Nation recalls in tributes of light
New York to New Mexico
NEW YORK (AP) — As dusk fell over lower Manhattan, twin towers
of light pierced the sky like the ghostly outlines of skyscrapers,
capping a solemn day of memorials to the victims of the nation's
deadliest act of terrorism.
The columns of light, visible for miles, were greeted with cheers
across the city Monday, six months after the Sept. 11 attacks
on the World Trade Center.
"The lights will reach up to the skies and into heaven, near
where the heroes are now," said Arthur Leahy, who stood holding
a picture of his brother James Leahy, a New York police officer
who died in the attacks.
The lighting ceremony concluded a day of tributes from Boston
and rural Pennsylvania to the nation's capital, where President
Bush offered words of resolve at a White House ceremony attended
by more than 100 ambassadors as well as victims' relatives and
members of Congress.
"There can be no peace in the world where differences and
grievances become an excuse to target the innocent for murder,"
Bush said. "Against such an enemy, there is no immunity,
and there can be no neutrality."
At the Pentagon, where 189 people died on Sept. 11, Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld met with military leaders from nations in the
anti-terrorism coalition.
And in Shanksville, Pa., church bells tolled at 10:06 a.m. in
memory of the 44 victims aboard United Flight 93, the fourth hijacked
jet to crash that day. It went down in the countryside, apparently
after some of the passengers fought back.
"This is hallowed ground. This is where the first battle
in the war on terrorism happened," said Marcy Nacke, whose
brother-in-law Louis Nacke was a passenger aboard the flight.
"It was the battle of Shanksville."
In New York, relatives of some of the thousands killed stood and
watched as 12-year-old Valerie Webb activated 88 powerful searchlights
arranged to simulate the lost twin towers. Her father, Port Authority
police officer Nathaniel Webb, still hasn't been found in the
ruins nearby.
"At that hour we saw the worst of mankind," Gov. George
Pataki said. "We saw the face of evil."
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani told the crowd it must look to the
victims "for our inspiration and our sense of purpose.
They would want us to lift up our heads very, very high."
As the memorial of light slowly gained power, soprano Jessye Norman
sang "America the Beautiful."
New Yorkers cheered from their rooftops as the lights were illuminated.
And in New York Harbor, more than 100 relatives of those killed
watched from a boat.
The "Tribute in Light" memorial will shine each night
until April 13.
Earlier, during a ceremony at Battery Park near the trade center
site, several hundred people paused for moments of silence at
8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m., the times two planes hit the towers.
A pile of flowers and pictures of the dead and missing grew at
the base of "The Sphere," a damaged steel and bronze
sculpture that once stood in the trade center plaza and has been
dedicated as a temporary memorial.
Ray Morales, who lost his nephew, fire department paramedic Ricardo
Quinn, said: "Knowing that everyone cares and are feeling
the pain we feel is comforting. We really are one big, large New
York City family."
In Afghanistan, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul flew the Stars and Stripes
at half-staff to mark the six months that have passed. Embassy
personnel gathered as U.S. Marine guards lowered the flag and
a bugle sounded in the background.
"Never again, never again," said acting U.S. Ambassador
Ryan Crocker, who saw the trade center on fire from his airplane
seat shortly after the attacks.
"We've won the war," he said. "We have to win the
peace."
Canada's House of Commons held a moment of silence to honor the
victims of the terrorist attacks, which killed about two dozen
Canadians.
And in Rome, U.S. Ambassador to Italy Mel Sembler praised the
world for the cooperation it showed following the attacks.
"The hope we take from these attacks is a new determination
to work together to create a peaceful and prosperous world,"
he
said. "It is not in our buildings that we find our strength
but in ourselves."
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Navajo Nation DWI's
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — The Navajo Nation Corrections Department booked
the following adults on drunk driving charges from Feb. 25 to March
3. A person is innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Shiprock — Gary Benally, 44, Sweet
Water; Farron Foster, 21, Shiprock; Lars Begay, 23, Red Mesa; Jorge
Chee, 20, Shiprock and Joe Taylor, 19, Sanostee.
Tuba City — Harvey M. Yazzie, 46,
Tuba City; Devier Johnson, 35, Tuba City; Richard Begay, 28, Tuba
City; Tom Dodson, 32, Tuba City; Avery Slim, 47, Tuba City; Stephen
Shaon, 34, Tuba City (2 different days); Anthony Wilson, 25, Phoenix
and Herbert Zee, 38, Kaibeto.
