JOSEPHINE
“JOSEY”JOHNSON
42741Josephine “Josey” Johnson whose Indian name was “Naaebike”,
71, of Dora
Lake, Minnesota died, Friday, May 6, 2005, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Traditional Indian Services will
be held at 2:00
P.M. on Monday, May 9, 2005 at the Ponemah Community
Center in Ponemah, Minnesota with Spiritual Leader Thomas Stillday,
Jr.officiating.
A wake will begin Sunday, May 8th at the Ponemah Community
Center and will
continue until the services. Burial will
be in the Family Burial Grounds in Ponemah, Minnesota.
Honorary pallbearers will be Roy
Morrison, Thomas Bellanger, Jr., Albert Roybal, James Thibault, Jerry Lee
Kingbird, and Don May
Active pallbearers will be Thomas
“Boy” Bellanger III, Justin Davis, Willie Urrutia, Hubert “Big Boy” Urrutia,
James VanNett, Jr., and Thomas “Bo” Bellanger IV.
She was born on May 10, 1933 the daughter of Paul Kingbird and Jane (White) Kingbird.
She was raised in Ponemah and attended school in Red Lake. She moved away
from Red Lake and has lived in various places until settling in Dora Lake in the 1960’s, and has resided there since. She married Benito Urrutia. She worked as a counselor for a Chemical Dependency Program in
Duluth, and had been a cook for the American Indian Fellowship
Program in Duluth. She enjoyed
attending Paw wows, sewing, and gardening.
She especially loved spending time with her family.
She is survived by her one
brother, Lyman (Mable) Kingbird of Red Lake, MN; six
sons, Benito Urrutia, Jr. of Duluth, MN, Patrick Urrutia of Dora Lake, MN, Jesse Urrutia
of Fort Totten, ND, David (Lori) Urrutia
of Duluth, MN, Raymond (Jennifer) Urrutia of Duluth,
MN, and Jerry Lee Kingbird of Ponemah, MN; five
daughters, Betty (Thomas) Bellanger of Duluth, MN,
Victoria Yellowearrings of Cloquet,
MN, Virginia Pena of Minneapolis, MN, Paula (James) Thibault
of Duluth, MN, and Marie (Albert) Roybal of Duluth,
MN; 39 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren, and 1 special granddaughter,
Jessica Urrutia of Duluth.
She was preceded in death by her
parents, husband, Benito Urrutia, Sr., five brothers,
Leo, Bobby, John, Johnson, and Jack Kingbird; three sisters, Joyce Bowstring,
Louise Kingbird, and Sarah Kingbird.
