Pecita Minunette Norwood Lonewolf, Native American advocate
Pecita Minunette Norwood Lonewolf, 82, of Millsboro, passed away in the care of Harbor Healthcare in Lewes Saturday, April 7, 2018.
She was an accomplished advocate and servant of the Native American Tribes. She was born in Baltimore Hundred, Millsboro Jan. 17, 1936, to the late Robert S. and Jeanette Mosley Johnson Norwood. She was a graduate of Harmon School, and the Haskell Institute (now Haskell University). She took a position with the Bureau of Indian Affairs as an employment guidance counselor for American Indians throughout the United States.
She married Donald William Lonewolf of the Kiowa Tribe in Oklahoma, and raised two children. Mr. Lonewolf was incapacitated as the result of an auto accident, and she had to care for him till he passed away in 1972. She went on to become a program specialist for the Department of Health and Human Services for administration of Head Start programs for American Indian children all over the country. Eventually she became the director of economic development programs on Indian reservations in the United States and foreign territories.
After 32 years of federal service, she moved back to Millsboro, and was very active in her own tribe, the Nanticokes. She served many offices in her beloved Seventh Day Adventist Church in Millsboro. Her hobbies were: service to the community, family and church, Indian crafts, and a love of reading.
She is survived by her two sons: Donald Martell Lonewolf and his wife Laura of Grants Pass, Ore., and Merril D. Lonewolf of Millsboro. She has three sisters: Detsy Wright of Millsboro, Jitter Norwood of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Splinter Norwood, also of Oklahoma City. Also surviving are two grandchildren: Donald Lonewolf Jr.; and Sim Lonewolf Sr. There are three great-grandchildren: Aaliyah Lonewolf; Sim Lonewolf Jr.; and Quinn Lonewolf.
A funeral service is planned for noon, Sunday, April 15, at the Millsboro Seventh Day Adventist Church, with a viewing and visitation with the family from 11 a.m. till noon. Pastor Stephan Boyce will officiate, and the eulogist will be Pastor Colby Matlock. Interment follows in the SDA Cemetery which is beside the church.
Electronic condolences to www.watsonfh.com.
