Natalie Weyaus

** Floral Web Store Is Not Available. To Order, Please Call (320) 532-4132 ** Banzoo Gebech, Natalie Weyaus, age 76 passed away on June 29, 2023. Visitation will begin at 7 PM on Sunday, July 2, 2023, at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10 AM on Monday, July 3, 2023, at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation with Nazhike officiating. Interment will be in St. Therese Little Flower Cemetery. Natalie was born on November 25, 1946, in Cloquet, Minnesota, to John and Nancy (Benjamin) Garbow. She graduated from Saint Cloud State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education along with many certifications. Throughout her life, Natalie has been a role model not just as a working woman but also as a responsible and traditional member of the community. She thinks that’s why she was chosen to be a judge and a drum society member by her Elders Art Gahbow and Marge and Merlin Anderson. She was always interested in learning and teaching others. Natalie was a math and science teacher and a Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, where it was her purpose to protect the land and water until her retirement in 2019. She was elected to be a Chief Justice and was a director for the Iowa State Biizindadidaa Prevention Program. She was loved by many and will be dearly missed by all. Natalie is survived by her daughters, Ginger, Vanessa; son, Travis; sisters, Letitia, Alicia, Dorinda; grandchildren, April, Dallas, Sierra, Tes, Cassandra, Harmonie, Savannah, Aiyanna, Wyndessa, Ira, Jancy, Giyanna; great-grandchildren, Riley, Sean, Terrance, Kayloni, Jay, Arieauna, Michael, Tristan Jr.; and many loving nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Weyaus; parents, John and Nancy (Benjamin) Garbow; sons, Christopher, Timothy;; Sisters, Cordella, Delia, Myrna; brothers, Reginald, Myron; Granddaughter, Serena; grandparents, John Garbow Sr. and Cobay Bedausky, John Benjamin and Hattie Merrill.

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Natalie Weyaus

November 25, 1946 - June 29, 2023