City 'shined' for municipal leaders
Bill Donovan
Staff Writer
GALLUP — The 600 or so delegates and their spouses left Gallup
this past weekend with a real positive image of the town and the
friendliness of its inhabitants, city manager David Ruiz said
Thursday.
Gallup and its residents managed to "shine" during the
four-day meeting of the New Mexico Municipal League last week.
"I was real proud of everyone," Ruiz said at his regular
Thursday press conference.
The delegates and their families jammed area restaurants and flocked
to the town's arts and crafts stores, spending a lot of money.
"I'll be real interested to see what the gross receipts taxes
for this period show in two months," he said, adding he expected
to see a major increase from the same period last year.
But more than the spending, Ruiz said that Gallup was given an
opportunity to dispel many of the bad things delegates may have
heard about the city's problems with drunks.
He said everyone he spoke to at the convention spoke highly of
Gallup, its clean streets and its friendly people.
There was some concern that having Gallup as the site for this
year's convention would result in fewer people attending because
of its location at the western end of the state, but Ruiz said
his impression was that the delegate count was as high as it has
been in any city that has hosted the event in recent years.
As for the delegates all of whom were municipal officials of one
sort or another what exactly did they get out of the conference?
A number of sessions were held dealing with various types of municipal
problems but the convention also gave city leaders around the
state a chance to meet with their counterparts and find out how
they were addressing some common problems, such as increasing
employee health costs and keeping graffiti under control.
The highlight for many was a chance to meet with New Mexico Gov.
Gary Johnson and make it known to him that no city official in
the state supported his decision earlier this year to veto state
capital improvement funds.
The governor apparently knew before he came that he would be hammered
on this and wasn't fazed by the criticism since he knew he would
not be able to run again because of term limits, Ruiz said.
Instead, he made it clear why he did it to retaliate against the
state legislature's refusal to go along with a tax cut.
Ceremonial update
In other areas covered at the press conference, Thursday's guest,
councilor Louis Bonaguidi, said that he plans to meet with the
board for the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial next week
to discuss further the possibility of having the city take a more
active role in running the event next year.
Bonaguidi is also chairman of the Ceremonial board.
He said he was waiting to get the final figures for this past
August's event before he brought it up to the city council to
see how they felt about the idea.
Although he hasn't seen the final figures and ticket sales were
down because of bad weather, Bonaguidi said he expects that the
event broke even and may have ended up with a small profit, which
will be a lot better than the situation last year when the event
was $70,000 in the red at this time.
The fact that it rained four of the five days and the rain started
in the late afternoon when a lot of people were deciding whether
to go to that's night's dances severely hurt ticket sales, he
said.
He said that the number of people who went through the turnstiles
during the event this year was about 15,000. The normal number
is 30,000 and the Ceremonial in recent years has gotten as high
as 34,000.
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Woman saw own murder in advance
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — Lola Yazzie feared someone was trying to kill her a
couple of months before someone strangled her to death.
"She told me somebody was after her; they were trying to kill
her," said Marie Smith of Navajo, N.M., a family friend and former
neighbor. "That's the last time I seen her."
That was about two months before Yazzie's death.
"She had an idea of who it was, but she never disclosed a name,"
Smith said.
At that time, Yazzie, 49, started hiding out at a friend's house in
Fort Defiance, Ariz., where Yazzie worked for the Navajo Social Services.
Yazzie's body was found stuffed underneath her bed at her home at
804 Alto St. in Red Hills Mobile Home Park on Aug. 23. Gallup Police
believe she was killed at least a week or two before a co-worker determined
something was wrong and called police.
Gallup Police on Wednesday caught the murder suspect, Rocky Yazzie,
25, of Chinle, Ariz., believed to be her nephew.
Smith was also upset about the Feb. 6 death of Myron Charles Mitchell,
37, Lola Yazzie's common law husband. Smith called the newspaper after
reading the Wednesday paper, which contained a story in which the
FBI determined Mitchell, 37, shot himself.
Smith disagrees with that ruling. Mitchell and Yazzie lived in Navajo
across the street from Smith and her husband, Pete.
She said they were an outgoing couple who were obviously in love.
Their daughter, Jovanna Frank, reportedly lives in Gamerco.
