Amanda Belle Jerome

Our loving mother, sister, grandma, aunt and dear friend, Amanda Belle Jerome, 42 of Tokio, ND passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2025 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND.

The Wake for Amanda will be held on Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 at the WoodLake Wellness Center, Tokio ND beginning at 5:00 p.m. with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. The procession to Tokio will leave at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday from the City Plaza, Devils Lake.

The Funeral Service will be on Thursday, June 5th at 10:00 a.m. also at the WoodLake Wellness Center with Reverend Larry Thiele officiating. Amanda will be laid to peaceful rest in the Bdecan Cemetery.

All Drum Groups are welcome to share their songs in memory of Amanda.

Amanda Belle, daughter of Debbie Jerome and Soloman Leftbear was born on December 28, 1982 in Devils Lake ND. She grew up on the Tokio/Woodlake area of the Spirit Lake Nation. She attended Warwick High School and with determination and hard work, earned her GED through the Cankdeska Cikana Community College in Fort Totten. She then continued at CCCC and was awarded a Liberal Arts Degree.

Amanda worked for a time at Sioux Manufacturing Corp. She then worked in housekeeping at many of the hotels in Devils Lake. She enjoyed this type of work and the satisfaction of leaving the clients of the hotel a nice, clean and neat room to enjoy during their stay. Most recently she worked a variety of jobs at the Spirit Lake Casino.

Amanda loved spending time with the family, especially her grandchildren. She never turned down a chance to go driving around or a nice road trip with her good friends and family. She also enjoyed shopping online.

Our precious Amanda is survived by her special friend Stacey “Chibb” Feather; very special grandson Klolynn King Redfox; father Solomon Leftbear; daughters Taniya, Taleya and Teagan Redfox and Sophia Dogskin; sons Talin Redfox and Ian Dogskin; grandchildren Paisley Redfox and Khalil Redfox; sisters RaeAnn Jerome, Chrystal (Brendon) LeftBear, Kara (Dion) Longie and Lisa TwoHearts; her many dear special nieces and nephews; special uncle Gabe “Sauv’ecita” Smith; aunts Bonnie Jerome, Bonnie Leftbear, Ramona Leftbear and Leola White; great grandma Sally Alberts, Winona Fox, and Lily Owlboy; great grandpa Jimmy Greene; special cousins Dana Baer, Samantha Baer, Marissa Baer and Rock Baer Jr. and many more dear cousins.

She was reunited with her beloved family. Her mother Debra Marie Jerome, sisters Jamie Dawn Jerome and Chloe Redfox, brother Hernando Kurt Jerome, aunt Jodi Handley, grandmother Darlene Jerome and grandfather Robert “Bobby” Greene and other precious relatives.

Active Pallbearers: Talin Reffox, Ethan Jerome, Lisa TwoHearts, Kara Longie, Chibb Feather, Lanny Leftbear, Fulton WhiteShield and Ryan Leftbear.

Honorary Bearers: Bonnie Leftbear and family, Nicole Longie and family, Ramona Leftbear and family, Alyssa Jackson and family, Brooke Redfox and family, Ranell Cavanaugh and family, Craig Estenson, Brooke Yankton, Fanette Lovejoy, Codi Malnourie, Wendy Danks and family, LeAnn Littleghost and family, Amanda Luedtke, Cathy TwoHearts, Shirissa Buckles, Amy Redfox and family, Sharon Georgeson and family, Anna Longie and family, Tina Longie and family, Synthia Longie and family, Jenn Longie and family, Debbie and Trisha Adams and family, Lisa Richotte and family, Chepa Owlboy and family, Bonnie Owlboy and family, Glen Abraham, Erica Philbrick and family, Sheila McKay, Felicity Tollefson, Dee DeMarce, Vanessa Cavanaugh and family, Angie and Sheeanne Jerome Neeland, Alberta Redfox and family, Joni TwoHearts and family, Kyle Redfox, Jake Redfox and Tyson Redfox.

If we forgot to name anyone it was not intentional. Amanda had so many friends and relatives and you all held a special place in her heart.