Man confesses to killing near Cowboys bar
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — A Gallup man who police say confessed to hitting
another man — who later died — with a large rock in
the face at least 10 times the day before Thanksgiving will make
his court appearance today.
Devin David, 18, of 1008 N. Strong Drive, is scheduled for a preliminary
hearing in Magistrate Court this morning to determine whether
prosecutors have enough evidence to take David to trial for the
death of Andrew Begay, 45, of Church Rock, who was dead that night
at the scene of the railroad tracks between Cowboys Saloon and
the Independent.
According to police reports of the incident that night, Begay's
wife, Eloise Shirley, 45, witnessed the beating and ran to Cowboys
to notify police.
In the transcript of a tape-recorded interview with David, the
teen confessed to hitting Begay "10 to 15" times with
a rock about 6 inches wide.
Gallup Police Lt. John Allen released the interview transcript
to the Independent this week.
In the transcript, David told Gallup Police detectives Matthew
Wright and Sgt. Rick White that he and his friends were drinking
alcohol and then walked around Rio West Mall. At one point, David
said he passed out from intoxication.
When he awakened, people at the mall told him he should leave
before someone calls the protective custody van on him to take
him to the detoxification center. David left the mall and walked
toward Cowboys.
He met up with "some guy," who offered David liquor
to drink. David said he drank about a pint.
He said he was drinking when a man, later identified as Begay,
walked up to David, called him a derogatory name and threw two
rocks at David. The first rock didn't strike David, but the second
rock hit him in the face, David said in the transcript.
"What's up, man, why you throwing rocks at me?" David
asked Begay.
David said Begay pushed David to the ground, and David blacked
out again.
"When I snapped (awake), I was on top of him (Begay), hitting
his face, telling him, 'What were you doing with the rock?'"
David told the detectives.
After hitting him with the rock in the face about 10 or 15 times,
David said he stopped and got off of Begay. He said Begay wasn't
answering him or saying anything, he was just "groaning."
David told the detectives that Begay was bleeding but not "too
much." The teen said he doesn't remember talking to anyone
else after he left, when he began walking toward Payless Laundry
on Maloney Avenue to wash the blood off his hands. The police
caught him at the laundry before he could wash his hands, he said.
The detectives asked David if he thinks it's possible he killed
Begay. David said he "could have."
In the Gallup Police report the night of the beating, witnesses
told police that David met up with them that night and asked them
for alcohol. A witness said David told them: "Let me drink
with you or I'm going to kill you like I killed this other guy."
The witnesses said they ran away from David, and David chased
them for a while before he went to Payless Laundry and was arrested
by police.
David faces the charge of an open count of murder.
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Driver killed at Burnside Junction
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
BURNSIDE JUNCTION — A semi tractor-trailer that slid on icy Arizona
Route 264 rammed a second vehicle head-on, killing the smaller vehicle's
driver at the scene.
The collision happened about 4:15 p.m. Nov. 31 at Mile Post 442 which
is where 264, U.S. 191 and BIA Route 15 intersect about five miles
west of Ganado, according to the Window Rock Criminal Investigations
District report. Ganado High School is located on the southwest corner
of the intersection.
Robbie D. Livingston, 58, of Quemado, N.M., died at the scene when
her eastbound vehicle was hit head-on by the sliding semi driven by
Arlene Harvey, 29, of Tsaile. Harvey's rig went off the highway and
overturned. She was taken to an unidentified hospital with unlisted
injuries.
Livingston is the 102nd person to die so far this year in a traffic
wreck on the Navajo Reservation. Last year there were 96 fatalities.
Gallup woman injured
TSE BONITO — A 27-year-old rural Gallup woman was flown to the
University of New Mexico hospital after being ejected in an alcohol-related
one-vehicle rollover near Mile Post 2 on N.M. Route 264.
The Window Rock Criminal Investigations District report identified
her as Letha Ann Young, who lives about three miles from N.M. Route
602 south of Gallup.
A Navajo Law Enforcement Department officer was headed west near
Mile Post 12 on
Nov. 27 when a vehicle passed him, so he followed, but not in hot
pursuit with lights and siren, the report said.
Around Mile Post 4 he lost sight of the vehicle, but found it overturned
off the divided highway and the driver ejected near Mile Post 2, the
report said.
