Dr. Godfrey Lambert Loudner, an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and son of Godfrey L. Sr. and Claudiana Gladys Prue Loudner was born in Ft. Thompson, Buffalo, South Dakota on September 30th, 1942, and passed away August 2, 2012 at home, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, Mission, Todd County, South Dakota.
Godfrey attended schools in Rapid City, South Dakota. In 1969, he received his Master of Science in Mathematics from the South Dakota School of Mines and in 1974 he received his PhD in Mathematics from Notre Dame University. Dr. Loudner came to Mission, SD and became a respected fixture teaching mathematics at Sinte Gleska University from 1974 to 2012. Dr. Loudner taught a wide variety of Math courses from the basics to whatever level was required by his student's programs. These courses were not a sufficient challenge to Dr. Loudner's math genius and he entertained himself by working on very high level challenges and problems presented in Math journals. Dr. Loudner was a longtime member of the American Mathematical Society. In addition to Godfrey's stellar math skills, he was an accomplished woodworker refurbishing tables, cabinets and various antiques in the confines of his house trailer. He would caution those bringing antiques that he would make the piece look like new, not just restored.
Preceding him in death were his paternal grandparents, Louis I. & Mary E. Briggs Loudner, his maternal grandparents, Joseph Oliver Prue & Nancy Little Money Prue Lambert; his parents; and a brother, Frederick Lyle Loudner. Surviving are his brother, Kevin D. Loudner, one nephew, Scott Loudner, aunties, uncles, and cousins. Dr. Loudner will be greatly missed by his many colleagues, former students, and individuals who were proud to call him their friend. Services will be 1:00pm Tuesday, August 7th, held at the SGU Multipurpose Building in Mission, SD. Arrangements handled by Sandoz Chapel of the Pines of Valentine, NE. Following Cremation, interment will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Valentine, Nebraska.