivors include two sons, Dakota “Kack-Kack” Shopteese, Topeka, and Keegan Shopteese, Tulsa, Okla.; two daughters, Keanu Shopteese, Lawrence, and Desiree Shopteese, Topeka; a brother, Virgil “Wamp” Shopteese Jr., Delia; five sisters, Toni McIntosh, Jodi McIntosh and Linda “Lemon” Shopteese, all of Pawhuska, Okla., Laury D. Shopteese, Mayetta, and Tracy Shopteese, Topeka; eight grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Virgie Lee Shopteese and Mavis Shopteese.

A wake and drum service will be held Monday evening, March 4, at the Dance Ground Building. Burial will be held Tuesday afternoon, March 5, in the Dance Ground Cemetery. Ms. Shopteese will lie in state after noon Sunday at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt, where visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. She will also lie in state from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.