Deaths

— William E. Fields
— Louise Tony
— Sam Smith
— Ben Sam Lee
— Betty Lou Cobb

William E. Fields

SANTA FE — Funeral services for William Elgie Fields, 79, will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 31 at the Sweeney Convention Center. Burial will take place in the Santa Fe National Cemetry at 1 p.m. with full military honors.

Devotional services will be held Sunday, Jan. 30 at 6 p.m. at the Sweeney Convention Center.

Fields died Jan. 25 in Santa Fe. He was born July 21, 1925 in Vian, Okla.

Fields attended the University of New Mexico and earned a B.S. in civil engineering in 1950 and worked as a civil and hydrolics engineer. During his career, he served as Chief of Indian Affairs, worked with the National Park Service from 1958 to 1987, worked with Navajo, Zuni and Hopi tribes. Fields also worked with Indian programs to better their social and economic life. He served in WWII in the Marine Corp and worked with the Navajo Code Talkers. He retired as Colonel in the Army and Brigadier General in the New Mexico State Guard.

Survivors include the mother of his children, Doris Madox Taylor of Tucson; wife, Pricilla Fields of Santa Fe; sister, Juanita Batchelor of Fla.; children, Frank Fields of Tucson, Wendy Fields-Montoya, Crystal Fields-Lucero, Nick Sanchez, Jimmy Sanchez, Rose Cordova all of Santa Fe, Antonio Sanchez of Dixon, Barbara Sanchez of Blanco; 15 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Tate and Eva Fields.

Pallbearers will be Tom Cordova, Jerry Lucero, Phillip Montoya, Jr., Dion D'Angelico, Alex Bransford and Sean William "Bill" Fields.

Louise Tony

GALLUP — Services for Louise Ofelia Tony, 56, will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the Gallup Christian Center, (The Door) in Gallup. Burial will follow at the Gallup City Cemetery.

Tony died Jan. 27 in Gallup. She was born Dec. 28, 1949 in Rock Point, Ariz.

Tony's hobbies included arts and crafts, crossword puzzles and listening to music.

Survivors include her husband Sherman Tony; sons, Brian Bronson, Rocky Tony and Victor Van Pelt, all of Gallup and Stoney Tony of Chandler, Ariz.; daughters, Gina Paquin, Flornaora Tony, Leandra Tony, all of Gallup; mother Ella W. Tracey of Gallup; sisters, Zonnie Willie of Standing Rock, N.M. and Lucy Antone of St. Michaels, Ariz., and 16 grandchildren.

Tony was preceded in death by her father Tracey Tracey son, Vincent Tony and sister Adelle Silversmith.

Pallbearers will be Brian Tony, Bronson Toney, Stoney Tony, Rocky Tony, Matthew Overton, Byran Paquin and Dwayne Paquin.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Sam Smith

SAWMILL — Services for Sam Smith, 92, will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 31 at Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament, Fort Defiance. Burial will follow at the family plot in Sawmill, ARiz.

Smith died Jan. 27 in Phoenix. He was born Sept. 22, 1912 in Sawmill into the Bitter Water People clan for the Edge Water People Clan.

Smith worked at the old lumber mill in Sawmill and also worked for NFPI in Navajo. At the time of his retirement he was employed with NECA. He lived in Chinle and Sawmill.

Survivors include his sons Jimmy Smith of Sebeque, Ariz., and Gilbert Begay of Crystal, N.M.; daughters, Jessie Williams, Earlene Frazier, Pearlene Begay and Leona Laughing, all of Sawmill, Ariz. and one sister, Gertrude Brown of Sawmill.

Pallbearers will be family members.

Ben Sam Lee

SALINA SPRINGS — Funeral services for Ben Sam Lee, 60, were today, Jan. 29, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Chinle. Father Blaine, O.F.M. officiated.

Lee died Jan. 26 in Phoenix. He was born July 10, 1944 in Salina Springs into the Many Goats People Clan for the Bitterwater People Clan.

Lee attended Intermountian School. He worked for the Railroad and was a rancher. He was a medicine man in the Native American Church. Lee enjoyed Native music and horses.

Survivors include his mother, Delphine Lee; brothers, Kee Tso Lee, Billy Sam Lee, Alfred Sam Lee, Mike Sam Lee; sisters, Isabelle Burbank, Mary Shirley, Adeline Lee, Elsie Tracy and Darlene Curley.

Lee was preceded in death by his father, Sam Lee; sister Hasbah Lee Curley.

Pallbearers were Johnny Armstrong, Sr., Bobby Curley, James Burbank, Robert Curley, Jr., Ricky Manheimer and Jimmy Beall.

Cope Memorial was in charge of arrangements.

Betty Lou Cobb

GRANTS — Funeral services for Betty Lou Cobb, 76, will be held on Monday, Jan. 31 with a visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Grants Mortuary Chapel. A graveside service will follow Grants Memorial Park with Maurice Duffy officiating.

A memorial talk will be given at 2:30 p.m. at the Grants Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses led by Joseph Henley.

Cobb was born on May, 16, 1928 in Cushing.

She was a Jehovah's Witness, and spent over 20 years as a Pioneer Minister.

She is survived by her husband Cecil Cobb of Grants; daughter, Kathy Scyrkels of Grants; son, Bill Cobb of Albuquerque; step-mother, Mary Swingles of Phoenix, AZ.; sister, Mary Fran Karry of Okla.

She was preceded in death by her parents; Louis and Opal Hull.

Pallbearers will be Tom Habiger, Jim Smith, Reyes Romero Jr., Bill VanCamp, Joe Habiger, and David Habiger.

Correction
In Friday's obituary for Stella Saucedo, her mother, Mary Rodriguez Saucedo was listed as deceased and she is alive.