Hailey Pearl Tollefson

Hailey “My Tiny Pearl” Tollefson, “Naġi Ho Wasté, (Pretty Voice Spirit), 24 of Devils Lake and St. Michael ND passed away on Monday, December 12, 2022 at home.

The Wake for Hailey will be held on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at St. Michael’s Recreation Center beginning at 5:00 p.m. with a Prayer Service and Time of Remembrance at 7:00 p.m. The procession to St. Michael will leave at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday from City Plaza.

Funeral Services will be on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at the Recreation Center with Pastor Paul Young officiating. Burial will be at the Tollefson Family Ranch.

Hailey Pearly was born on September 10, 1998 in Devils Lake ND, the daughter of John and Mary (Redfox) Tollefson. She was raised in the Warwick and attended Warwick High School.

Hailey loved to get her picture taken, dress up and she loved singing her heart out. Hailey also loved spending time with her sisters and brother. She loved being with her Dad, spending most of her time with him. She was her Dad’s “baby tiny”. You never saw Hailey without her precious daughter Andreza.

She was a part of the Class of 2017 and will be missed by so many. Especially her close friend Darren Iceman Jr. and his children Xoey Iceman and Xavier Iceman.

Hailey’s loving family left to grieve her death. Her daughter Andreza Tollefson; parents Mary and John Tollefson II; siblings Felicity, John III, Sydney, Shelby, Kinsley and McKinley; nieces Durrani, CarterJo, JoLynn, Aspen, Milah, Ariya, Quinn, Keya, Presley and Jaysha; nephews King, Tobie, Logan, Kade, Jon Jr. Noah, Dalen, Keilan, Jax, and Ashton; grandparents John and Marva Tollefson, Alberta Redfox, Geraldine Redfox, Chuck (Rhea) Longie, Bonnie Leftbear, Clarence Leftbear Sr., Louie Garcia, Helena Littleghost, Skip Longie, Sharon Georgeson, Leticia Littleghost, Mark (Vanessa) Littleghost, Marilyn Littleghost, Bud and Renita Shaw, Jeaneen Littleghost, Onna Littleghost, Nancy Thomas, Marylou Steinhaus, Elizabeth McGarvey, Roberta Littleghost, Johanna Hunt, Darla (Larry) Thiele, Lorna (Ronald Sr.) WalkingEagle, Sheila, Adeline, Joan, June, Julie, and Karen Blueshield, Richard Littleghost, Alvin Blueshield, Eric Dubois, Daniel Tollefson, Rudolph Tollefson; uncles and aunts Robin (Jeff Azure) Tikanye, Mike (Dacia) Tollefson, Curtiss Tollefson, Johnson Tollefson, Josiah Tikanye, Eugene (Lynn) Littleghost, Tiffany Littleghost, Fallon Littleghost, Colton Littleghost, Shaquille Littleghost, Ricardo Littleghost, Jodie (Brian Morken) Longie, Joel Redfox, Russell Littleghost, Rory (Kayla) Littleghost, Mark Littleghost Jr., Wade Longie, Clarence Longie, Amy HolyWing; cousins Steve Jr., Johnathan, Sarah, Fredrick, Erica, Talin, Cameron, Avery, Angie, Lisa, Eryx, Eugene II, Hannah, Rielly, Kalee, Shanice, Tayla, Tashina, Chelsea, Gimanawaste, Dante, Taylor, Dacia, Gabby.

She follows to the Spirit World, grandparents, great grandparents and great great grandparents, Rudolph and Eustean Tollefson, Eugene, and Elizabeth (Waanatan) Littleghost, William and Eva (Longie) Waanatan, James and Agnes (Feather) Littleghost, Inkpá Duta, Chief BlackEagle, Francis Littleghost, Jordan Littleghost, Jerome Waanatan, Willard Leftbear, Hilda Garcia, Joan Redfox, Annie Redfox, Kay Redfox, Archie Redfox Sr.; sister April Tollefson; niece Genesis Azure; nephews Billy Eugene Tollefson and Johnathan Wayne Tikanye Jr. and other special family Geoffrey Leftbear and Drew Longie.

Pallbearers will be John Tollefson II, Joe Azure, Dante Tollefson, Tayler Tollefson, Joel Redfox II, Steven Redfox II, Darren Iceman Jr., and Mike Tollefson. Honorary Pallbearers are Hailey’s dearest friends KayLeann Lohnes, Rayanne Leaf, Maddy Leaf, Shanice Redfox, Kimberly Nelson, Jesse Davis, Randy Barber, Rayanne Jerome, Kyle Lawrence, Brooklyn Belgarde, Katelyn Omen, Emma Thumb, Bryeann Robertson, Lola Waanatan, Dixie Omen, Ariana richotte, Kaysen Redfox, Christian Ironroad, Mike Denne, Nick Auker and Logan, Spirit Lake Ambulance.  

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