Deaths

• Tami Hattie
• Ben Billie
• Dorothy Lopez
• John Sam Sr.
• Graciano "Chano" Calzada
• Maria Mendoza
• William Garcia
• Daniel Roanhorse Jr. and Grace Roanhorse

Tami Hattie

ZUNI — A traditional wake for Tami L. Hattie will be held today, April 26 at her home. Burial will be at the Quincy Panteah Cemetery.

Hattie died April 24 in Albuquerque.

Survivors include her parents, Margie and Duane Dishta; grandparents, Wallace and Sally Kanteena and Jean Hattie; sisters, Shannon of Albuquerque, Sangelita, Sheila and Lynisha, all of Zuni; brothers, Jeffery and Brion, both of Zuni.

She was preceded in death by her father, Avery Hattie and her great-grandparents, Eddie and Crystal Sheyka.

Pallbearers will be family members.

Ben Billie

COYOTE CANYON — Services for Pastor Ben Billie, 79, will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 27 at the Bethany Christian Reformed Church in Tohlakai, N.M. Burial will follow on family land in Coyote Canyon.

Billie died on April 21 in Albuquerque. He was born in Coyote Canyon, Nov. 26, 1925 into the Red Running into the Water People Clan for the Water Flows Together People Clan.

Billie was pastor of the Roadside Baptist Church in Coyote Canyon. He had retired from the Thriftway Convenience Store as the Store Manager. He was also a rancher.

Survivors include his wife, Angela Tsosie Bill of Coyote Canyon; sons, Eldon Billie and Christopher Paul Billie, both of Coyote Canyon; daughters, Jeralene Billie of Coyote Canyon and Yvonne Billie of Standing Rock, N.M.; brother, Alfred Billie James of Coyote Canyon, and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John Billie James and Erma Billie James; brothers, Jack Billie and Leon Billie and one sister, Sarah Silbersmith.

Pallbearers will be family members.

Compassion Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Dorothy Lopez

TSE BONITO — Services for Dorothy Lopez, 69, will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 27 at Western Indian Ministries. Raymond Mullahon will officiate. Burial will be in the Crystal family plot.

Lopez died April 23 in Gallup. She was born April 10, 1936 in Toadlena, N.M. into the Red Running into the Water People Clan for the Red Bottom People Clan.

Lopez was a full time rug weaver and she was retired from the Window Rock Unified School District.

Survivors include her sons, Arnold Roanhorse and Nelson Roanhorse, Jr.; daughters, Claudia R. Begay, Claudeen Tallwood, Jacqueline Lopez Quenby, and Priscilla Lee; brothers, John Peshlakai, Jr., Walter Harry and Frankie Hunt; sisters, Mary Hudson and Elizabeth James, 21 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren.

Lopez was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest R. Lopez, parents, Frank Wingate and Mary Wingate; brothers, Lee Peshlakai and Johnny Harry.

Pallbearers will be relatives.

The family will receive friends and relatives at House #22 at the Crystal Junction after services.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

John Sam Sr.

HOUCK, Ariz. — Services for John F. Sam, Sr., 102, will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 27 at St. Francis Church in Gallup. Father Cormac Antram, OFM will officiate. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park in Gallup.

Sam died April 23 in Fort Defiance. He was born April 15, 1903 in Wide Ruins, Aria., into the Towering House People Clan for the Water's Edge People Clan.

Sam was a logger for the Forestry Department in White River, Ariz. He also worked the Burlington Northern Railroad on the California to Chicago route. His hobbies included herding sheep and watching wrestling.

Survivors include his sons, Joe Sam of Hunters Point, Ariz., Peter Sam and Steven Sam, both of Houck, Lawrence Sam of Cornfield, Ariz., and Gilbert Sam of Salt Lake City; daughters, Elsie Yazzie and Mary Yazzie, both of Hunters Point, Ariz., Betty Begay of Houck, Pauline Peshlakai of Sanders, Ariz., and Alice Strahan of Paris, Ark.; brother, Jim Tabaha of Houck; sisters, Maggie Casuse of Coyote Canyon and Emma Wilson of Houck, 60 grandchildren, 126 great-grandchildren and 34 great-great-grandchildren.

Sam was preceded in death by his parents, Tabaaha Yazi and Bah Tabaha; wife, Frances Sam; sons, Stanley Sam, Nicholas Sam, John Sam, Jr., Robert Sam; and his daughter, Isabel Sam.

Pallbearers will be family members.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Graciano "Chano" Calzada

GRANTS — Funeral Mass for Graciano "Chano" Calzada, 72, will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 27 at St. Teresa de Avila Catholic Church in Grants. Fr. Matthew Keller will officiate. Burial and graveside services will follow at Grants Memorial Park in Grants.

Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. today at Grants Mortuary. A rosary will be at 7 p.m. today at Grants Mortuary Chapel.

Calzada died April 23 in Gallup. He was born March 6, 1923 in McGaffey.

Calzada was a lifelong resident of the Grants area and a member of St. Teresa de Avila Catholic Church. When he was young, he helped his parents in the "La Tiendita" Grocery Store on Stephens Avenue and Fourth Street. He also worked at the Anaconda Mill for over 27 years. His hobbies included looking after his horses.

Survivors include one brother, Santiago "Jimmy" Calzada of Grants and numerous neices and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Melecio Calzada and Petra Duarte Calzada; his grandparents, Santiago Calzada and Martina Calzada.

Pallbearers will be William "Bill" Sutton, Jeff Krieger, Stephen Goodson, Ed Craig, Ed Harry and Louie Florendo.

Grants Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Maria Mendoza

GAMERCO — Services for Maria C. Mendoza, 73, will be announced at a later date.

Mendoza died April 22 in Gallup. She was born Dec. 8, 1931 in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

William Garcia

GALLUP — Services for William C. Garcia, 90, will be announced at a later date.

Garcia died April 25 in Gallup. He was born June 25, 1914 in Morenci, Ariz.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Daniel Roanhorse Jr. and Grace Roanhorse

GAMERCO — Services for Daniel Roanhorse Jr., 51, and Grace Roanhorse, 52 will be announced at a later date.

The Roanhorses died April 23 in Gallup. Daniel was born Oct. 11, 1953 in Fort Defiance and Grace was born Dec. 18, 1952 in Gallup.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.