Marie Edith Thompson was born October 4, 1974 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Robert TeJohn and Sandra K. Thompson. She grew up in Minneapolis and White Earth. She attended schools in Minneapolis, Bagley, Pine Point and Circle of Life. In 1992, Marie graduated from Heart of The Earth Survival School where she was the class valedictorian. After finishing school she moved back to White Earth. While in White Earth she worked at Shooting Star Casino. Marie worked in a few different positions before she started in the Black Jack department where she worked the floor and also as the Pit Boss. She later took a job as a custodian at Circle of Life School until her untimely death. She will be sadly missed by her family and co-workers.
Marie is survived by her daughter, Roslyn Fritsch and son, Rohan Fritsch, both of White Earth, along with her brother Robert Thompson of Ogema, MN; two sisters, Samantha Fast Horse of St. Paul, MN and Nichole Thompson of White Earth. She was preceded in death by her grandmothers, Elsie M. Curtie (Jones) and Myrtle E. Thompson; mother, Sandra K. Thompson and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins