Marilyn Thunder

Marilyn Thunder, whose Ojibwe name was Waasegaabawiik which means Sunshine Woman, 75, of Redby, died on Saturday, April 2, 2005, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, N.D.

A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Antipas Episcopal Church in Redby with Rev. James Speer officiating. A wake began Monday at the Redby Community Center and will continue until the time of service on Wednesday. Burial will be in St. Antipas Episcopal Church Cemetery in Redby. The Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji assisted the family with arrangements.

Honorary pallbearers will be Mary Kingbird, Martha Smith, Margaret “Ladybug” Johnson, Shirley McNeal, Ina Mae McNeal, Bernadine Thunder, Edith Graves, Janet Roberts, Marlys Schoenborn and Carolyn Whitefeather.

Pallbearers will be James Garrigan, Nicholas Garrigan, Ronald Thunder, Randy Thunder, Rex Strong Jr., Gerald Wind, Harold E. Graves Jr., Kenneth Graves, Lance Crowe, Dalton Good and John Graves.