All Obituaries

Kent L. Olson, age 83, of Walker, MN passed away on 2/2/2019. A graveside service will be held for Kent at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at Evergreen Cemetery in Walker.

Mary Howes Blackwell “Bakineyaashiikwe” (Winning Soaring Woman), 63, of Bemidji MN, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, in Fargo, ND. Mary was born October 8, 1956, at Saint Mary’s in Duluth, MN. She was raised in Duluth and was a 1975 graduate of Duluth Central High School. She started her family and moved to Grand Portage to raise them. Mary was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, auntie, and friend to many. She was very active in the community with the Local...

Edward Donald Rogers, age 72, passed away at his home on Sunday, September 13, 2020. Ed was born in Pasco-Kennewick, Washington, on July 29, 1948, to George and Molly (McMachen) Rogers. He grew up in Little Falls, Minnesota, and attended Catholic School there, where he played some good basketball. At age 17, Ed signed up for the draft and served for three years in the Army Infantry and three years in the US Marine Corps as a Gunnery Sergeant. He was awarded many medals for his three tours in...

Allen James Smith, age 38, of Red Lake, Minnesota passed away on Saturday, September 13, 2020, at his home. Allen was born in Bemidji, MN, on January 14, 1982, to Beverly Smith and Allen Baptiste Maxwell. Allen grew up and attended school in Red Lake. He is remembered as loving to hang out with his family and friends. They loved his sense of humor and his kind heart, never wanting to hurt anyone. When he was a little boy, the family gave him the name “Baby Al”, not that he liked...

     Nancy Theresa Fairbanks was born on March 6, 1937 to Thomas Leith and Gladys LaRoque in White Earth, MN. Nancy peacefully died in her sleep at Bagley Medical Center on September 11.  She grew up in Roy Lake/Naytahwaush and Cass Lake before moving to Minneapolis as a teenager. She was united in marriage to Herman S. Fairbanks, Jr., and they had four children. During the Indian ‘Relocation’ period they relocated to California, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Iowa...

Delores Kate (Roberts) Mostrom of Red Lake, Minnesota, entered the spirit world on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at Red Lake, MN. Delores was born June 1, 1939, in Red Lake to James and Agnes (Saice) Roberts Sr. Delores married Victor Mostrom in the summer of 1972 in Grand Marais, MN. They lived in Shroeder, MN and together had seven children, Sharon, Vicki, Kelly, Dana, Geraldine and Vernon, and a granddaughter Victoria, whom she raised. She moved back to Red Lake the summer of 1979 after...

Gretchen Hazard, 83, of Bemidji, Minnesota, passed away at Sanford Medical Center on Sunday, September 6, 2020. Gretchen was born in Bemidji on February 26, 1937, to Charles and Rosalie (McCullough) Vandersluis.  She grew up in Bemidji and attend Bemidji State University. She married and moved to Minneapolis and had four children. Gretchen later moved to North Dakota where she taught school for several years. She moved back to Bemidji and worked as a piano teacher. Gretchen was an...

Dale Clinton White, Jr., age 26, of Redby, MN, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, August 29, 2020. Dale was born on January 13, 1994, in Bemidji, Minnesota, to Dale White Sr. and Margaret Gibbs. He grew up in Redby, MN, the oldest of nine children. He attended school in Red Lake and later earned his GED diploma. Dale is best remembered as a loving brother who looked out for his younger brothers and sisters and loved being an uncle to his nephews and niece – Kyle, Jr., Aaliyah,...

Justice Lee White, 23, of Redby, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids. Justice was born in Bemidji, Minnesota, on September 23, 1996, to Dale White Sr. and Margaret Gibbs (Conrad Kingbird). He grew up and attended school in Red Lake. He went on to work for Roybal Construction.  Justice was very adventurous, loved to draw and listen to music, and he loved his little special nephew Amauri. Justice will be greatly missed by his parents,...

Carol Lynn White, age 76, of Duluth, MN, formerly of Ponemah, MN passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at the Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine, MN. Carol was born on July 2, 1944 in Red Lake, Minnesota to Joseph Lussier and Myrtle Sigana.  She lived with her family and went to school in Ponemah, MN.  She was married to Ralph White and they were blessed with six children:  Peggy, Roy, Arnold, Reginald, Quentin, Jerry as well as a special grandson, Roy.  Later in...