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WADE -- J.C. Wade Flandreau, SD- J.C. Wade, 65, passed away Monday. He was born Oct. 3, 1938 at Flandreau to Ross B. and Clara (Allen) Wade. In Dec '74 became the superintendent at the Phoenix Indian School. Director of Indian Education - BIA, Albuquerque, NM. President of the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, NM. He returned to the Aberdeen, SD Area BIA ('87-'91) and then worked in Washington, DC, for Dept. of Education, as Deputy Director, Division of Indian Ed. He retired in 1995 and returned to Flandreau. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; two daughters: Jean M. (Gerald S.) Lane, Naperville, IL; Lynn R. Wade, Flandreau; two grandchildren: Brittany and Stephen; his siblings: Ross A., Flandreau, Don H. (Kittie), Flandreau; Dorothy W. (A. Rolfe) Black, Santa Fe, NM and Dean E. (Mary), Weatherford, TX. Funeral services will be Thursday, July 29, 11:00 a.m., at Second Presbyterian Church, Flandreau with burial in First Presbyterian Cemetery.
        Published on: Thu July 29, 2004