Deaths

— Bessie Spencer
— Mario C. Pizii
— Jennie Y. Johnson
— Mabel Wauneka Chee

Bessie Spencer

TWIN BUTTES — Funeral services for Bessie Spencer, 57, will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 25 at Cope Memorial Chapel. Don Phoebus will officiate. Burial will be in the Gallup City Cemetery.

Spencer died March 22 in Gallup. She was born April 21, 1947 in Twin Buttes into the Bitter Water People Clan for the Towering House People Clan.

Spencer was employed with Shamrock truckstop and Holiday Inn. She enjoyed sewing, taking walks and tending to livestock.

Survivors include her brothers, Ray Bennett of Yatahey, Lee Bennett, Eddie Jim, Sr. both of Twin Buttes; sisters, Grace Smith of Okla. and Nellie Bennett of Twin Buttes.

Spencer was preceded in death by her grandparents, Charlie and Jennie Spencer; parents, Tom K. Bennett and Helen Spencer; brothers, Wayne Bennett, Richard Bennett and Raymond Bennett, Sr.

Pallbearers will be Damon Smith, Eddie Jim, Jr., Nathaniel Browning, Charleston Bennett, Stenson Sam and Brother Peachy.

Cope Memorial is in charge of arrangements.

Mario C. Pizii

GRANTS — Graveside services for Mario Camillo Pizii, 82, will be at 1 p.m. today March 24 at the Santa Fe National Cemetery. Deacon Juan Martinez will officiate.

Pizii died March 21 in Albuquerque. He was born Nov. 5, 1922 in Westchester, Penn.

Pizii served in the US Army with the 101st Airborne Division and was a recipient of the three Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts. He was a Prisoner of War on two occasions. Pizii moved to New Mexico in 1970 and worked as a newspaper advertising manager for the Taos News. He then moved to Grants in 1975 and was employed with the Grants Daily Beacon until he retired in 1986. Pizii enjoyed golf.

Pizii is survived by his wife, Toula Gouvas Pizii of Grants; daughter, Camille Daniel of Ind.; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Camillo Pizii and Anenia DepedroPizii; and daughter, Amilia Pizii.

Jennie Y. Johnson

GALLUP — Funeral services are pending for Jennie Y. Johnson, 71.

Johnson died March 22 in Albuquerque. She was born Jan. 5, 1934 in Gallup into the Salt Water People Clan for the Edgewater People Clan.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Mabel Wauneka Chee

SHEEP SPRINGS — Funeral services for Mabel Wauneka Chee, 61, are pending.

Chee died March 23 in Gallup. She was born Jan. 14, 1944 in San Francisco, Calif. into the Towering House People Clan for the One Who Walks Around People Clan.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.