Diné president takes office, vows better dialogue
Zarana Sanghani
Staff Writer
GALLUP — Though she knew from the beginning she would be working
to further Indian education, Cassandra Manuelito-Kervliet was told
she would fail at her goals before she got started.
"I got negative messages ... 'You're not going to make it. You're
never going to work with Indian people. You're never going to work
with Indian kids,'" Manuelito-Kerkvliet said. "And it's
amazing to be here today."
She was addressing Diné College faculty, family, friends, politicians
and, especially, the Diné College students at her inauguration
as president of the school on Wednesday at the Tsaile campus.
Manuelito-Kerkvliet went to college at the University of Wyoming where
she was one of only a handful of Native Americans.
The Indian students had little influence in the university, Manuelito-Kerkvliet
said, and she wanted to be the voice for her Indian classmates so
she became active in student activities.
She earned her bachelor's degree in social work, then her master's
in counselor education, and, a few years later, went to Oregon to
pursue her dream.
"You have no idea how hard it was to go to a red-neck college,"
Manuelito-Kerkvliet said. "I remember I was really young and
eager to get a college degree."
That experience motivated her to make sure other Indian students got
the support they needed to get the education they wanted.
At the Oregon State University, Manuelito-Kerkvliet wanted to set
up an Indian education office. But she was told there were too few
students and little money to support her idea. So she went to the
nine tribes in the area, garnered their support and brought back an
Indian alumnus to talk to the university administrators. She was able
to open the office soon afterwards.
The university then opened a black, Hispanic and Asian education office,
modeled after Manuelito-Kerkvliet's.
She is now a Ph.D. candidate for education administration with the
University of Oregon. Her husband, Joe Kerkvliet, will continue to
teach at the Oregon State University for the first few years Manuelito-Kerkvliet
is here.
Leonard Tsosie, the master of ceremonies at the inauguration, jokingly
reminded Kerkvliet that he has to haul in wood and store enough meat
for the winter before he leaves.
Manuelito-Kerkvliet was raised in Laramie, Wyo. Manuelito-Kerkvliet's
father and grandfather left New Mexico before she was born with about
300 other Navajo families for a job in Wyoming, but Manuelito-Kerkvliet's
family was the only one to stay after the work was done.
Manuelito-Kerkvliet learned about her language and culture from her
parents, and, she said, she taught her two sons and stepson about
Navajo traditions as well.
Her two sons, who are half-Italian, were raised with cradle boards
and had a first laugh ceremony. All three young men visit the reservation
to take part in rituals and to stay with family, Manuelito-Kerkvliet
said.
Preserving Navajo language, history and tradition is one of the goals
of Diné College, Manuelito-Kerkvliet said, but students also
need skills to succeed in the mainstream society. She said she wants
technological advances, better classes and improved communication
between the school and the community to help Indian youth be leaders
in Navajoland and outside.
Manuelito-Kerkvliet said Indian students have already accomplished
much since she went to school. More are going to college, more are
pursuing advanced degrees and the Indian students are helping their
people progress, she said.
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Ramah couple turn gardening into art
form
S.J. Ludescher
Staff Writer
RAMAH — For Frank and Vicky Giannangelo, gardening is more than
just tilling the soil it's also an artistic and spiritual expression.
The gardens they have created in their three years in Ramah are a
testimony to that idea. Neither Frank nor Vicky ever intended to be
a professional gardener or landscape designer. That, too, has followed
a non-traditional evolvement.
The Giannangelos moved to Ramah after falling in love with the land
while visiting friends who had moved to the area. Now, the friends
are neighbors.
The couple had been working in Sedona, Ariz., creating a garden for
a private client. The project was nearly finished, so they began to
look for a new challenge. Ramah proved to be the right spot.
The Giannangelos' love for gardening started long before moving to
Ramah, and before their marriage. Both of them were living on San
Juan Island near Seattle, Wash. Vicky Giannangelo had always been
interested in gardens, raised a few houseplants, but never even knew
what a herb was, she said.
Frank had worked various jobs and always maintained a small garden
at his home.
Shortly after they were married, Frank fell while trimming a tree.
While he was recuperating at home, Vicky said she was awakened in
the middle of the night by a dream. The vision was of a large herb
garden designed in concentric circles. The vision persisted.
