Flora Freda White, whose Indian name was , “Ogiimahgiizhiigook”, which means, Leader Day Woman, 84, of Red Lake , MN died Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at Merit Care Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota.

Traditional Indian Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Sunday, March 3, 2008 at the Ponemah Community Center in Ponemah, Minnesota with Officiant Anna Gibbs, officiating. A wake will begin on Friday, February 29, 2008 at the Ponemah Community Center in Ponemah , MN and will continue until the services. Burial will be in the Family Burial Grounds in Ponemah , Minnesota.

Honorary pallbearers will be all of her nieces and all of her friends at the Jourdain Perpich Extended Care Center.

Active pallbearers will be Adrian White, Louis “Luke” White, Jon Parker, Sr., Frank Strong, Jr., Chuck White, Randy White and alternates will be her nephews.

She was born on August 13, 1923 in Ponemah , Minnesota the daughter of Peter A’gaasedoong White and Znaawiing biinaase “Southern Bird Women”. She attended school in Ponemah. She mostly lived in logging camps with her special friend, Ole Smith, logging in the Big Falls , Northome, and Blackduck areas. She had been a homemaker most of her life. She lived in Bemidji for many years before she moved to the Jourdain Perpich Extended Care Facility in Red Lake for the last 7 years. She liked to play cards, and go to the Casino. She loved all her children and was a good mother, grandmother, and always helped people out.

She is survived by her brother, Jack (Betty) White of Ponemah; granddaughers, Val (Dave Cournoyer) Parker of Red Lake, and Donna Parker of International Falls; grandsons, Rob Parker, Sr. of Rochester and Richard (Kristie) Bugg of Wisconsin who she raised since he was an infant; 13 great grandchildren & 3 great great grandchildren; and numerous other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son Lawrence Parker, Jr.; 3 brothers, George, Sam and Elbert White; a sister, Agnes White; a granddaughter, Laura Parker; and a special friend, Ole Smith.

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