On Feb. 6, Yazzie came to their Tohatchi home after work and found
her husband, clad only in a T-shirt, lying on the bedroom floor in
a pool of blood with a gunshot wound to the head. A handgun was nearby,
but there were no bullet casings and the magazine for the gun appeared
to be missing.
Smith is concerned about the fact that no bullet casings were found
near Mitchell's body. She wondered how they could have disappeared
unless someone took them.
Mitchell wasn't a suicidal person, she said. An emergency medical
technician for the Navajo Nation, he enjoyed his job and loved his
family.
"Myron wouldn't do that. He had no reason to do that to himself,"
Smith said.
FBI Supervisory Special Agent Doug Beldon of Albuquerque said this
week that the FBI determined it was suicide based on the ruling by
the Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque after Mitchell's
autopsy. The office is rarely wrong, Beldon said.
But Tim Stepetic, associate director of administrative services at
the Office of the Medical Investigator, said Thursday that the pathologist's
determination that Mitchell committed suicide was made because that's
what the FBI's investigation showed.
"It's all based on investigation. We can determine the cause
of death; we can see the gunshot wound. But the manner of death has
to do with evidence at the scene," Stepetic said.
If more information develops in the FBI's case, the medical investigator
might alter his opinion, he said.
"Our manner of death is the best opinion of the pathologist,"
Stepetic said.
Smith said Lola Yazzie told her that Mitchell's relatives, who didn't
like her, believed that she killed her husband. Lola Yazzie told Smith
she suspected someone in her husband's family might harm her.
Smith doesn't believe Lola Yazzie had anything to do with Mitchell's
death.
Soon after he died, Lola Yazzie told Smith that she and Mitchell's
relatives argued over a life insurance policy in which Mitchell named
Lola Yazzie and Frank as beneficiaries. Smith wondered if money from
the policy enabled Yazzie to purchase the trailer at 804 Alto, although
insurance companies don't usually pay when someone commits suicide.
"She showed us pictures of Myron. She was always crying. She
missed him," Smith said.
Not much of a drinker usually, Lola Yazzie turned to alcohol for comfort
after her husband's death, Smith said. One day, Lola Yazzie came to
Smith's home and asked Smith to drink a beer with her.
"No, Lola, you're not supposed to be doing this," Smith
told her.
"I miss Myron so much," Lola Yazzie told Smith.
Smith is in shock over her friends' deaths.
"It's devastating. It's not even a year between their deaths,"
Smith said.
Mitchell didn't have any enemies that Smith knows about. Mitchell
and Lola Yazzie weren't having any marital problems.
"It seems like they were always loving," Smith said. "They
really enjoyed each other."
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Chamber to end event sponsorship
Tara Drolma
Staff Writer
GRANTS — Carmin Morin, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce,
says it can no longer afford to sponsor the Fourth of July celebration,
Wild West Days or the Chili Festival.
At a meeting of the Special Events Committee Tuesday, Morin said because
the chamber has been losing money on these events in the past few
years, it can no longer afford to sponsor them. She said the perception
has been the chamber is responsible for the events but it is not.
Police Chief Fred Radosevetch disagreed with Morin. He said when he
came to Grants 24 years ago, he couldn't believe how many events the
chamber sponsored.
"I think the chamber should take the lead role, not a support
role, because that is what your job is," Radosevetch said. The
chamber, like the city, is a non-profit organization, he said, and
events should not be designed to make money.
Morin agreed with Radosevetch that the chamber should not be trying
to make a profit, but she said it needed to pay for staff and overhead
costs.
Morin wants to see local groups assume responsibility for the events
and contract with the chamber for the administrative portion of the
event for what she called a "minimal fee." That is what
the organizers of the Mount Taylor Quadrathalon, the Fiesta de Colores
and the Fire and Ice Rally did this year.
According to the chamber's budget for FY 2001-02, it expects to collect
$30,000 for contract services. For its part in the Fire and Ice Rally,
the chamber receives 50 percent of the revenues after expenses are
paid and 40 percent of the net is set aside as seed money for next
year's rally. The chamber receives $2,500 for its services for the
Quadrathalon.