Window Rock — Randell Yazzie, 37,
Bird Springs; Julian Begay, 42, Wheatfields; Jimmy Keyonnie, 51, Indian
Wells; Freeman Jishie, 39, Tsaile; Jackson Kinlacheeny, 52, Dilkon;
Laura Lester, 41, Rocky Ridge and Wilson R. Lopez Sr., 54, Fort Defiance.
Chinle — Galveson Chee, 24, Lukachukai;
Benjamin James, 46, Lukachukai; Joseph F. Chee, 33, Many Farms; Greyson
Claw, 22, Phoenix; Clifford Allen, 27, Wheatfields; Calvin Elwood,
43, Lukachukai; Vernon James, 37, Tsaile; Royce E. Jones, 25, Ganado;
Marvin R. Teller, 26, Chinle and Dennis Yazzie, 43, Low Mountain.
Crownpoint — Michael Kee, 25, Thoreau;
Bennie Willie, 52, Churck Rock; Johnathan Belone, 25, Bloomfield;
Ron Martin, 29, Crownpoint; Freddie Sarracino, 43, Tsaile and Tiffany
Morgan, 30, Crownpoint.
Kayenta — Sammie Chief, 39, Kayenta;
Kurt Peters, 34, Kayenta; Verlin Reed, 30, Inscription House; Bengie
Black, 31, Kayenta; Wilbert Collins, 30, Monument Valley; Leroy Grey
Eyes, 35, Kirtland; Ambrose L. Johnson, 20, Dennehotso; William Simp,
42, Dennehotso and Salvador Nez, 35, Navajo, N.M.
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Tohaali school head under fire
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
SANOSTEE — The K-8 Tohaali boarding school 10 miles south of
Sanostee, N.M., is another Navajo reservation BIA school undergoing
apparent staff-management clashes with administrators telling teachers
and staff not to talk to the community. The administration's clampdown
on communication has become a free speech issue.
Internal strife at Tohaali is so bad that Navajo Nation Council Delegate
Jerry Bodie (Sanostee) said only the resignation of Tohaali school
Principal Delores P. Bitsilly will restore staff confidence at this
school of about 250 students.
Bodie said he is most concerned with reports surfacing from within
the school that Bitsilly will terminate any teacher who raises a legitimate
problem, including a union steward — Rose Sandoval — whom
Bitsilly fired in early February.
A letter sent to Bodie from Pamela McCrackin of the Indian Educators
Federation, which represents teachers under union membership, said
that Bitsilly fired Sandoval — who was hired as a school counselor
at the beginning of the school year — for agreeing to represent
two employees involved in first-step grievances. McCrackin said Sandoval
told Bitsilly Jan. 31 that she would be representing the employees,
and was fired two days later.
"Apparently, she (Bitsilly) is running the school with an iron
fist, you might call that," Bodie said.
Bodie said community members tell him that Bitsilly won't allow anyone
to suggest school improvements as to policy that conflict with her
own ideas and plays favorites with a few teachers, one of whom, Frances
Emerson, is a relative. A meeting scheduled a week ago on March 5,
involving Bodie, Bitsilly, the five-member Tohaali school board and
Bitsilly's boss, BIA line officer Lester Hudson of Shiprock, did not
happen as planned because Bitsilly and her backers decided not to
"show up," Bodie said.
Reached for comment Monday, Bitsilly — who is non-Navajo and
married to a Navajo — said the meeting was scuttled because Bodie
and his side had not provided appropriate "documentation"
spelling out their concerns. She also said anything she could say
to the Independent would have to be reviewed first by her superiors.
"I would like an opportunity to defend myself," she said,
"but I don't have any complaints against me in writing at this
time. We have an administrative review process."
Bodie said the Tohaali school board refused to meet with concerned
staff members who wanted to air their views without Bitsilly present.
A message from the Independent left with Bitsilly Monday for school
board President Thomas Joe Yazzie to comment on the dispute was not
returned.
A memorandum with the subject heading "professional conduct and
chain of command" was sent Jan. 28 to school staff, signed by
Bitsilly and five of her managers: academic department head Delphina
John, head bus driver Jimmy Curley, cafeteria supervisor Johnnie Charley,
facility manager Daniel Armstrong, and residential team leader Ida
Williams.
