India Sage

India Summer Sage, 26, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at home in Ignacio, Colorado. Recitation of the rosary will be said at St. Ignatius Catholic Church on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. A wake will follow at the family home at 151 Jefferson in Ignacio. A Funeral Service will be Friday, March 14, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Ignatius Catholic Church. Father Damian de la Cruz-Nuñez of St. Ignatius Catholic Church will be officiating. Burial will occur at Ouray Memorial Cemetery in Ignacio. Miss Sage was born January 12, 1988 in Durango, Colorado. India was a member of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and has lived in Ignacio all her life. She attended schools there and graduated from Ignacio High school in 2009. She also attended classes at Fort Lewis College in Durango. India helped with other handicapped people and disabled children. She helped them at skills for living and learning in Bayfield, Colo. India donated to the Special Olympics of Colorado three years and she participated in them throughout her schools years. She was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church of Ignacio and she followed the Great Spirit Way. She will be missed by all and many. She is survived by Leigh Sage (sister) of Ignacio, Derrick Watts (brother in law) of Ignacio Dominic Sage (uncle) of Ignacio, Michael Sage (uncle) of Ignacio, Aunts: Mary Sage, Josie Olguin, Eleanor Archuleta, Virginia Sage. Cousins: Gloria Frost, Marietta Soto, Nancy Baker, Glinda Richards, Debbie Watts, Terrance Whyte and many other extended family members. She was preceded in death by Colleen Sage (grandmother), Dorothy Sage (mother) and Maurice Sage, Sr. (grandfather).