Several community members pointed out that the majority of people
who come to Grants for these celebrations are locals and their family
members. Radosevetch said he counted only 249 bikes at the Saturday
night concert for the bike rally when more than 3,000 people attended.
He said out-of-town vendors couldn't believe the turnout and the reason
they come to town is because they make money.
But, Radosevetch said, the city does not make money on vendors because
they tend to be cash businesses that generate very little in gross
receipts taxes.
Local vendors say it is hard for them to compete with the out-of-town
"professionals" and they wanted to see locals given a price
break on the cost of a booth.
John Broderick, code enforcement officer for the city, is trying to
find a way to either lower the amount of insurance that each vendor
must carry or find a way the event sponsor could purchase an umbrella
policy to cover all of the vendors.
City Councilor Rubin Aranda said tourism generally means bringing
in people from out of town, but he feels it should include the locals
who provide the majority of the support for events.
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Begay vaults into first
Santiago Ramos
Staff Sports Writer
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Former Indian world champion bareback rider
Bennie Begay of Rock Point, Ariz. paused and reflected about his 79
ride that vaulted him into first place in the bareback during the
55th Annual Navajo Nation Fair Rodeo Thursday night.
"I'm dedicating every horse I ride to my late team roping partner
Ernest Dick Jr.," the 31-year-old Begay said. "He was my
team roping partner when we won the team roping here in Window Rock
last year that also helped me win the all-around title.
He was killed two months later in a car accident along with wife and
daughter. He's always in my heart. He's watching and taking care of
me."
Begay pushed Lonestar to the rodeo's best score of 79 to move into
the lead in the bareback first go round. Chad Brunch trails in second
place with a 77 while Roy Begody is third with a 73.
The rodeo resumes today with a 6 p.m. performance with a 1:30 p.m.
performance Saturday to conclude the second go round. The short go
finals will be held Sunday beginning at 12 noon. The Final Four showdown
will also be held with a $1,000 winner take all in each event. A record
700 contestants are vying for a share of the record $200,000 in money
and prizes. The all-around champion will receive a three-horse trailer.
Begay faced controversy during the 1998 Indian National Finals Rodeo
that was held in Scottsdale, Ariz. when it was revealed that he and
Wes Janis were tied after the three go rounds of action when actually
Begay had already claimed the world title.
Due to incorrect scoring, Begay was forced into a sudden death rideoff
with Janis. Janis ending up with a higher score which made him the
world champion. Several days later, the error was discovered but the
INFR decided to make both Janis and Begay co-world champions.
Begay said that was the first time he had drawn his bronc Lonestar.
"I had seen him at the National Finals Rodeo," Begay said,
"so I was tickled to get him."
Begay said that he had a solid ride that ended strong.
"From the beginning it (the ride) was soft, but it got stronger
at the end."
Begay admitted that he has not been able to compete full-time this
rodeo season, competing in just a handful of rodeos which will make
him ineligible for this year's INFR which will be held in Billings,
MT.
"I'm a fulltime teacher at Rock Point High School," Begay
said. "It's my first year and I'm having fun. It was always my
goal to learn my culture. I teach Navajo culture and language at the
school. I really enjoy it instead of being jerked around competing
at rodeos and trying to make a living."
Begay, who said that he is probably done competing for the year, confessed
that he may return to fulltime competition at the rodeos next year.
"I'm going to stay home and concentrate on my teaching,"
he said. "I'm done for the year. But I may go fulltime next year.
I may rejoin the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association since I'm
riding good again. I do it (competing) for fun. It's just me and my
horse."
An injury last year nearly forced Begay into retirement after last
year's INFR.
"When I broke my wrist I thought I was going to retire. But I
had second thoughts and I couldn't stay home."
Rock Point, Ariz. bull rider Darrick Burbank moved into the lead for
the long go in the bull riding. Burbank pushed his bull to a first
place score of 76. Chris Tsosie of Lukachukai, Ariz. slipped into
second place with a 74 while Alfonso Francis of Winslow, Ariz. is
sitting in third place with 72. First day co-leaders Justin Gopler
and Bryan Long dropped down into a tie for fourth with 71s. Recent
high school graduate Burt Jones of Kayenta, Ariz. scored a 69 on his
bull and moved into sixth place overall while JP Paddock of Dilkon
rounds out the top seven places for the long go with a 67.