The two-page memorandum reminds Tohaali employees that they must "maintain
a positive, professional attitude at school and in the community,
follow all policies, procedures and curriculum," and "participate
in staff functions and use your time wisely."
The memo starts by stating: "After lengthy discussion at Wednesday's
school board meeting it was felt by the School Board and the supervisors
that we need to reiterate our expectations."
The memo also addresses an area that some community members say violates
free speech and the community's right to know about what is going
on at Tohaali school. It states that Tohaali employees must "refrain
from discussing school-related matters in the community."
Larry Smiley, a Tohaali school dorm manager until about three years
ago when Bitsilly placed him on a "Reduction in Force" list,
said the no-communication demand is draconian and impossible to follow.
He said five rural communities sending students to Tohaali boarding
school have little way of knowing what is going on with their children
without open communication. These communities are Sanostee, Newcomb,
Two Grey Hills, Burnham and Sheep Springs.
"We're saying that this is a community school, but how can it
be a community school if the parents are not allowed to hear about
and be involved in their students' education?" Smiley asked.
Smiley, a peacemaker within the Sanostee community, said Bitsilly
was new at the time that she terminated his employment. He believes
his RIF notice came because he and a group terminated alongside him
had been honest about the need for school improvements. Smiley is
worried that the negative effect of management's intolerance to hear
staff concerns is translating to an educational effect resulting in
a lowering of student achievement.
"We would remind all employees that disciplinary action will
be taken by the immediate supervisor if the conduct of a particular
employee deems it necessary," Bitsilly's Jan. 28 memo states.
"Negative behaviors adversely effect the morale of all employees
and most of all it diverts attention from our primary responsibility
... the children."
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Woman killed by semi truck is ID'd
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — A 35-year-old Tohatchi woman died early last Thursday
morning north of Yah Tah Hey on U.S. 666 when a semi tractor-trailer
hit her on U.S. 666.
She is identified as Marilyn Delores Begay, who lived about a mile
east of the highway near Mile Post 27 in the Tohatchi area, according
to the Crownpoint Criminal Investigations District report received
at Navajo Public Safety Division headquarters Monday.
The report identified the driver as Vernon Landor, but did not list
his age or hometown. He told officers he was headed north around 3
a.m. when the woman suddenly appeared in his headlights. He pulled
into the median, checked her, tried to flag down several motorists
who didn't stop.
An unidentified motorist finally stopped and called 911, the report
said.
Arson in Church Rock
CHURCH ROCK CHAPTER — A 51-year-old woman was arrested on unspecified
tribal charges in what might be an arson as a way of possibly attempting
to take her own life Friday night, according to the Crownpoint Criminal
Investigations District report.
An unidentified man couldn't get into the burning home by the front
door about one-quarter of a mile east of the Thompson Store, so he
broke a window to gain entrance around 9 p.m. He found Rose Marie
Jones passed out on the floor and pulled her outside. He also apparently
had to restrain her from going back inside the flaming house, the
detective's report indicated.
The report listed it as a case of domestic violence involving alcohol,
but did not explain how.
Tuba City arson
TOH NANEES DIZI — Officers are looking for leads and suspects
in the torching of an mobile home south of Navajo Boulevard and Preston
Way, according to the Tuba City Law Enforcement District report.
An anonymous caller reported the fire around 1 a.m. Saturday, at a
home owned by Sherry Billy, 39, of the same address, the report said.
The tribal fire department and EMS crews responded and an officer
arrived to find heavy smoke pouring from a southside bedroom window.
Firefighters checked the structure, but found it unoccupied, the report
said.?
More on drowning
GANADO — At least two dozen people, nine vehicles and two boats
were involved in the rescue of five people at the northeast corner
of Ganado Lake on March 3 that resulted in the first drowning of the
year on the Navajo Reservation.
According to the Ganado Fire District report, a boat with five people
on board capsized about 100 yards from shore.
Apparently three swam to shore because when the first unit arrived
nine minutes after the first alarm was sounded the medic
reported two people in the water.
Within six minutes a rescue boat was launched from shore, being joined
15 minutes later by a civilian boat carrying an engineer and EMT.
As the boats approached, one victim — Richard A. Dodge Jr., 19,
of the Crystal Chapter — went under the surface. One boat headed
back to shore with the other person who was taken to nearby Sage Memorial
Hospital. Around 6:45 p.m. Dodge was located, brought to shore, and
taken to the hospital.
