Loretta Virginia Hurd, 70, of Ponemah , Minn. died Thursday, February 14 2008 at the Red Lake Hospital in Red Lake , Minn. Services are pending with Cease Family Funeral Home of Blackduck, Minn.

Traditional Indian Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at the Ponemah Community Center in Ponemah, Minnesota with Spiritual Leaders Tommy Stillday Sr. and Anna Gibbs officiating. A wake will begin at 3:00pm, Sunday, February 17, 2008, at the Ponemah Community Center in Ponemah , Minnesota and will continue until the services. Burial will be in the Family Burial Grounds in, Ponemah , Minnesota .

Honorary pallbearers will be Loretta’s Family and Friend.

Active pallbearers will be: Mark Hurd, Edwin Hurd, Rudy Johnson, Greetings “Ole” Spears Jr., Fabian Hurd, Earl Raincloud, Alternates: Russ Simensen, and Keith Roy.

She was born on March 18, 1937 in Red Lake , Minnesota the daughter of Paul and Sarah (Perkins) Johnson, Sr.

She married Marvin Hurd, Sr. in Ponemah , MN , on October 16, 1957.

She was a teachers aide at the Hans Christian Anderson Elementary School in Minneapolis , and was a Foster Grandmother at the Ponemah School for a number of years. She was an Appelate Judge in the Red Lake Tribal Courts. She was involved in MICOE as a board member, was on the Ponemah Community Board, and also in Wisdom Steps.

She enjoyed puzzle books, gambling, and playing cards. Her family was her life, she enjoyed being with her children, grandchildren, and will be deeply missed by her husband.

She is survived by her: husband, Marvin Hurd Sr. of Ponemah, MN; Sons, Marvin (Shari) Hurd Jr. of Mpls , MN, Fabian (Beryl) Hurd of Riverton , Wyoming, Clayton Hurd of Ponemah, MN, Mark Hurd of Ponemah, MN, Edwin Hurd of Ponemah, MN; Daughters, Cherilyn Johnson of Ponemah, MN, Kimberly Hurd of Ponemah, MN; Uncles, Paul Perkins of Red Lake, MN, Calvin Johnson of Mpls., MN; And 20 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by: her parents, brothers Paul Johnson Jr., Ralph Johnson, Sisters Elizabeth, Clara, Roxie, and 2 infant sons.

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