There is a new leader in the steer wrestling competition as Gallup's
Robert Tom wrestled his steer down in 5.0 seconds flat.
Former two-time world champion Jacob Antone of Chinle, Ariz., who
won the world titles back-to-back in 1992 and 1993, is sitting in
second place with a 6.4. First-day leader Lionel Arviso slipped to
third with a 7.2. Clint Bruisedhead is fourth with a 7.9. Former world
champion Ben Bates Jr. of Mullholand Wells is fifth with a 14.1 after
a 10-second broken barrier penalty.
KTNN sportcaster LA Williams covered the clover leaf pattern in the
barrel racing with a fast 17.71 second clocking to move into the lead
for the second go round. Jami Stevenson of Kirtland, who led after
the first day, slipped to second with a 17.72 with Gabriella Whitethorne
third with a 17.84. Heather Chee and Joncelita Begay are tied for
fourth with 17.88.
Carson Begay grabbed the lead in the second go round in the saddle
bronc competition with a 72. Todd Rangel of Prewitt scored a 69 and
second place overall with Wylie Wells is third with a 65. Begay also
leads in the average with a 142 total.
Former world champion Dennis Begay of Seba Dalkai, Ariz. remained
on top in the second round of the calf roping. Begay posted an 8.9
Wednesday to lead the field. High school calf roper Donnie Barney
of Sanders, Ariz. posted a 9.6 to move into second place. Nelson Long
and Kee Etsitty Jr. are tied for third place with 9.7s. Etsitty also
moved into the lead in the average with a 23.7.
Dilkon, Ariz. cowgirl Janelle Manygoats also held onto the lead in
the breakaway roping for the second go round. Manygoats' 3.4 is still
the time to beat. Katrina Williams trails in second with a 3.6 with
Leigh Antone third with a 4.0 and April Pablo of Crownpoint fourth
with a 4.1.
The team roping combination of Ted Jensen and Phil Bigthumb held onto
their lead inthe second round of the team roping.
The pair posted a fast 6.7 second clocking Wednesday. The team of
Johnny Samuel and Vern Begay and the team of Alfonso Begay and Elrid
Tohe are deadlocked for second with 7.3s. The team of Amos and Gilbert
Monroe is fourth with an 11.6.
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Gas burning persists despite illness
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
WINDOW ROCK — Navajo citizens living in the Utah chapters of
Aneth and Red Mesa are getting sick from the flaring of natural gas
and other gases caused by a pipeline's closure, which has Navajo EPA
Director Derrith Watchman Moore and her staff highly concerned.
Aneth and Red Mesa residents living close to the oil wells operated
by Exxon/Mobil, Texaco and other oil companies are complaining of
headaches, light headedness, dryness of the throat, nausea and other
problems.
Some have ended up going to the health clinic in Montezuma Creek,
Utah, said Arlene Luther of Navajo EPA. It is important for them to
tell doctors that they live close to the areas where flaring and venting
of gas is occurring, she added.
The oil companies are flaring, or burning off, the gas because of
the shutdown of a 12.5-mile pipeline that runs from the Elkhorn plant
to Red Mesa, where it connects with another pipeline. In the process
of extracting oil, natural gas and other gases are produced, which
are sent by pipeline to processing plants...
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'Antiques shown unique' is theme behind new business
Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Special to the Independent
GALLUP — The number of antique stores in Gallup is about to double
soon with the opening of a new business.
Art and Antiques, 121 W. Coal, will have a grand opening from 1-9
p.m. Saturday.
The opening will coincide with downtown Gallup's monthly "arts
crawl" Saturday. Like several Coal Avenue galleries, the store
will remain open late that evening. Art show receptions at The Coffee
House and Gallery 211 will remain open until 9 p.m., and Crashing
Thunder Studio and Silverbear Gallery will be open until 10 p.m. (The
other local antique store is The Antique Touch by Kristina, 204 W.
Coal.)
Just as local art galleries change their exhibits on a regular basis,
Art and Antiques will feature changing thematic displays.
Store owners Beverly Hurlbut and Louise Frechette will coordinate
the store's new displays of art, antiques, and special collections
with the monthly art show receptions. They even plan to offer seasonal
refreshments with each new opening...