Two rescuers also were treated and released at the hospital for slight
hypothermia.
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Gallup teen charged in northside murder
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — Gallup 18-year-old faces a million-dollar bond after
confessing to shooting a Gallup man to death during an interview after
a Gallup police officer caught him driving the dead man's car.
During the murder arraignment this morning for Erick Leyba of 1708
Mesquite Drive, Magistrate Rhoda Hunt ordered a $1 million cash-only
bond. Leyba also was arraigned on burglary charges from the Coors
Plant last year, and Hunt gave him a $30,000 cash-only bond —
making his total bond $1,030,000.
Leyba confessed Monday to shooting Halbert Brown, 40, of 215 W. Princeton
Ave., twice in the head around 11 p.m.
Saturday, Gallup Police Lt. John Allen said. Allen and Detective Sgt.
Rick White arrested Leyba and charged him with an open count of murder,
aggravated burglary, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, larceny and
tampering with evidence. Brown's landlord, Raymond Yepez, found him
dead around 5 p.m. Sunday when Yepez, his wife, Tina, and her grandmother
spotted blood on the front door of the house while the three walked
to church. Raymond Yepez found the door unlocked, and, moments later,
found Brown lying on his back, his face covered in blood. They called
911.
Brown's blue car was missing, and all law enforcement were on the
look-out for the vehicle Sunday and Monday.
A "very alert" Gallup Police Officer Demeter "Bronco"
Woloshen spotted the car around 10:30 a.m. near Ford Drive and Highway
66 and stopped the driver, Leyba, without incident, Allen said. The
department had no suspects until Woloshen brought in Leyba.
"He's an officer who's got quite a few years of law enforcement
experience, and it shows," Allen said. "He was acutely aware
of his surroundings. The car caught his eye, and he knew what he was
looking for.
"Oftentimes in large investigations, people think cases are solved
by our detectives, but that isn't always so. It takes the whole department
putting out 100 percent effort to come up with results like this."
Deputy District Attorney Joseph Arite will tackle the case. Although
he couldn't be reached for comment Monday night, Assistant District
Attorney Karen Kingen Etcitty, who is prosecuting Leyba in a burglary
he confessed to at the Coors Plant last year, said Arite told her:
"We could be looking at another capital case."
This could mean the death penalty, although Etcitty said she wasn't
sure the death penalty applies in this case. In New Mexico, one of
seven criteria must be met for the death penalty to apply.
One criterion is killing a witness to a crime. Considering the other
charges against Leyba, Arite might have an argument that Brown was
a murdered witness.
Etcitty was shocked that police had a suspect so soon after a murder
with few clues left at the scene. "I couldn't believe by court
at 1:30 they already had a suspect," she said Monday night from
her home.
While she's prosecuting Leyba, who confessed to being the mastermind
behind the Coors Plant burglary with two of his friends, Etcitty said
she's still surprised Leyba killed Brown.
"Of course I'm surprised. He's 18 years old, and he's willing
to take someone's life for money? How does someone get that evil at
that age?" Etcitty said.
After Woloshen brought Leyba to the police station, Allen and White
read Leyba his rights. The teen waived the right to have an attorney
present during questioning.
Leyba, who is unemployed, at first told the officers he knew who killed
Brown. Allen and White saw through his story.
"He gave us information we knew was not true, from the scene
and evidence we had collected," Allen said. "He ended up
telling us the truth."
Leyba's friend lives across the street from Brown, and Brown occasionally
gave Leyba rides into Gallup, Allen said. On Saturday night, Brown
saw Leyba walking to the friend's house, and Brown gave him a ride,
according to Leyba's version of events.
After spending time at his friend's house, Leyba said he went to Brown's
home and drank some beer.
"Halbert then began to come on to him," Allen repeated Leyba's
words. "That made him very mad, so he then left the residence
and went across the street where he had a stolen gun stored."
He'd hidden the .22-caliber semi-automatic handgun under the shed
behind the friend's house, Allen said.
"He gets the gun and returns to Halbert's residence and shoots
him in the head," the lieutenant said. "He proceeds to rummage
through Halbert's pockets and finds the keys to Halbert's vehicle.
He takes those and his VCR and radio, puts them in Halbert's car and
ditches the gun in the back of a blue pickup parked at the Third Street
Tavern."
