Thurlene Marie Stillday

Thurlene Marie Stillday, 15 of Ponemah, MN died Monday, March 21, 2005 in Red Lake, MN.

Traditional services will be at 10:00 am, Sunday, March 27, 2005 at the Ponemah Community Center in Ponemah, MN. A wake will begin 10:00 am on Friday, March 25, 2005 at the Ponemah Community Center and go until the time of the service on Sunday. Interment will be at the Family Burial Grounds in Ponemah under the direction of the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji.

She was born January 4, 1990 in Bemidji, MN the daughter Carol Ann (Stillday) Spears. She was raised by her mother and step-father Ralph Spears, Sr. She attended Kindergarten through 4th grade at Kelliher school and started 5th grade at Red Lake and continued going there until the time of her death. She liked music. She liked to sing on her karaoke machine. She also liked to babysit her niece and nephew.

She is survived by her mother: Carol Ann (Ralph) Spears, Sr. of Ponemah; Father: Elbert White of Minneapolis; 3 brothers: Elbert White, Jr. of East Lake, MN, Lorenzo White of Ponemah, and Lowery Stillday of Moorhead; 2 sisters: Tyann (Dewayne Dow Jr.) and Kara Stillday--both of Ponemah; 2 nieces: Elise White and Racquel Stillday; 1 nephew: Elias Dow; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents.