Annie Redfox

Annie RedFox, “Oyate Hona Honpi Win” (People Hear Her Voice)71 of the Tokio/Warwick area, died on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at the Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Visitation for Annie will be held on Friday, July 16, 2010 at the Woodlake Recreation Center, Tokio, ND from 5:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Funeral Services for Annie will be held on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Woodlake Recreation Center with burial in the Bdecan Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Tokio. Officiating Ministers will be Rev. Enright Bighorn, Rev Evan Elk and Jr. American Horse. Music will be provided by Loretta Stensland and family, American Horse family, Elk Family and anyone else who would like to come and share their music. The procession to the Woodlake Recreation Center will leave at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 16, 2010 from Wal-Mart. Serving as First Pallbearers for Annie will be Joel Redfox, Robert Redfox, Archie Adam Redfox, Matt Georgeson, Wade Longie and Jay Littlewind. Second Pallbearers for Annie will be Renae IronHawk, Lisa Georgeson, Jolene Littlewind, Michele Redfox, Stephanie Tikayne, Amy Redfox, Ranell Cavanaugh and Delphine Tikayne. Honorary Bearers will be Cheryl GoodIron, Violet Smith, Elmer Brown, Tonto Demarce, Bobby Brown, Cindy Bighorn, Ordell Guy,, Harold and Lavonna Gessner, Rosalie Baer, Darlene Wadsworth, Vivian Jetty, Bob and Ada Lower, Jim Dustin and family, Verdelia American Horse, Corrine Tikayne-Stretches, Ray and Kristy Hofner, Paul and Sara Young, Paul and Loretta Stensland, Inez Greene, Spirit Lake Elderly Program and the Altru ICU/Palliative Care Team and Nancy Joyner. Annie Marie was born on January 16, 1939 at Fort Totten, ND the daughter of Archie and Gertrude (Crow) Redfox Sr. Her adopted parents, Ephraim and Mary Hill Sr. were also very important in her life. She spent her grade school and most of her high school years at the School for the Blind at Bathgate, ND and graduated from the School for the Blind in Grand Forks, ND. Annie then attended and graduated from the American Indian Bible School in Phoenix, Arizona. Annie returned to North Dakota and the Spirit Lake Nation where she worked with the local Food Pantry and the Youth at the Bdecan Presbyterian Church. She also served on the Board of the Spirit Lake Elderly Program. Annie’s faith sustained her through many hardships. Even though she was legally blind, Annie read her Bible from cover to cover four times. She was the church organist and loved to sing and share those hymns of faith at weddings and funerals. She enjoyed traveling to the different revivals and tent meetings throughout the country. Annie shared her faith and the blessings she received from God in so many ways. She always had a warm welcome for anyone who came to her home and her door was always open to her grandchildren and their friends. Again, Annie did not let her handicap keep her from making hundreds of hand stitched crazy quilts and braided rugs. She also was truly dedicated to participating in the monthly, Elderly’s Day Outing. This was a time of fun and fellowship for her. When her health kept her closer to home and family, Annie enjoyed the company of Kiesha’s little guard dog, Cocoa. Annie leaves to mourn her passing her aunt, Mary Hill; brothers and sisters, Archie (Geraldine) Redfox Jr., Sharon (Albin) Georgeson, Hilda (Louie) Garcia, Alberta Redfox, Kay Redfox and Cecil Longie; god children, Tyler Redfox, Tia Hobson, Ira Woodhull, Katherine Wentzel and Isaac Woodhull; Many cousins, many, many, nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Annie was preceded in death by her parents, Archie and Gertrude Redfox Sr.; adopted father, Ephraim Hill Sr.; grandparents, Solomon and Mary Redfox and Samuel and Agnes Crow; uncle, Norman Adam; brothers and sisters, June Redfox, Bernice Redfox, Etta Redfox, Francis Tikayne, Karen Redfox, Leroy Redfox, Joanne Redfox, Robert Redfox, Miriam Redfox, Floyd Westerman and Cris Westerman and several nieces, nephews and grandchildren and close friends.