Finally, they put the idea down on paper, then staked it out on a
patch of ground. Slowly, as Frank began to heal, he did the heavy
work to create the herb garden. Vicky did the planting. When the garden
was completed, their garden boasted more than 200 herbs.
"We went a little crazy on different varieties of thyme,"
Vicky said.
They had enjoyed the project so much, they started more gardens. Vicky
began drying herbs, using them for art projects. She started experimenting
with different flavors of vinegars.
By now, word had spread through the island about the Giannangelos'
beautiful, organic gardens. Tourists began to stop and admire their
handiwork, many buying bottles of the flavored, homemade vinegars
as a keepsake of the islands.
Soon, the Giannangelos were swamped with orders. To try to fill the
demand, they enclosed the porch of their home and opened a small gift
shop. They sold fresh eggs. The craft and product business flourished.
"Finally," Vicky said, "we found that we spent all
of our time maintaining and filling orders. Not creating. We missed
creating."
In the meantime, the sleepy northwest island that they had grown to
love had started to become over-populated and congested.
For them, it was time to move on. When the opportunity to create a
garden in Sedona arose, the Giannangelos sold their island home and
moved to the Southwest.
The first year the Giannangelos spent in Ramah was devoted to rebuilding
the home that was still standing on the 50-acre site.
They moved everything they owned to the top floor, wrapped the structure
with plastic there were no formal walls and cooked over a fire on
a camp stove.
Nine months later, Vicky finally had a kitchen. "For a year,
we woke up and sheet rocked or did electrical or pounded nails every
day, all day," Vicky said.
After the home was completed, the next year was devoted to beginning
the large garden and ponds. An enclosed passive solar atrium attached
to the home has a pond with a waterfall and provides easy access to
the kitchen for fresh tomatoes and herbs.
"It was never a question that the gardens would be organic,"
Frank said. "If you balance the soil and take care of it, there's
no problems."
The Giannangelos follow what they call the "Serengeti principle."
That is, insects will attack only the weakest plants. "In a herd
of antelope, the lion will pick off the last one in the herd because
that one is the weakest or sick," Frank said. "Insects don't
attack healthy plants."
Another commandment of the Giannangelo garden is the art of "inter-cropping,"
or planting lots of stuff together.
"Insects hunt by smell. If you plant lots of stuff together,
it confuses them," Vicky said. "And, they aren't as likely
to chomp away on the lettuce."
The Giannangelos' gardening rules and laws seem to work because their
larger garden produces enough vegetables to sustain them and also
provides a respectable quantity to sell at the Ramah Farmer's Market
every weekend. In addition, neighbors stop by through the week to
purchase vegetables and eggs.
The same snowball phenomenon that happened in the San Juan Islands
seems to be happening at the farm in Ramah. Although there is no gift
store yet, the Giannangelos have begun sharing the rest of their gardening
secrets by teaching classes and assisting in the set up of personal
gardens. And a cookbook is planned.
Their next gardening class is scheduled for Sept. 9 at their farm.
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Man admits to killing with rock
Tuba City woman dies
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — A 36-year-old Tuba City man has pleaded guilty
to Navajo tribal charges of aggravated battery following the death
of 59-year-old Tuba City woman last week.
Danny Lanza received a sentence of one year in jail, according to
Lt. Ivan Tsosie of the Navajo Criminal Investigations Department.
Lanza was arrested after Pauletta Tsosie was struck in the head with
a large rock Aug. 23. Tsosie was taken to Flagstaff Medical
Center where she later died. Police said alcohol was involved but
did not elaborate.
Under the tribal code, as allowed by U.S. law, the maximum sentence
for being convicted of a crime is one year, but Lanza still could
face federal charges.
The case also is in the hands of the Safe Trails Task Force, a joint
tribal-federal program to prosecute in federal court serious crimes
on the reservation.
Double fatality
Two Kayenta residents died Saturday in a one-vehicle rollover in Kayenta,
Navajo police said.
The double traffic fatality was the first of two traffic accidents
in which three people died Saturday.
A driver and two passengers were headed west on U.S. 160 at mile post
412 around 7:15 a.m. when their vehicle went off the road and rolled
on an embankment, ejecting two occupants, who died at the scene, police
said.
