Norvin Buddy Cloud, Sr. “Majiikiiwis”
Norvin Buddy Cloud, Sr., Indian name, MajiiKiiwis, 68, of Ponemah,
Minn., died Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at his home in Ponemah,
Minn.
Traditional
Indian Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 21, 2007 at the Ponemah Community Center in Ponemah, Minn.
with speaker Anna Gibbs Officiating.
A wake will
begin on Friday, July 20th at 6 PM and will continue until time of
services at the Ponemah Community
Center.
Burial will be in the Family Burial Grounds in Ponemah, Minn. Military Honors will be provided by the Red
Lake VFW Post.
Honorary
pallbearers will be all his close friends and relatives
Active
pallbearers will be Norvin B. Cloud, Jr., Alex Cloud,
Richard Cloud, Royce Graves, Jr., Clem May, and John Jourdain.
He was born
at Red Lake, Minn. on December 12, 1938 the son of Henry
and Maggie Cloud. He entered the U.S.
Army on November 24, 1961 and was honorably discharged on November 22,
1963. He then served in the Reserves
until November 23, 1967. He worked at
various jobs in the Twin Cities for several years. He married Frances Whitefeather
on August 11, 1967. Three sons were born
of this union. He and his family moved
back to the Red Lake Reservation in 1968 and have lived there since. He worked for the Red Lake Builders and
retired from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1994. He was well liked and respected by all who
knew him. He had a great sense of humor
and loved to tease the ‘girls’.
He is
survived by his wife, Frances of Ponemah; 3 sons, Norvin B Cloud, Jr. (Kerri) of Shelton, WA, Alexander Cloud
of Ponemah, and Richard F. Cloud (Sharyl)
of Cass Lake; a grandson Andrew W. Cloud of Shelton, Washington; a Brother Lynas Cloud (Barbara) of Red Lake; 2 sisters, Delores
Cloud-Hammitt (Monte) of Bemidji, MN and Diane Sigana of Minneapolis; and numerous other relatives and
friends.
He was
preceded in death by his parents.
Messages of
condolence may be sent to www.ceasefuneralhome.com