Two dead
BORREGO PASS — Alcohol is being blamed for a domestic violence
incident that led to the deaths of a husband and wife around 12:30
a.m. Tuesday.
According to the Crownpoint Criminal Investigations District report,
Brenda Mescale, 37, and Harrison, Mescale, 48, were involved in a
domestic disturbance about 11:45 p.m. Monday outside their home about
three miles east of the local store.
The report said they argued a second time in a remote woody area near
their home and the husband fatally stabbed the wife, then fatally
strangled himself.
Man dies from exposure
KLAGETOH — A 68-year-old Klagetoh man froze to death Dec. 1 while
apparently hiking to get a ride to relatives in Many Farms.
According to the Window Rock Criminal Investigations District report,
David Wilson was last seen on Nov. 24 when he set out to visit his
sister in the community about 65 miles to the north.
When he didn't arrive, the family launched a search for him, finding
him on the trail near Klagetoh. He lived about seven miles east of
the local store. The report added that an empty Garden DeLuxe tokay
wine bottle was found with him.
"Winter is here and we urge everyone to notify family or friends
before they leave as to what route they are taking. That's the best
advice we can give," said Department Spokesman Captain Samson
Cowboy.
People also should dress warm along with carrying some food and water,
but not alcohol, authorities recommend. At least one signaling device,
such as a whistle or flashlight, also should be taken along, as should
matches or a lighter to start a fire to keep warm.
Boys intervene for mom
DENNEHOTSO — Navajo police had to arrest two boys who intervened
when their father allegedly hit their mother in an alcohol-related
incident around 5 a.m. Tuesday.
According to the Kayenta Law Enforcement District report, Arthur Yazzie,
no age listed, hit his wife Kathleen Yazzie, 48, at their home about
one-quarter of a mile north of Mile Post 417 on U.S. 160.
Their sons, ages 16 and 17, intervened by hitting and kicking their
father. One of the boys wore steel-tipped boots that cut their father's
face, sending him to the IHS clinic in Kayenta, the report said.
Officers booked both boys at the Tuba City juvenile hall.
Unused house burns
CHINLE — An unused home about a half-mile north of the Coca Cola
warehouse on the north side of town burned to the ground around 8
p.m. Nov. 22 after someone apparently tried to build a fire to keep
warm and dry on a cold, rainy day.
According to the Chinle Law Enforcement District report, the home
is owned by Christopher Descheenie of Chinle. Because of the rainy
weather officers were not able to identify the tracks of the people
who started the blaze.
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Panel to NAPI appointees: Yes-No
Committee nullifies confirmations after appointees
leave town
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
WINDOW ROCK — Three highly qualified appointees to the NAPI Board
of Directors left the Navajo Nation Economic Development Committee
meeting late Wednesday morning knowing that their confirmations, sought
by Navajo President Kelsey Begaye, had been approved.
The appointees are in for a surprise. They will learn today, if they
didn't last night, that committee members later reconvened, after
4 p.m. Wednesday, and nullified the confirmations. That leaves, at
least for now, delegates Tom LaPahe, Ervin Keeswood Sr. and George
Arthur on the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry farm board.
Under enabling legislation and a new NAPI Plan of Operation passed
during the tribal council's July summer session, new requirements
for farm board members were approved to help turn around the financially
devastated farm. There are to be no elected officials of any kind
on the new board. Each member must have a bachelor of science degree.
And at least three of the new members must have extensive experience
in agribusiness commercial farming.
That's where the three appointees, selected by a search team including
Division of Natural Resources Director Arvin Trujillo, enter the picture.
One, Jerald L. Martin, is a senior vice president for global purchasing
for the Frito-Lay Co., based in Dallas. Another, James R. Manassero,
is an executive vice president in charge of growing operations for
D'Arrigo Bros., a large vegetable producer based in Salinas, Calif.
The third appointee, Daniel A. O' Neill, is an assistant vice president
for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., based in Lakewood, Kan., where
he's in charge of agricultural investments for the western United
States.
All three were in attendance during EDC's Wednesday's morning session.
After their confirmations, they were whisked off to the Albuquerque
airport.
Acting Chief Legislative Counsel Frank Seanez worked with EDC members
on two amendments before the resolution previously approving the confirmations
was tabled by a 3-1 vote with two abstentions. First, Seanez said,
declarations of vacancy were never made before the NAPI board positions
were advertised. That would leave the door open to a legal challenge
by any of the replaced board members, including the three delegates,
Seanez said.
In addition, an amendment was approved by EDC that asks for President
Begaye to turn the appointees' negotiated contracts over to its members
for approval, once the President's Office is done with them.
"We're disappointed," said Begaye's chief of staff, Derrick
Watchman, reached Wednesday night in Denver where he and Trujillo
are attending a tribal energy summit. "We need to talk to the
committee and see what concerns they have."
"As far as we're concerned, we put the best candidates forward,
because that's what the Plan of Operation calls for," Watchman
added.
Trujillo said outside Council Chambers after the confirmations that
he feared the committee might recall the appointments.
"Some time tomorrow, they (the appointees) are going to be told
they're not on the board," Shiprock Delegate Wallace Charley
said Wednesday night. "It's embarrassing."
Charley said he understood that Seanez was saving the committee from
future challenges, and added that the committee's concerns were valid.
Whoever goofed the sequence on declaration of vacancies made an unfortunate
mistake, because each day wasted without a professional farm board
to turn around NAPI fortunes is a potential day closer to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs and Congress deciding to take away federal funding
from the farm and its still-developing water system, the Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project, Charley said.
Since NAPI opened in 1976, the federal government has invested $158
million in farm development, and more than $500 million in NIIP
development.
However, farm acreage in production has declined from an all-time
high of about 65,000 acres to a low of about 30,000 acres this year.
The tribal council had to approve a $10 million bailout in July just
so NAPI could have a 2001 growing season. A Mid Kansas Agri Co.
report
released to the council in February found that from 1995-99, the
farm lost almost $12 million
in operating revenue when it should have been earning up to $5 million
in yearly profit.
For 2000, NAPI's operating loss was more than $5 million. Huge investments
have been made with little to show for it, Charley said, adding that
is why the appointees are so desperately needed.
"Yet today, we have only to show 120 jobs," Charley said.
"That tells you something."
Claudine Riddle, a Farmington Realtor who has worked years with NAPI
employees, she hopes none of the three appointees decide to pull out
of the process as a result of Wednesday's actions.
"These professional people have agreed to serve, to help NAPI,"
she said. "It makes no sense to get them appointed, then unappointed.
What are we doing for the Navajo people? The same thing: Nothing."
Besides LaPahe, Keeswood and Arthur, the NAPI board includes Gary
Nelson and Colleen Curtis. President Begaye told the committee they
would be asked to step down. Begaye said Keeswood and LaPahe would
also be asked to step down, since they don't meet the new board criteria.
Board membership requires one member to reside in grazing District
13, where San Juan/Nenahnezad Delegate Arthur is situated, and one
to represent District 19. Begaye proposed keeping Arthur on the board
through March 5, a period of 90 days, and keeping present board member
Ervin Chavez, who resides in District 19, until his term runs out
in February 2003.
Keeping Arthur on the board did not go over well with Keeswood and
Charley. Keeswood said he has several problems with the resolution,
two reasons being it doesn't say whom the new appointees are replacing,
and doesn't state that he and LaPahe are disqualified.
"It didn't happen," said Keeswood, the Hogback delegate.
Charley said for President Begaye to keep Arthur on the board while
seeking removal of LaPahe and Keeswood is "an outright violation
of the (new) Plan of Operation." "The bottom line is, George
Arthur doesn't meet any of the criteria," Charley said.
The Independent attempted to reach Arthur Wednesday, who along with
fellow members of the Resources Committee is on travel all week in
Las Vegas, Nev.
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Wrestling: Gallup vs. Grants
Santiago Ramos
Staff Sports Writer
GRANTS — As expected, 5A Gallup dominated 3A's Grants and Wingate
during a triangular wrestling meet Wednesday evening.
Gallup downed Grants 46-27 and then dominated Wingate 60-18. Grants
whipped Wingate 54-24. Tohatchi was a no show for the planned quadrangular
meet.
Gallup and Grants will be off this weekend. Wingate along with the
Bengal and Pirate JV teams will be competing in the Tohatchi Invitational
Saturday. Gallup will resume action a week from Friday with a dual
meet at Albuquerque High.
"We had a lot of wrestling going on the past six days,"
Gallup wrestling coach Marvin Gray said. "Our wrestlers had 10
matches in six days. Today we pretty much dominated Grants and Wingate.
Grants is developing a program. We believe that their program will
be tougher down the road. Ours is at a higher level than theirs and
Wingate."
Gallup forfeited three matches at 125, 130 and 135 to Grants. Both
teams forfeited at 103. Grants forfeited at 112 and 215.
The Bengals recorded a total of five pins over the Pirates.
At 140 Gallup's Butch Espinosa pinned Grants' Johnny Gallegos in the
second period; at 145 Gallup's Nick Salas pinned Grants' Ben Bridges
in the first period; at 152 unbeaten Zach Haynes (10-0) pinned Grants'
Jochen Singer in the first period; at 189 Gallup's Rocko Espinsoa
pinned Grants' Joey Vallejos in the first period; and at 275 Gallup's
Justin Arviso pinned Grants' Michael Lucero in the first period.
The Bengals also had Doug Young (10-0) score a 15-6 major decision
over Grants' Joey Rivera at 160.
Grants scored points at 119 as Grants junior Mario Rios, who placed
sixth at state last year, decisioned Gallup's BJ McCollum 8-6 and
at 171 as Grants sophomore Cody Rivera, who was fourth at state at
160, pinned Gallup's Clint Wood in the first period.
Against Wingate, Gallup again forfeited at 125, 130, and 135. Wingate
forfeited at 112, 119, 140 and 160. Both teams forfeited at 103.
Gallup posted five pins in the other six weight classes.
At 145 Salas pinned Wingate's Roger Marten in the first period; at
152 Haynes pinned Gerald Belone in the first period; at 171 Wood pinned
Wingate's Stacy Begay in the first period; at 189 Espinosa pinned
Wingate's Cameron Brown in the first period; and at 275 Arviso pinned
Wingate's Vincent Perry in the first period. At 215 Gallup's Jason
Bennett won by default over Wingate's Frank Ethelbah.
"Gallup was too tough for us," Wingate coach Ron Keevama
said. "We're inexperienced with freshmen and sophomores."
Keevama pointed out that junior Lavar Peterson won at 135 at the Kirtland
Central Invitational last weekend while sophomore Roger Martin Jr.
placed third.
Grants easily beat Wingate 54-24 in their match as the Pirates scored
five pins.
Grants' Kyle Ashbaugh pinned Wingate's Leo Garcia in the third period
at 119; Grants' Thomas Hunter pinned Wingate's Leander Dawes in the
second period at 125; Grants' Jochen Singer pinned Wingate's Gerald
Belone in the second period at 152; Grants' Cody Rivera pinned Wingate's
Stacy Begay in the first period at 171 and Grants' Josh Vallejos pinned
Wingate's Cameron Brown in the second period at 189.
"Cody (Rivera) and Thomas (Hunter) were outstanding as they won
both of their matches today by pins," Cordova said of his 171-pounder
and 125-pounder.
Wingate had a pair of pins with Bear Lavar Peterson pinning Grants'
Cody Smith in the first period at 135 and Bear Roger Marten pinning
Grants' Ben Bridges in the first period at 145.
Grants head coach Mike Cordova said that the Pirate wrestling program
was progressed over the last several years after being non-existent
for eight years from 1989 to 1997.
"The team has grown each year," said Cordova who has 10
wrestlers back from last year's district runnerup squad and three
that placed at state. "The first year we were learning to walk,
the second year we learned how to trot, the third year we learned
how to run and this year we're going to sprint. Last Thursday we beat
Bernalillo and Socorro decisively by scores of 41-27 and 42-30."
Cordova says he's expecting senior 145-pounder George Vigil, who placed
sixth at state, to be back in action and recovered from a injured
arm from the football season.
At Kirtland last weekend, Hunter placed second at 130, Cody Rivera
placed second at 171, Joey Rivera placed third at 171, Singer placed
third at 152 and Ashbaugh placed fourth at 125.
Gallup coach Gray noted that all three head coaches from Gallup, Grants
and Wingate along with two of the assistants from Gallup and Wingate
are former Gallup High wrestlers and former Gallup High graduates.
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Panel postpones Blue Cross sale
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — The Navajo Inter Government Relations Committee
on Monday accepted three grants for more than $700,000, tabled two
proposals and rejected another involving $370 million.
A resolution asking New Mexico officials to put a Navajo on the non-profit
foundation resulting from the sale of Blue Cross-Blue Shield was ordered
to be rewritten.
In addition to its negative 1-6-1 vote on the Public Law 93-638 proposed
$370 million contract to take over the Navajo Area Indian Health Service,
the committee unanimously tabled a $207,176 Utah grant to buy computers,
software and
telecommunications equipment as a violation of the Resources Committee's
moratorium on accepting any telecommunications proposals until a tribal
commission is established...
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Local theater explores social issues
Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Special to the Independent
GALLUP — Over the next two weekends three different theatre productions
will be staged in Gallup, with subjects running the gamut from holiday
family entertainment to a one-man show that explores anti-Semitism
and homophobia.
Pigs and dwarves
The Gallup Community Theatre will be presenting "Christmas Pantomime,"
a humorous takeoff on two old European fairy tales, The Three Little
Pigs and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The family oriented production
will be staged at 7 p.m. this Friday and Saturday, as well as next
weekend, December 14-15, at the theatre in Gallery 211, 211 West Coal.
The cast, mostly composed of local children, is directed by Edward
Bird, who also portrays the Greedy Pig in the first screwball fairy
tale and the Prince in the second. Silly, slapstick elements should
appeal to kids of all ages, and Bird's stage antics are always worth
the price of admission. ..
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Civil Air Patrol recruiting members
Bill Donovan
Staff Writer
GALLUP — The local chapter of the Civil Air Patrol is looking
for a few modern Sky Kings.
Down to only five senior members and 40 cadets, the local chapter
is now in a recruiting drive in order to increase awareness of the
organization and also hopefully to get a few more members.
Local Commander Richard Naumann said the chapter is especially looking
to recruit local pilots who, like the Sky King character who was
popular in a 1950s television series, would be available to help
in air rescue and emergency services.
Because of the lack of pilots, the Gallup CAP has been restricted
in what it can do, with members spending most of their time in the
cadet program here in Gallup and also in St. Michaels...
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Police spikes stop truck on interstate
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — A truck chase ended after police put spikes across
Interstate 40 near the east interchange Tuesday evening.
Gallup Police Officer Valerie Wilson was patrolling around 2:30
a.m. when she saw a brown pickup truck weaving in the lanes on Highway
66 near Arnold Street, according to her police report. Wilson followed
the truck as it turned onto Coal Avenue.
Wilson turned on her emergency lights and the truck sped up. The
truck turned north on 11th Street and cruised through the stop sign
at 11th and Aztec Avenue without stopping, according to the report.
The truck turned west on Aztec and continued weaving in the lanes.
The truck turned north on the Munoz overpass, still ignoring the
police car with lights flashing behind...
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Council delegate beats DWI charge
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — A member of the 19th Navajo Nation Council, who
is a member of the Public Safety Committee, has beaten a Driving
While Intoxicated charge and end up paying only a $50 fine for possession
of liquor.
Ernest Nez Sr., 42, of Hunters Point reached a plea bargain with
district prosecutors and Window Rock District Court Judge Laverne
Johnson approved the Nov. 20 pretrial conference agreement.
Tribal police arrested him Sept. 6 and charged him with drunk driving
and possession of liquor. At his arraignment a few days later, he
pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance.
According to police reports, he demanded to talk with Acting Public
Safety Division Director Dorothy Fulton before being booked, accused
certain officers of being out to get him and used abusive language
at a female detention officer during booking...
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'Kung Fu' moves cited
in death
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — A man told police another man's "Kung Fu"
moves caused him to kick and beat the man, who later died, at a
motel Monday night.
Neil Wood Chee, 61, of Twin Lakes, was arrested around 6:40 p.m.
Wednesday and charged with an open count of murder in the death
of Raymond Yazzie, 54, also of Twin Lakes, said Gallup Police Lt.
John Allen.
Chee also was charged with robbery of Yazzie and battery of Laverta
Archie, 26, of Fort Defiance.
Police brought a sign-language interpreter from Albuquerque to help
interview Archie, who is deaf and mute. Chee, who is also
deaf but speaks, told detectives his story after police wrote down
their questions...
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Deaths
Ethel Bertha Young
GALLUP — Graveside services for Ethel Young, 94, will be held
at 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 7 at Sunset Memorial Park.