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Fashion show a hit with spectators
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — An Inter-Tribal Royalty Fashion and Entertainment
Show, presented for the first time Thursday night, might become
an annual event of the Miss Navajo Nation Pageant.
It also was the last major public performance by the 48th Miss Navajo
Karletta "Daane" Chief, other than riding in 55th annual
Navajo Nation Fair parade and crowning her successor Saturday night.
All four of the young women Jolyana Begay, Crystal Chee, Shannonlynn
Chester and Floranda Dempsey who want to become the 49th Miss Navajo
were on stage in the Peterson Zah-Navajo Nation Museum auditorium.
Joining them on stage before a standing room only audience of about
175 people were about a dozen other First American royalty, led
by Miss Indian World Ke Aloha May Cody Alo, who is Apache-Hawaiian-Samoan,
along with aspiring recording artists and entertainers...
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Bengals excited for home opener
Carrie Loretto
Sports Editor
GALLUP — The Gallup Bengals are excited to be playing at home
tonight.
Fresh off a 36-8 season-opening win at Grants last Friday, the Bengals
host a tougher Bloomfield team that was one spot shy of making the
top 5 in this week's Class 4A prep poll. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
"I'm really looking foward to it," first-year head coach
Gary Lunsford said. "I can't wait to get on the field."
Bloomfield, which received 29 votes, works out of a pro-back, repetitious
offense said Lunsford...
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Ganado beats Tuba City 15-1, 15-12
Abelita Rose Freeland
Staff Sports Writer
GANADO, Ariz. — The Ganado Lady Hornets had a strong overall
performance to beat the Tuba City Lady Warriors 15-1 and 15-12 in
a 3A North conference matchup at Ganado High School Thursday evening.
Ganado improved their conference record to 2-0 and are 4-0 overall.
Tuba City is now 1-1 in conference.
Ganado will participate in the Payson Tournament this weekend and
Tuba City will travel to Page tonight.
Ganado just about shut out Tuba City in the first game and limited
the Lady Warriors to only one point. It took the Lady Hornets a
total of 14 sideouts to add up their 15 points...
Was death on I-40 a murder?
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — The New Mexico State Police believe a Gallup woman
found dead Aug. 28 on the shoulder of the road on Interstate 40
west of Gallup was murdered, although autopsy results point to her
being struck by a vehicle.
Capt. Glenn Thomas said they are waiting to hear from the Office
of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque to learn the cause of
death for Mable Jean Yazzie, 61, who has an address on Wilson Avenue
in Gallup and another address in Chinle, Ariz.
Yazzie was found by a truck driver in the middle of the eastbound
lanes of I-40 two miles west of Gallup's west interchange. The truck
driver dragged her to the shoulder of the road and called police.
"There were no signs that she'd been hit by a car. It looked
like she may have been dumped there," Thomas said...
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Deaths
Benson "Mikki" Yazzie
GALLUP — Services for Benson Yazzie, 31, will be held at 11 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Red Rock Church of God. Sister Terri Goodin
will officiate. Burial will follow on family land, Rocky Point.
Yazzie died Sept. 2 in Zuni. He was born April 19, 1970, in Gallup
into the Towering House for the Black Sheep People Clan.
Yazzie was self-employed as a silversmith. He attended Red Rock Elementary
School, Gallup Middle School and Gallup High School. His hobbies included
playing pool, basketball, fishing, guns and motorcycles.
Survivors include his son, Derrick Yazzie of Cousins; mother, Bessie
Y. Washee of Gallup; brothers, Patrick Jack of Las Cruces, Terrence
Jack of Albuquerque, and Thaddeus Jack, Kyle Jack and Lyle Jack, all
of Gallup; sister, Vera Jack of Las Cruces; and grandmother, Lillie
Yazzie of Red Rock.
Yazzie was preceded in death by his grandfather, John Yazzie.
Pallbearers will be Jeff Largo, Jerome Yazzie, Terrance Jack, Patrick
Jack, Shawn Yazzie and Emerson Yazzie.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at Lillie Yazzie's residence.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Marie B. Valentino
COYOTE CANYON — Services for Marie Valentino, 58, will be held
at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Established in the Word Church, Art
Hill, N.M. Pastor Henry Yazzie will officiate. Burial will follow
at private family cemetery, Coyote Canyon.
