Leo C. Carpenter III went to be with the Lord on August 19, 2022, in Eureka at the age of 29. He was born October 19, 1992, in Arcata to Sally Carpenter Slater. Leo was an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and was a descendant of the Mojave (CRIT) Tribe. He was also a lifelong resident of Hoopa. Leo attended Hoopa Elementary in his earlier years. He later attended and graduated from 8th grade at Pacific Union in Arcata, and then attended Hoopa Valley High School.

Leo was a great athlete in all sports but excelled at football. He played Little League Baseball and Triple A Football, also high school baseball, basketball and football. After returning to Hoopa, he worked and was involved at the Hoopa Youth Center. In his entire career, and later he worked as Security at the Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department, and Kimaw Medical Center Security. He enjoyed working and caring for the people. He was known for his big smile and kind heart. Leo loved his mother more than anything, he also loved and cherished his four daughters. He was heartbroken and devastated when his girls moved away in 2018. He was a hard worker and great provider for his daughters throughout his life.

Leo is survived by his mother, Sally Carpenter Slater and father who raised him, Delane Slater, Jr., his beautiful daughters, Jossalynn, Jaiyde, Tessla and Summer Carpenter and his siblings Darin Marshall, Jr., Delane Slater, III., Richard Michael Dale Carpenter, Lori Slater and Lola Bone all of Hoopa; his aunts Debra Carpenter, Cherie & Charlie Bone, Tammy Carpenter, Sherrell Masten, Linda Miller and Uncle Leo Carpenter, Jr., all of Hoopa; and numerous cousins and friends, whom he loved very much.

He is preceded in death by his grandparents, the late Leo and Lola Carpenter, of Hoopa, his aunts Lori Carpenter, Jeannie Kirk, and his uncle, Richard Michael Dale Carpenter and Angela Lynne McConnell.

Visitation hours will be 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 25 at Sanders Funeral Home at 1835 E Street in Eureka, CA 95501. Services will be held Fri day, August 26th, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the Hoopa Baptist Church in Hoopa, with Pastor Aaron Smith, Sr. officiating.

Interment will be at the Carpenter Family Cemetery in Hoopa. Pallbearers are Delane Slater, III., Richard Michael Dale Carpenter, Eugene Masten, Sr., Walter “Billy” Kirk, Mitchell Kirk, Oscar Colegrove, Sam Jones, Arlen Doolittle, Jr., and Robert “Wolf” Colegrove.

Honorary Pall Bearers are Darin Marshall, Jr., Delane Slater, Jr., Charlie Bone, Roderick Antone, Craig Lewis, Brian Lewis, Dave Harper, Cornell Patch, Albert Bender, Jeffrey Bender, Leo Carpenter, Jr., George Moon, Jesse James and Joe Davis.

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