Police haven't retrieved the gun. Allen asks anyone who has a blue
pickup that was parked outside the tavern Saturday night to check
the bed of the truck for the gun, which Leyba said he wrapped in a
garbage bag.
Leyba said he drove Brown's car to Gallup Indian Medical Center, where
he parked it, then walked the few blocks home to Mesquite.
On Monday morning, Leyba was headed to a Gallup towing yard to dispose
of the car, Allen said. Officer Woloshen spoiled his plans.
Leyba's arraignment in Magistrate Court will be this morning. No bond
has been set pending the hearing.
Brown's daughter, Mataya, 8, was at her grandmother's house in Navajo,
N.M., at the time of the murder. Brown usually dropped her off there
on Fridays and returned Sundays to pick her up, neighbors at the scene
said Sunday night.
A teacher in Thoreau by day, Brown worked as a hairstylist in the
afternoons and evenings in Gallup. Also living in the gray stucco
house was Brown's stepson, who is a few years older than the daughter.
Brown's ex-wife lives in Phoenix.
Allen met with family members of the deceased Sunday night, when they
identified Brown through photographs taken at the scene. Mataya Brown
caught the lieutenant's eye.
"She's really torn up, that little girl. This is probably one
of the saddest cases I've ever worked. Here is a guy doing everything
he can to support his children, working two jobs. Even the defendant
tells us he's a good guy," Allen said. "You look at this
little girl, it's like, 'Oh!'"
About 25 people in Brown's family mostly brothers and sisters, met
with their mother and police Sunday night. "The mother was extremely
distraught," Allen said.
She worried when her son didn't arrive Sunday to pick up the children.
"She couldn't understand it: 'This isn't Halbert. He doesn't
drink, he's the worker in the family. He takes care of his kids,'"Allen
quoted her.
Sunday night, police removed the front door, which was spattered in
blood, and took it for evidence. They took photos of the scene as
well as "an array of papers," such as bank statements, Allen
said.
During the search, officers found cards and other items the little
girl appeared to have made for her father, who proudly displayed them
in the house.
"This was a little girl who had a strong bond with her dad, and
obviously, a dad who had a strong bond with his daughter. Now it's
gone," Allen said.
"What she said last night is, 'My daddy, I lost my daddy, and
he's the one who takes care of me,'" Allen said. "That family
is going to rally to take care of her."
Allen had no comments about Leyba's family, who police spoke with
Monday. Brown's family declined all comment to the media through police.
McKinley County Sheriff's Chief Investigator Dan Patton continues
to assist the Gallup Police in the murder investigation.
Anyone with a blue pickup parked outside the Third Street Tavern Saturday
night should call the detectives, 863-9365.
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Four agency Spelling Bee winners revealed
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — Fifty boys and girls, trying to remain calm so
they can concentrate on enunciating each letter in its proper order,
are peaking in their preparations for Thursday's Navajo Nation-The
Independent Spelling Bee.
The reservation's champion speller, and the runner-up, each will
be sent with an escort — usually a parent — to the U.S.
National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., courtesy of the reservation's
largest daily newspaper.
But to reach the big event in the U.S. capital, the fortunate boys
or girls must first be the best in Thursday afternoon's competition
on the stage of the Peterson Zah-Navajo Nation Museum, Library and
Visitors Center in the tribal capital...
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Mexico's drug gang on its knees
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — With the Arrellano Felix brothers out
of the picture — one in jail, another apparently dead —
U.S. and Mexican authorities believe their drug gang is falling
apart.
"Basically this is it for them," said Donald Thornhill
Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration in San Diego, Calif.
Benjamin and Ramon Arellano Felix "were really the glue that
kept the organization together."
The brothers allegedly built one of Latin America's most powerful
smuggling businesses, one once compared to a Fortune 500 corporation.
Benjamin was captured by Mexican troops Saturday in Puebla, east
of Mexico City. He confirmed reports that Ramon died Feb. 10 in
a shootout with police in Mazatlan...
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Winds blow over home
Tom Purdom
Staff Writer
SAN RAFAEL — There is no doubt in Perry Rauth's mind how strong
the winds roared Friday.
He was sitting inside his 50-feet long trailer home Friday watching
television when an unusually strong gust blew the mobile home over
on its side with the shocked Rauth still inside. At the time the
trailer was sitting on a foundation.
Cibola County Sheriff's Sgt. Steven Marquez said the department
got a call about 10:36 a.m. Friday about the incident. Grants Fire
and Rescue also went to the scene.
