Toni Elson
Casey
Toni Elson
Casey, 38, of Cass Lake, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at St. Mary’s Medical Center
in Duluth.
The funeral
will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the St. Charles Catholic Church in Cass Lake
with the Rev. Anselm Thevarkunnel officiating. A wake
will begin at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Veteran’s Memorial
Building in Cass Lake
and will continue until the time of the service. Burial will be in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Cass Lake.
The Cease Family Funeral Home of Cass Lake assisted the family with
arrangements.
Active
pallbearers will be Jason Voeltz, Mark Voeltz, Rod Johnson, Vern Wakanabo,
Ron “Dood” Wakanabo and
George “Juno” Whipple Jr.
Honorary
pallbearers will be Janice “Munchkin” Holstein, Bobbi Mountain,
April Voeltz, October Voeltz,
Tony Budreau and Dawn Fineday.
She was born
Dec. 4, 1969, to Thomas and Hazel (Raisch) Casey in Winsted, Minn.
She grew up in the Montrose, Minn., area of Wright
County. She moved with
her family to Cass
Lake in 1980, where she
attended the Cass Lake-Bena High School. She attended
the Leech Lake Tribal
College for secretarial
skills and natural resources programming.
She was a
stay-at-home mother. She enjoyed the outdoors, taking walks and going for
rides. She loved spending time with her family and friends.
She is
survived by her sons, Thomas (Bobbi) Casey II and Anthony Casey, of Cass Lake;
daughter, Geraldine Casey of Cass Lake; parents of Cass
Lake; one grandson; sisters, Jo Hilde
of Duluth and Samantha Casey of Cass Lake;
several nieces, nephews and cousins; two uncles; and two aunts.
She was
preceded in death by her daughters, Heather, Georgianna
and Nikki Jo Casey.
