1980
Cheyenne
2009
Cheyenne Norcross
December 27, 1980 — September 25, 2009
Cheyenne L. Norcross, 28, Ponsford, MN, died Friday, September 25 from injuries received in an automobile accident near White Earth, MN. Funeral services will be Thursday, October 1 at the Pine Point Community Center in Ponsford, MN, with Mike Doll, officiating. Interment will be in the Norcross Family Cemetery in Ponsford. Friends may call from 5:00 PM Tuesday until 7:00 AM Wednesday at the Naytahwaush Charter School in Naytahwaush, MN and from 9:00 AM Wednesday until the time of the service at the Pine Point Community Center in Ponsford.
Cheyenne Lovely Norcross was born December 27, 1980 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Richard Basswood Jr. and Joycelyn Norcross. She was raised and educated in Ponsford and is a 2000 graduate of the Circle Of Life School in White Earth, MN. From the age of 6 she was raised by her grandparents, Margaret Norcross and George “Joe Bush” Fairbanks. Since her graduation from high school, she has been employed with the Northern Lights Casino in Walker, MN and, most recently, with the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, MN.
Cheyenne enjoyed traveling with her grandparents, spending time with her friends and talking on her cell phone.
Survivors include a son: Aaron Norcross – Ponsford, MN; her mother: Joycelyn Norcross – Ponsford, MN; her father: Richard Basswood Jr. – Ponsford, MN; her grandmother: Mary Jo Basswood – Ponsford, MN; brothers: Travis Norcross, Richard “Ricky” Basswood III, Dennis Norcross, and Marcell Basswood all of Ponsford; sisters: Melissa Warren, Tina Warren and Zee Gwun I Warren all of Ponsford; Jennifer Boswell – Minneapolis, MN; Aunts: Rhonda Lopez Norcross, Lorena Norcross, Roberta Basswood, Rhonda Basswood and Melissa Clark all of Ponsford, Uncles: Myron Norcross Jr. – Stillwater, MN; Vincent Norcross – Minneapolis, MN and Randy Basswood – Ponsford. Great Aunts: Chinda Rock, Deb Conklin, Margaret “Dolly” Basswood, Doris Weaver, Helen Butcher and Ivy Ailport all of Ponsford.
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