Killed were Lyle White, 21, and Leslie Kaye Etcitty, 22, with Termina
S. Bahe, 23, of Kayenta surviving, detectives said.
According to police, an unidentified truck driver dodged a weaving
vehicle, then came across Bahe trying to climb out a passenger window
of the overturned vehicle. The report indicated alcohol was involved.
Meanwhile, Lt. Ivan Tsosie of the Navajo Criminal Investigations Department
headquarters said no charges will be filed against an unidentified
driver who hit an apparently drunken pedestrian shortly before 9 p.m.
Saturday at a different location in Kayenta.
Police said John Burns, 69, of Kayenta was wearing brown clothing
while trying to cross busy U.S. 163 in Kayenta during heavy traffic
when he was hit. A second vehicle dodged the downed man but he was
hit by a third vehicle.
Officers have not identified either driver and no injuries were listed
in the chain reaction collision.
Drunken drivers booked
The Navajo Corrections Department booked the following adults on drunken
driving charges from Aug. 21-27:
Crownpoint Vern Largo, 53, Crownpoint.
Kayenta Dallas John, 55, Kayenta; Reggie Yazzie, 23, Tuba City; Lorita
Barlow, 36, Baby Rocks (twice); Phillip Manygoats,
33, Red Lake; Willie Harrison, 40, Kayenta; Lisa Grey, 25, Chilchinbeto;
Nicky Tallis, 21, Kayenta and Tully Smith, 63,
Chilchinbeto. No bookings Aug. 21 and 22.
Shiprock Melvin Dee, 33, Teec Nos Pos; Eric Pinto, 20, Nenahnezad;
Randell Jones, 23, Aneth; Lugene Begay, 29, Shiprock; Rendell Tylar,
21, Shiprock; Nathaniel Yazzie, 20, Aneth; Karlton Johnson, 34, Shiprock;
Cleven Yazzie, 21, Sanostee; Derrick Harrison, 21, Dennehotso; Racine
Ironwing, 23, Fruitland; Elvis Tyler, 36, Sanostee; Edvin Johnson,
18, Shiprock; Elroy Billy, 33, Shiprock and Derrick Joe, 29, Cove.
Tuba City Willie Benjamin, 34, Tuba City; Gary Shultz, 31, Leupp;
Leroy Huskie, 39, Tuba City; Dennis Lee Bedonie Jr., 26,
Tuba City; Richard Dominic Clown, 51, Leupp; Ernest Attakai, 21, Tuba
City and James Strong, 42, Tonalea.
Window Rock Wilson Dawes, 37, Gallup; Dalton Stevens, 26, Houck; Johnny
Chee, 36, Window Rock; Alfred Lee, 58, Lower Greasewood; Melviny Bowman,
35, St. Michaels; Lawin Upshaw, 33, Coyote Canyon; Shirlene Ann Silversmith,
30,
Phoenix; Kelsey Keith Kinsel, 28, Navajo; Merlin Chicharello, 26,
Gallup; Harrison Begay, 43, Navajo; Bryon Manuelito, 19,
Hunters Point; Spencer Yazzie, 36, Winslow; Tony Walker, 18, Oak Springs;
Roger Yazzie, 26, Dilkon; Pearlene Stevenson,
47, Ganado; Marlena John, 31, Indian Wells and Lee James, 30, Fort
Defiance.
Chinle Julius A. Begay, 28, Rock Point; Dion Emerson, 34, Chinle;
Eugene Harvey, 27, Lukachukai; Stephen Litson, 37,
Tsaile; Sharon Tayah, 30, Chinle; Anderson Tso, 23, Red Mesa; Jane
Tsosie, 31, Chinle; Mary S. Williams, 42, Rough Rock;
Kee Lee Wilson, 39, Chinle; Cecelia Bahe, 25, Chinle; Curtis Bahe,
25, Rough Rock; Karen Ann Bahe, 28, Blue Gap; Earlson
Begay, 20, Cottonwood; Laquinta Begay, 27, Chinle; Angelita Brown,
27, Chinle; Stanley Brown, 38, Fort Defiance; Francis
Harvey, 64, Lukachukai; Donovan Lester, 22, Ganado; Troy Tsinnjinnie,
26, Chinle; Charleston Tso, 24, Chinle; Jeffery Joe,
30, Pinon; Dewayne Bahe, 27, Lukachukai; Ernest Bainbridge, 22, Rock
Point; Howard Begay, 43, Rough Rock; Judd Begay,
19, Rough Rock; Harrison Jumbo, 29, Many Farms and Vernon Morgan,
22, Window Rock.
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Expect high heating bills
Winter notices to reflect hike
Tanya Brazil
Staff Writer
GALLUP — New Mexico residents can expect an increase in their
heating bills this winter due to the rising natural gas prices nationwide.
Julie McCabe, a spokesperson for PNM Electric and Gas Services, said
the company started noticing the higher prices around
June but that the increase is not likely to become noticeable on customers'
bills until cold weather arrives.
But she said PNM is not responsible for the markup in prices, which
have more than doubled compared to last year.
PNM merely purchases the gas from the supplier and that cost is passed
on to the consumer, she said.
McCabe attributes the price hike to the booming economy and the resulting
increase in the industrial use of natural gas.
Along with factories running at high levels, there has been a trend
for new electric power plants to use natural gas, she said.
For a few years, she said, gas prices were low so there was not much
incentive to drill for new sources and now that there is, the number
of new rigs has risen.
But because it takes six to 18 months for the gas to get to the market
when a new well is drilled, she said it will not help customers this
winter.
One thing New Mexicans have going for them, she said, is they pay
a lower transportation fee than other parts of the country because
of the gas supply in the San Juan and Permian basins.
As it gets closer to heating season, McCabe said PNM will provide
customers with more information about conservation and promote programs
such as Budget Billing, which allows customers to even out their payments
throughout the year.
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Navajos lift burning ban
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — The Navajo Nation has lifted the fire prohibition
for the reservation's forests and woodlands.
On Monday, President Kelsey Begaye, Natural Resources Division Director
Arvin Trujillo and Forest Department Director Alexious Becenti Sr.
signed the executive order removing the virtual total restrictions
imposed May 12.
The lifting of the ban came after almost two weeks of nightly heavy
rain from the season's monsoons, which arrived about a month and a
half later than normal.
The new order directs people to notify either the tribal
department or the Bureau of Indian Affairs fire management center
in Fort Defiance for burning permits. This will allow spotters in
lookout towers to determine whether firefighters should be sent to
a blaze...
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Chinle, Hopi teams top field
Santiago Ramos
Staff Sports Writer
POLACCA, Ariz. - The Chinle boys and the Hopi girls claimed top team
honors during the Hopi Invitational last Wednesday afternoon.
Individually, Alchesay senior Blaine Goklish, the defending Class
3A cross country state champion and Chinle sophomore
Kristine St. Germaine grabbed top honors over the 3.1 mile course.
In the boys team standings, Chinle topped the field with 68 points,
followed by Hopi 83, St. Michael 94, Alchesay 99, Winslow 102, Ganado
105, Valley Sanders 150, Show Low 210, Many Farms 314, Greyhills 327,
Holbrook 341 and Pinon 359.
In the girls team standings, Hopi edged out Chinle for first place,
64 to 68 in a tight battle. Ganado was a close third with 74 points
followed by Winslow 97, Flagstaff 105, St. Michael 153, Alchesay 156,
Valley Sanders 230, Show Low 234, San Carlos 271, Holbrook 280 and
Greyhills without a complete team...
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Burglars steal snacks, equipment from
pantry
Tanya Brazil
Staff Writer
GALLUP — Gallup Police are searching for the suspect or suspects
who burglarized the Gallup Community Pantry on Tuesday night and stole
more than $10,000 in food and office equipment.
"We're only here to serve hungry people, which makes our loss
even more painful," said Jim Harlin, one of the food bank's board
members.
Open since May 1999, the pantry serves more than 500
families and 35 agencies that distribute food to the needy each month.
On a budget of less than $70,000, he said, the pantry
this past year handed out 350,000 pounds in free produce and sold
another 150,000 pounds to other agencies...
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Tribal vote on for now
Judge tosses election suit
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — Navajo Nation Attorney General Levon Henry and
Chief Legislative Counsel Steve Boos have won a battle but the election
war may not be over.
Window Rock District Court Judge Allen Sloan ruled this
morning that the Navajo Sovereign Immunity Act protects the Navajo
Nation Council from suit without a 30-day advance notice and that
a Council Delegate Edison Wauneka and nine others had no merit.
