Ariel Raye Cavanaugh, 32, of St. Michael, ND, began her journey on Friday, February 21, 2025 at Altru in Grand Forks, ND.

Ariel was the daughter of Vanessa Cavanaugh and Gerard Curley, she was born on May 13, 1992 in Devils Lake, ND.  Ariel attended school at Four Winds and Devils Lake Middle School.  Then later attended Job Corps in Minot and then volunteered at Senior Services, where she helped deliver meals to the elderly.  She then met, Lorman Owlboy Sr. and had their daughter, Loren Owlboy on October 12, 2012.  They made a home on heart road, where they had chickens, a lama and horses.  She then moved to Grand Forks, where she lived for two years, she then moved back to Devils Lake with her birds.  She worked at Cankdeska Community College and then Super 8. 

Ariel loved to be around friends and family.  She liked driving around listening to music, sitting down by the lake, cooking out and bringing her nieces and nephews swimming. Ariel had a very joyful spirit. She was ambitious and liked to joke and laugh around.

We ask that you remember her not for the way her life ended but for the way it was lived.

Ariel is survived by her mother, Vanessa Cavanaugh; step dad, Mark Littleghost; her only child, Loren Owlboy; her sisters, Jerrica (Stephen) Curley, Marissa Littleghost, Trinity Littleghost, Cristina and Stevy Payne and Grace and Jerri Curley; brothers, Marcus (Miranda) Curley, Ashton Littleghost, Mason Payne, Mark Littleghost Jr., Joey Thumb and Ridge Payne; grandmothers, Rose, Lynda and Amelia Curley, Cathy Twohearts, Maxine Buckles, Patty Twohearts, Becky Twohearts and Myra Quinn; grandpas, Butch, Clark, and Jeff Cavanaugh; uncles, Robby Romie and Kyle Cavanaugh, Joey Blackboy and John Jetty; aunties, Mary Thompson, Connie Poorbear, Jodie and Joy Blackboy, Lydia and Bonnie Cavanaugh and Shirlee Feather; nieces, Miley and Cassidy Curley, Madison Goodbird, Kaelynn Patricia, Cleo Jackson and Nariyah Whiteman; nephews, Jace Curley, Marcus Curley Jr., Mason Goodbird, Kaiden Jackson and Lathan Azure; special friend, Carlos Wadsworth; cousins, Amber and Lance Cavanaugh, Rashawn, Porsha, Paris, and taylor Thompson, Amanda Alberts, Ozzy, Damion, and Elvis Whiteshield, Saberina Charboneau, and a very special cousin she considered her own, Cameron Thompson 

She is preceded in death by Percy Cavanaugh, George Cavanaugh, Cynthia Poorbear, Martez Curley, Felicia Owlboy, Samatha Fox, Doris Denne and Melinda Whiteman.

PALLBEARERS

Marcus Curley ~ Geri Demarce ~ Chelsea Carpenter ~ Mark Littleghost Jr. ~ Miranda Alberts ~ Ashton Littleghost

HONORARY BEARERS

Dallas Charboneau, T-Girl, Katelynn Christiansen, Frankie Chaske & family, Cathy TwoHearts & family, Lila Anderson & family, Art & Carla Carmona, Myra Cavanaugh, Aggie Cavanaugh, Shirlene Feather, Lisa TwoHearts, Candace Denne, Carlee Wadsworth, Mitchell, Nikki & Sonni Owlboy, Cherlyn Littlewind, Darla Theile, Rena Lohnes, Sherry Thompson & family, Mark Littleghost Sr., Brittany DuBois, Ranita & Bud Shaw, Marty Thumb, Elvis Thumb Sr., Michelle Merrick, Kelsey White Buffalo, Lynn Littleghost, DJ Charboneau, Patti Kraft & family, Alfreda Dun & family, Francis & Terry Halsey, Maggie Chaske, Blakely Chaske, Cooper Chaske, Montana Chaske, Willard Chaske Jr., Alex Wanataan, Paradise Wallace, James Alberts Sr., Darlene Wadsworth and family, Derrick Jackson and Drum Group, Inez Belgrade, Altru ICU Staff and Sunshine House. Sorry if we forgot anyone during this hard time, it wasn’t intentional.

Ariel’s Wake will be Monday, March 3, 2025, at 5:00PM followed by a Prayer Service at 7:00PM all at St Michael Tek Center, St. Michael, ND.

 Friends wishing to join the procession from New Rockford to Fort Totten/St. Michael may gather on St. Jerome’s Road, Fort Totten, prior to 4:15PM.

A Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 11:00AM at St Michael Tek Center, St Michael, ND.

Her Burial will be at the St Michael Cemetery.