Winds howled between 40 to 45 miles per hour, kicking up dust so
thick that motorists had difficulty seeing enough of State Highway
53 to stay on it. Rauth's older mobile home is located off State
Highway 53, on County Road 52...
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Deaths
Mary Jane Francisco
COUSINS — Services for Mary Francisco, 53, will be held at
1 p.m., Wednesday, March 13 at Oak View Bible Church. Pastor Herbert
Francisco will officiate. Burial will follow at the private family
cemetery.
Francisco died March 8 in Albuquerque. She was born Sept. 28, 1948
in Blackrock into the Red Bottom People Clan for the Edge of the
Water People Clan.
Survivors include her parents, James and Elouise Francisco both
of Cousins; brothers, Ray Francisco of Vanderwagen, Herbert Francisco,
Jeffery Francisco, Jimmy Francisco, Marvin Francisco and Patrick
Francisco all of Cousins; and sisters, Janet Brown of Gallup and
Sally James of Cousins.
Pallbeaers will be Harrison Brown, Jeff Francisco, Marvin Francisco,
Ray Francisco, Jimmy Francisco and Leonard James.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Claudis M. Pasqual
ACOMA PUEBLO — Services for Claudis Pasqual, 76, were held
at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 12 at McCarty Catholic Church. Burial
followed at Mount of Peace Cemetery, McCartys.
Pasqual was born March 10 in Acoma Pueblo. He was born March 13,
1925 in Acoma Pueblo.
Pasqual served in the U.S. Army during WWII and belonged to the
American Legion Post #60 and a farmer.
Survivors include his daughters, Christine Sims, Catherine Riley
and Theresa Prutt all of Acoma; brothers, Lawrence Pasqual of Santa
Ana, Reginald Pasqual and Leo Pasqual both of Acoma; sisters, Mary
Lukee and Blanche Antonio both of Acoma; six grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Pasqual was preceded in death by his wife, Frances O. Pasqual; parents,
Juana C. Pasqual and Juan Pasqual; brother, Clifford
Pasqual and sister, Eva Pino.
Pallbearers will be James Sims, Jonathan Sims, Charles Riley, Dominic
Pruitt and Jorge Nanez.
Mt. Taylor Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Barbara Johnson Raburn
GRANTS — Services for Barbara Raburn, 75, will be held at 11
a.m., Wednesday, March 13 at First Presbyterian Chruch of Grants,
400 Nimitz. Dr. Rev. Diane Monger will officiate. Burial will follow
at Grants Memorial Park.
Visitation will be held from 3-6 p.m., at Grants Mortuary Chapel
and before services at the church.
Raburn died March 10 in Albuquerque. She was born April 17, 1926
in Indianapolis, Ind.
Raburn was a homemaker and a member of PEO Sisterhood.
Survivors include her son, Thomas L. Raburn of Fort Worth, Texas;
daughters, Rhonda Payne of Dallas, Texas and Karen
Thomasson of Farmington; sisters, Dorothy Ann Timmons of Amarillo,
Texas, Sue Mims of Albuquerque and Sondra Lee
Clinders of Montrose, Colo.; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Raburn was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph F. Raburn; sons,
Christopher Mark Raburn and Michael Dennis Raburn
and parents, Peggy Strange Johnson and Orville Johnson.
Pallbearers will be Don Thomasson, Joshua Thomasson, Ron Mims, Perry
Fisher, Steve Mims and Joseph Thomasson.
Pearl S. Edsitty
BECENTI — Services for Pearl Edsitty, 51, will be announced
at a later date.
Edsitty died March 10 in Albuquerque. She was born Sept. 22, 1950
in Fort Defiance, Ariz. into the Meadow People Clan for
the Water People Flows Together People Clan.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Delbert Saunders, Sr.
IYANBITO — Services for Delbert Saunders, Sr., 69, will be
announced at a later date.
Saunders Sr. died March 10 in rural New Mexico. He was born April
21, 1932 into the Two Who Came to the Water People
Clan for the Mexican People Clan.
A family meeting will be held at 6 p.m., tonight at Iyanbito Chapter
House.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
William Tom Largo
FORT WINGATE — Services for William Largo, 25, will be announced
at a later date.
Largo died March 10. He was born Sept. 17, 1976 in Gallup.
A family gathering will be held at 5 p.m., tonight at Pinedale Chapter
House.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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