That means the chapter-level election will be held Tuesday
unless the Navajo Nation Supreme Court overturns Sloan's ruling. Wauneka
said this morning he may appeal the case to the high court.
The matter must be resolved by the end of this week because Monday
is Labor Day and the chapter-level general election is Tuesday...
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Celebs' lips get ready to kiss a pig
Tom Purdom
Staff Writer
PREWITT — Pig kissers are puckering up for the big smooch at
the Bi-County Fair on Monday.
One lucky Cibola County personality will get the chance
to kiss a pig at 1 p.m. Monday, thanks to people who cast $1-per-vote
ballots at area businesses and banks. It is all in fun, and it is
being done to raise money for Literacy Volunteers of America-Cibola
County.
The pig-kissing contest is in its second year to raise
funds to help keep LVA alive in Cibola County. Last year, the effort
netted about $1,800 for the not-for-profit organization, said Gary
Martin, LVA vice president and chairman of the fund-raising committee.
It works like this: People pay $1 per ballot, with the
person raising the most money through votes getting to kiss the pig,
a hand-selected porker of impeccable breeding and staunch character...
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Murphy claims all-around title
PINE HILL - Fort Wingate cowboy Mike Murphy claimed the all-around
honor with a pair of firsts during the NNRCA-SWIRA dual-sanctioned
8th Annual Ramah Navajo Fair Rodeo held last weekend in Pine Hill.
Murphy earned winnings of $916 and was awarded an all-around buckle.
The all-around runnerup was Lance Yazzie. All event winners received
buckles while the all-around runnerup along with all event runnerups
received ceramic Indian design lamps.
Murphy pocketed $606 for winning the steer wrestling with a winning
takedown of 4.19 seconds. Former world champion Ben
Bates Jr. took second with a 4.36 ($505) with Brandon Bates third
with a 4.50 ($404). Former two-time world champion Jacob
Antone placed fourth with a 4.52 ($303) with Reginald Guy fifth with
a 4.77 ($202)...
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Deaths
Philip Tony Schmaltz
GALLUP — Services for Philip Tony Schmaltz, 75, will be held
at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Father Pat
Universal will officiate. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park
in Gallup.
Visitation will be held noon to 7 p.m. today, Aug. 31, at Rollie Mortuary.
Schmaltz died Aug. 28 in Farmington. He was born Oct. 16, 1924, in
Montrose, Colo.
Schmaltz was a member of the VFW. He was a veteran of World War II
with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Colorado. He received many medals
and ribbons, including: American Defense, American Theater, Asiatic
Pacific with four stars, European
African, two Purple Hearts, Philippean Liberation, and the Bronze
Star, and he also participated in the occupation of Japan.
His hobbies were camping, fishing, hunting and gardening.
Survivors include wife, Anita Schmaltz of Gallup; sons, Michael Schmaltz
and Steven Schmaltz, both of Gallup; daughters,
Pamela Smith of Gallup and Valerie Tanner of Farmington; sister, Barbara
Dunham of Las Vegas, Nev.; and 15 grandchildren.
Schmaltz was preceded in death by parents, Leo and Barbara Schmaltz;
sisters, Mary Caviggia, Helen DePauli, Margaret
Fischer and Lucy Henderson; brothers, Adolf Schmaltz, Anthony Schmaltz,
John Schmaltz and Joseph Schmaltz; and sister,
Ann Wall.
Pallbearers will be Brandon Schmaltz, Michael Schmaltz,Steven Schmaltz,
David A. Smith, Jeremy R. Smith, Jesse Smith and
Bill Tanner.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Eddie Bigman
SANDERS, Ariz. — Services for Eddie Bigman, 80, will be held
at 10 a.m., Saturday Sept. 2 in Shonto, Ariz. Burial will follow in
the family plot in Shonto, Ariz.
Bigman died Aug. 29 in Sanders, Ariz. He was born Oct. 15, 1919 in
Oljeto, Utah into the Manygoats People Clan for the Bitter Water People
Clan.
Bigman was employed on the railroad and later retired.
