KAREN A. LITTLEGHOST

Karen Ann Littleghost, “Wakinya Maza Wi” (Iron Lightning Woman) was born into life on October 19, 1976 at Mercy Hospital Devil’s Lake and born into eternity on March 21, 2012 at Mercy Hospital, Devils Lake. The Wake for Karen will be held at St. Michael Recreation Center on Friday, March 30th beginning at 5:00 p.m. with the Funeral Service also at St. Michael’s Recreation Center on Saturday March 31st at 10:00 a.m. Burial at Native American Church Cemetery rural St. Michael. Officiating will be Zachery Thompson. Music: All drum groups and Sundance Singers welcome Pallbearers: Ambrose Thompson Jr. Myron Harrison, Mike Tollefson, Mark Littleghost, Austin Herman, Claude Black Jr. Honorary Pallbearers- All friends and relatives in the four directions, Sundancers, Native American Church members, Nurses and Doctors from Altru Hospital, Spirit Lake Ambulance and police Department, Gilbertson Funeral Home and staff, Altru ambulance drivers and staff and all those touched by the life of our Karen. We would like to thank all those who were with us in our time of grief. Karen Littleghost, Wakinya Maza Wi, was welcomed into this world to the proud parents of Gloria Alberts and Lawrence Littleghost Sr. She was born at Mercy Hospital in Devil’s Lake. She attended Four Winds Community School, Fort Totten and Crow Creek Indian School in South Dakota. She graduated from Four Winds in 1996. She later went on to attend United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck. Karen worked at the Spirit Lake Casino, Dakota Tribal Industries, Varsity Bags and Good Samaritan. She was united in marriage to Shane Patterson Sr. and they had two children, Shane Jr. and Wichoni. They divorced and she later met her special friend Robert Herman Jr. and they had one daughter, Laurice Herman. Karen liked to play bingo and spend time with her children and family. She was truly a beautiful person inside and out. Karen was a very loving mother, sister, daughter, niece, aunt and friend. She will be greatly missed. Survived by: Mother- Gloria Alberts Daughter- Wichoni Patterson and Laurice Herman Brothers- Verle and Loren Littleghost, Kenneth and Delbert Dumarce Sister Noreen Littleghost Special Friend- Robert Herman Jr. Many Aunts, Uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews Proceeded in death by Son- Shane Patterson Jr. Father- Lawrence Littleghost Sr. Brothers- Lawrence Littleghost Jr. Brian “Stacy” Littleghost Sisters- Wanda Gonzales and LuAnn Miller Uncles- Francis, Eugene, Jordan, Ambrose Littleghost and Albert Thompson Aunts- Elaine DuMarce, Melinda Thompson Grandparents- Veronica Thompson and Levi DuMarce, Agnes and James Littleghost