Deaths

— Zeno T. Joe
— Mary Lou Tso-Blackbear
— Fredison D. Brown
— Dolly P. Moore

Zeno T. Joe

MANUELITO — Funeral services for Zeno T. Joe, 37, will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8 at Cope Memorial Chapel. Earl Tulley will officiate. Burial will be on a family plot in Manuelito.

Joe was born Oct. 27, 1967 in Fort Defiance into the Tangle People Clan for the Bitterwater People Clan.

Joe was self-employed, carving fetishes.

Survivors include his parents, Leo Rocky and Eva E. Joe of Manuelito; brothers, Trinidad Joe, Trineno Joe, Arno Rocky Joe, Roland Joe, Leno Joe; sisters, Evangeline Tulley, Angeline Segura, Olivia Tom, Misty Escamilla; grandmother, Marcella Tulley of Blue Gap.

Joe was preceded in death by his grandfather, Willie E. Tulley; paternal grandparents, Marie and Navajo Joe.

Pallbearers will be Tom Joe, Trineno Joe, Arno Joe, Roland Joe, Leno Joe and Marcus Tulley.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the Manuelito Chapter house.

Cope Memorial is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Lou Tso-Blackbear

SAWMILL — Funeral mass for Mary Lou Tso-Blackbear, 71, will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8 at the Good Shepard Mission. Rev. Jim Leehan will officiate. Burial will be at the Damon family cemetery in Fort Defiance.

A visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the Good Shepard Mission.

Tso-Blackbear died March 5 in Fort Defiance. She was born Dec. 31, 1933 in Fort Defiance into the Bitterwater People Clan for the Towering House People Clan.

She attended Albuquerque Indian School and Haskell Institute. Tso-Blackbear was employed with Wingate High School, St. Mary's, Navajo Skill Center and she was a member of the Native American Church.

Survivors include her husband, Eugene Blackbear of Watonga, Okla.; sons, Ronald Hoskie of Fort Defiance, Fred Silvers of Flagstaff, Wayne Turtle of Sawmill; daughters, Senoria Lou Blackbear of Watonga, Betty Lou Turtle of Sawmill, Susie Minnie Blackbear of Fort Worth; brother, Peter Tso of Sawmill; sisters, Ella Damon, Judy Begay both of Sawmill, Maria Mike of Fort Defiance.

Tso-Blackbear was preceded in death by her parents, Hola and Susie Damon-Tso; Harry Tso, Levi Tso, Henry Tso, Luther Slivers, and Myron Levi Slivers.

Pallbearers will be Joseph Harvey, Jr., Brian Dick, Glenn A. Slivers, Cruz Leano, Henry M. Blackbear and Mychal R. Slivers.

Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Fredison D. Brown

BLOOMFIELD — Funeral services for Fredison D. Brown, 46, were this morning 10 a.m., March 7 at the Light House Church. Pastor John Schrack officiated. Burial followed in Memory Gardens, Farmington.

Brown was born into the Red Running into Water People Clan and for the Blackstreak Wood People Clan. Survivors include his wife, Eleanor Brown; daughters, Camela Brown, Kayla Brown, Deidra Brown all of Bloomfield; father, James Brown of Rehoboth.

Brown was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Brown.

Cope Memorial is in charge of arrangements.

Dolly P. Moore

THOREAU — Funeral services for Dolly Pearl Moore, 93, are pending and will be announced at a later date.

Moore died March 4 in Grants. She was born June 6, 1923 in Paintrock, Texas.
Compassion Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.