Survivors include his wife, Susie Kee Bigman; sons, Lloyd Bigman,
Johnathan Bigman, both of Sanders, Ariz., James
Bigman of Big Mountain, Ariz. and Herman Bigman of Sweet Water, Ariz.;
daughters, Betty Johnson, Julia Adison and Helen
Trueax, all of Shonto, Ariz., Lena Bigman of Largo, Fla., Anna Bigman,
Lawrence, Kan., Bernice Bigman of Cameron, Ariz.,
Alice Attakai of Dilcon, Ariz. and Melinda Bigman of Sanders, Ariz.;
40 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends and family after the burial services
at Julia Adison's residence, 2 miles west of Hwy. 160.
Charley Joe Pioche
LAKE VALLEY — Services for Charley J. Pioche, 76, will be held
at 9 a.m., Friday, Sept. 1 at the Chapel of Memories Funeral Home
in Kirtland. The Rev. Jack Fowler will officiate. Burial will follow
at the Kirtland Community Cemetery.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church and
from 1-5 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 31 at the Chapel of Memories Funeral
Home.
Pioche died Aug. 29 at the San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington.
He was born Feb. 24, 1924 in Whiterock into the Mountain Cove People
Clan for the Sleepy Rock People Clan.
Survivors include his sons, Herman J. Pioche of Page, Ariz., Herbert
J. Pioche of Farmington, Herbert J. Pioche of
Farmington, Nick J. Pioche of Lake Valley, Rick J. Pioche of Marian,
Ohio and Dennis Pioche of Aztec; daughters, Lucy
Pioche-Garcia of Gallup and Bessie Epaloose of Farmington; brothers,
Lee Pioche of Fruitland, Jacob M. Pioche of
Farmington, Kee Scott Pioche of San Francisco, Calif., James Bruce
Pioche of Shiprock, David L. Boyd of Socorro; sisters,
Mary E. Huyser of Window Rock, Ariz., Bessie Benally, Christine M.
Pioche and Elizabeth Pioche, all of Fruitland, Nancy
Pioche of Upper Fruitland, Bernice L. Benally of Kirtland and Phyllis
Thomas of Crownpoint; eight grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Yineyah Pioche, Orland Pioche, Lydel Benally,
James Pioche Jr., Paul Thomas, Creston Kindness, Tatanka
Pioche and Justin Pioche.
Marie C. Bia
GREASEWOOD SPRINGS, Ariz. — Services for Marie
C. Bia, 83, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at Our Lady of
the
Rosary Mission in Greasewood, Ariz. Father Flann O'Neil, OFM, will
officiate. Burial will follow at Greasewood Community Cemetery.
Bia died Aug. 28 in Albuquerque. She was born May 30, 1917, in Greasewood
Springs for the Red House People Clan into the Honey Comb People Clan.
Survivors include husband, David C. Bia of Lower Greasewood; daughters,
Louise A. Burke of Montezuma Creek, Utah,
Euphemia Clendon of Phoenix, and Lenora "Irene" Sangster
and Gloria Shirley, both of Greasewood; sons, Arnold Lynch and
Sammy Lynch, both of Greasewood; sister, Marie Hood of Los Angeles,
Calif.; brothers, Abe Yazzie, Morris Yazzie and
Stanley Yazzie, all of Greasewood; 14 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Bia was preceded in death by parents, Nakai Yazzie and Naaliil Naabah
Yazzie; daughter, Ida Mae Lynch; and first husband,
Dan E. Lynch
Pallbearers will be Brent Belone, Lydell Mitchell, Darren Shirley,
Luther Shirley, Parnell Tom and Wesley Woody.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Frank Kelley Dansby Sr.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Services for Frank Kelley Dansby Sr., 81,
will be announced at a later date.
Dansby died Aug. 29 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was born Nov. 25, 1918,
in Kaufman County, Texas.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Paul Chee Sr.
VANDERWAGEN — Services for Paul Chee Sr., 55, will be announced
at a later date.
Chee died Aug. 28 in Vanderwagen. He was born July 29, 1945, in Blackrock
for the Towering Rock People Clan into the Salt
Water People Clan.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Fred Thompson Jr.
TOHATCHI — Services for Fred "Freddie" Thompson Jr.,
64, will be announced at a later date.
Thompson died Aug. 30 in Albuquerque. He was born Jan. 10, 1936, in
Tohatchi for the Water Edge People Clan into the Zia
People Clan.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Steven Peterson
SANOSTEE — Services for Steven Peterson, 71, will be announced
at a later date.
Peterson died Aug. 30 in Gallup. He was born July 22, 1929.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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