Paige M. Dahler ‘Waaseya-Migizikwe

Paige Dahler ‘Waaseya-Migizikwe, age 30, of Andover,  passed away Dec. 23, 2023, in Deerwood. Funeral service was Jan. 3, 2024, at Gethsemane Church in Ronneby, rural Foley. The Rev. Barbara Peterson officiated and burial took place at Ronneby Riverside Cemetery.  Visitation was at the church Wednesday.  Service with Dignity provided by the Foley Funeral Home. 

Paige Marie Dahler ‘Waaseya-Migizikwe was born March 2, 1993, in Coon Rapids to Risa Dahler and Derrick ‘Bo’ Johnson. She graduated from Coon Rapids High School, class of 2010. She went on to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in business at the Carlson School of Business, University of Minnesota. Paige worked with the Department of Justice as an advocate for missing and deceased Native American women, spending much of her efforts in Alaska. She was an entrepreneur, was brilliant, creative and kind hearted.  She started two of her own companies; Sunrise Stone and Paige Bay Designs and sold crystals for many years.  She traveled to India with her mother to be licensed as a yoga instructor.  Paige loved animals, was a free spirit, loved astrology, traveling and hiking. Paige was proud of her Anishinaabe and Swedish heritage and a descendent of the Ojibwe White Earth Reservation Tribe. Most of all, Paige was a social justice crusader and loved learning about all cultures. She was an advocate for anyone who could not advocate for themselves.    

She is survived by her mother Risa Dahler, of Andover; grandparents Charlene (Bob) Sromek of Princeton,  Jeff (Suzanne) of Soderberg, Florida, Jamie Cyson, Roxie Dahler; great-grandmothers Rita Novak and Eileen Bialka; uncle Luke (Katie Jo) Dahler and their children Emma Jo, Westly and Austin; as well as Cody Cyson, Andrew Regguinti, Joseph Regguinti and on her fathers side Derrick Johnson, Molly Johnson-Marion and step-siblings Emma and Connor Johnson; and her beloved fur baby, Lucia. She was preceded in death by her grandfather Dennis Dahler, grandmother Trudy Johnson and great-grandparents Adam Novak and Pearl Johnson.    

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