Valentino died Sept. 2 in Albuquerque. She was born Sept. 30, 1942,
in Tohatchi into the Salt People Clan for the Red Running into the
Water People Clan.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Valentino Sr. of Yah Ta Hey; sons,
Benson Begay, Harrison Begay and Jim Valentino Jr., all of Coyote
Canyon; daughters, Wilda Begay of Coyote Canyon and Jennifer Paraina
of Tucson, Ariz.; sister, Alice Ramone of Navajo, N.M.; and 15 grandchildren.
Valentino was preceded in death by her parents, Eddie and Naglidesbah
Begay; brothers, John L. Begay and John Roy; and sister, Pearl Benally.
Pallbearers will be Benson Begay, Harrison Begay, Michael Denetso;
Curtis Hood, Jim Valentino Jr. and Moses Paraina.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Alice Betone Chee
WHITEHORSE LAKE — Services for Alice Chee, 85, will be held at
10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Cope Memorial Chapel. Pastor Franklin
Williams will officiate. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park.
Chee died Sept. 5 in Crownpoint. She was born July 16, 1916, in Whitehorse
Lake into the Meadow People for the Mud People.
Chee was a homemaker and sheep and cattle rancher.
Survivors include her husband, Jake C. Chee of Whitehorse Lake; sons,
Benjamin Chee of Whitehorse, Floyd Chee of Santa Rose and Sherman
Chee of Haystack; daughters, Rita A. Chee of Sandsprings, Prescilla
Chee of Thoreau, Ella R. Begaye of Crownpoint and Dorthy A. Charley
of Standing Rock; brother, Al Smith Batone of Ricon Marques; 43 grandchildren
and 49 great-grandchildren.
Chee was preceded in death by her daughter, Renita Morgan; brothers,
Earl Betone and Loyd Betone; sister, Martha Largo; and grandmother,
Biz Na Pah Chee.
Pallbearers will be Sherman Chee, Rolando Jake Chee, Olin N. Willie,
Ivan Chee, Gene Chitwood, Curtis Morgan, Harrington Charley and Alton
Charley.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at St. Paul Hall, Crownpoint.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Angela Ann Begay
NAZLINI, Ariz. — Services for Angela Begay, 39, will be held
at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Nazlini Nazarene Church. Burial
will follow at Nazlini Cemetery.
Begay died Sept. 3 in Flatrock, Ariz. She was born Sept. 15, 1962,
in Nazlini into the Blackstreak for the One Who Walks Around.
Begay attended elementary school and high school in Chinle and Orem,
Utah.
Survivors include her sons, Bronson Begay of Gallup, Brent Buron,
Nelson Begay Jr. and Nathan Begay, all of Nazlini;
daughter, Andrea Begay of Phoenix; mother, Mary P. Bitloy of Nazlini;
brother, Harold Pahe of Nazlini; sisters, Mary Louise Derrick of Tucson,
Ariz., Isabella Wilson of Gallup, and Julia Etcitty, Shirley Gorman
and Cindy Begay, all of Nazlini; and
two grandchildren.
Begay was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson A. Begay; daughter,
Delphine Begay; and father, Dominic Bitley.
Pallbearers will be Nelson Begay Jr., Nathan Begay, Edison Etcitty
and Benson Etcitty.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at Mary Pahe Billoy residence 1/4 mile southeast of the chapter house.
Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Eric Michael Kee Jr.
ANETH, Utah — Services for Eric Kee Jr., infant, will be held
at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Brewer, Lee and Larkin
Funeral Home, Shiprock. Burial will follow at Cortez (Colo.) Cemetery.
He was born July 27, 2001, in Shiprock.
Survivors include his parents, Eric Michael Kee Sr. and Regina Etsitty
of Aneth; sisters, Eugena Etsitty and Kiara Kee, both of
Aneth; and grandparents, Eugene and Ellen Etsitty of Aneth and Franklin
and Mary Kee of Gallup.
Pallbearers will be Eric M. Kee Sr., Rodney Etsitty, Hank Lee, Orlando
Thompson Sr., Eugene Etsitty and Raymond Jones Jr.
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