RICHARD D. "Moon" ABRAHAM

Richard D. “Moon” Abraham, “Standing Elk” (Hehakanajin) 60, passed onto the Spirit World in Fargo, N.D. on Saturday, October 31, 2015. Visitation (November 6, 2015) starting at 5 pm and prayer service to begin at 7 pm on Friday evening. Funeral service (November 7, 2015 will be at 10 am Saturday. All services will be held at St. Michael Catholic Church. The procession will leave the Gilbertson Funeral home at 4 pm on Friday Nov 6th. Father Paul Schuster and Pastor Larry Thiele will officiate. Interment will be at rural Tokio, in the Dakotah Oyate Cemetery. Richard was born March 2, 1955 to Joseph Abraham and Marie Jerome in Devils Lake, N.D. Richard was raised in the Max and Rose Jetty farm home and attended school at Fort Totten, N.D. He loved to play baseball and football. When he was a young man, he would ride the horses, calves, and other animals on the farm. He liked to reminisce about his childhood years and farm life. Richard enjoyed hanging out with all his friends and joking around with everyone. When he would call his sister he always liked to talk to his brother-in-law and tease around with him and tell him jokes. After losing his older brother, Stanley, he decided to move away from here and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to find work there and live with his mother. He became part of his mother’s family with his sisters and step-father. Richard always had something good to say about his sisters in Milwaukee and liked living in the big city. While living in Milwaukee he joined the Marine’s. After his discharge he left Wisconsin and began to move around doing odd and end jobs. Richard never married or had any children. He said he liked being a free spirit. Richard is survived by his mother Marie Jerome; stepfather Bill Martin; his sister Eunice (Dave) Davidson; foster sisters Ella Blackboy, Tina Blackboy, Janet Martin, Sandra Martin, and Marcella Martin; brothers Jacob Abraham, Stanley Littlewind, Wesley Littlewind and Calvin Littlewind; foster brother Robert Jetty; nephews Davey (Joy) Davidson and Randy Pearson; nieces Lisa (Lance) Kimmerly, Cherilu Pearson and Felicia Cavanaugh; aunties Esther Abraham, Sylvia Webber, Winona Fox and Sally Alberts; uncles Quentin Alberts and Pierre Culbertson; many more nephews and nieces in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Richard was preceded in death by his father Joseph Abraham; his foster parents Max & Rose Jetty; brothers Stanley Abraham and Kenneth Abraham; foster brother Joseph Blackboy; paternal grandparents, Jerome and Jennie Abraham; maternal grandparents, Harry Culbertson and Alvina Alberts; his special great nephew Grant Davidson. Richard’s honorary pallbearers are all family and friends that where touched by his heart during his lifetime. Active Pallbearers: Glen Abraham, Randy Pearson, Davey Davidson, Roland Johnson, George Alberts and Lance Kimmerly.