Young died Dec. 4 in Gallup. She was born Dec. 20, 1906 in Lima, Okla.
Survivors include her daughter, Marlene Landavazo of Gallup; brother,
CF Thompson of Pampa, Texas; ten grandchildren; 24
great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.
Young was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil O. Young; parents,
Luther and Matilda Victoria Thompson; daughters,
Joye McCord, Jewel J. Nesbit and Loretta Sandoval; sisters, Vera Bowen
and Gertrude Young and brothers, Ed Thompson,
Leroy Thompson and Orvall Thompson.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Kenneth Tsosie
CHINLE, Ariz. — Services for Kenneth Tsosie, 51, will be held
at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 7 at Chinle Catholic Church. Burial will
follow in Cottonwood, Ariz.
Tsosie died in Gallup. He was born Jan. 1 in Blue Gap into the Maii
Deeshghiizhinii for the Hanaghaahnii.
Tsosie graduated from Brigham Young Indian School. He was a construction
worker.
Survivors include his brothers, Robertson Tsosie of Phoenix and Francis
D. Tsosie Jr. of Rock Point; sisters, Eleanor F.
Tsosie, Mae F. Tsosie and Rose Begay all of Chinle, Joann Tom, Louise
Tsosie, Lucy Tsosie and Sarah Brown all of
Cottonwood, Ariz., Susie Mike of Wickenburge, Ariz., and Darlene Peterson
of Steamboat.
Tsosie was preceded in death by his parents, Francis F. and Nellie
D. Tsosie and brother, Jackie Tsosie.
Pallbearers will be Augustine Sandoval, Francis D. Tsosie Jr., Derrick
Clauschee, Ronnie Tsosie, Freddie Tom and Junior
Tsosie.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at Kenneth Tsosie's residence, five miles west of Cottonwood Day School.
Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Margaret Ann Gomez
GALLUP — Memorial services for Margaret Gomez, 57, will be held
at Kelsyville Presbyterian Church, Kelseyville, Calif.
Gomez died Dec. 1. She was born Nov. 28, 1944.
Gomez received her BA, California State, Chico, Calif., MA, St. Mary's
Moraga, Calif. and was attending doctorate classes at the University
Of Northern Colorado. She was a 23-year educator, including in Head
Start, Primary Grades, Special Ed., Principal Special Education School,
Yuba County and Principal, Keensburg Elementary School, Colo. Her
hobbies included camping, reading, music, dogs, early childhood education,
oceans, lemons, swimming and driving tractors.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Gomez of Gallup; son, Chad of
Davis, Calif.; daughter, Wendy of Vacaville, Calif.; brother, David
Dawson of Santa Cruz, Calif. and one grandchild.
Gomez is preceded in death by her parents, Roy Archibald and Zelda
Dawson.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to homeless children or
Parkinsons Research.
Gloria J. Boissoneau
EDMONTON, ALBERTA CANADA — Services for Gloria Boissoneau, 54,
will be held at 10 a.m. at St. Teresa Catholic Church. Father Emeric
Nordmeyer will officiate. Burial will follow at Grants Memorial Park.
Visitation will be held from 3-6 p.m. today at Grants Mortuary Chapel.
A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m., tonight at St. Teresa Catholic
Church.
Boissoneau died in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. She was born July 1,
1947.
Survivors include her husband, Tim Boissoneau of Yellow Knife, NW
Territories, Canada; sons, Timothy Boissoneau and
Justin Boissoneau both of Albuquerque; daughters, Renne Boissoneau
of Albuquerque, Marie Gutierrez of Carlsbad and Rhea
Ortiz of Grants; brothers, Eddie Castillo of Santa Fe, Benito Castillo
of Albuquerque, Phil Castillo of Bosque Farms, Louie
Castillo, Teofilo Castillo and Harry Castillo all of Grants; sisters,
Faye Fowler of Gaberville, Calif., Connie Lopez of Conoga
Park, Calif. and Lucille Aragon of Farmington and seven grandchildren.
Boissoneau was preceded in death by her parents, Luis and Christina
Castillo and grandparents, Josefita and Frank Marez Sr.
Pallbearers will be Bobby Castillo, Phillip Castillo, Louie Castillo,
Paul Castillo, Carlos Castillo, Anthony Castillo, Francisco
Lopez and Joseph Castillo.
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