Deaths

— Jennie Johnson
— Willie Yazzie Jr.
— Rudy Suazo
— Raymond Weathers

Jennie Johnson

GALLUP — Funeral services for Jennie Y. Johnson, 71, will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 28 at Rollie Mortuary. Pastor Alvin Cayatineto will officate. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park.

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

Johnson was a silversmith and enjoyed traveling and cooking.

Survivors include her daughters, Gloria Begay of Rehoboth, Laverna Johnson, Virginia Johnson, Agnes Smith, all of Gallup, Janice Reid of Glendale; sons, Daniel Kee Johnson, Ernest Johnson, Jimmy Johnson, Roy Johnson, all of Gallup; sisters, Marlene Begay of Shiprock, Marie Henry of Grand Canyon, Ariz., Pauline Whitegoat of Mentmore; brothers, Keith Yazzie of Gallup, Mark Yazzie, Sr. of Smith Lake, Oscar Yazzie of Iyanbito; 29 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Johnson was preceded in death by her husband, Kee Johnson; father, Sam Yazzie; mother, Astaa Yazzie; sons, Bobby Kee Johnson, Gary Kee Johnson, Jerry Kee Johnson and one granddaughter.

Pallbearers will be Vincent Begay, Jr., Daniel Earl Kee Johnson, Ernest Johnson, Roy Johnson, Ryan Lee and Art Smith, Jr.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Willie Yazzie Jr.

MEXICAN SPRINGS — Services for Willie Yazzie, Jr. will be at 10 a.m., Monday, March 28 at Cope Memorial Chapel in Gallup. Tohatchi LDS President Lee A. Yazzie will officiate. Burial will follow in Lone Pine Cemetery.

Yazzie died March 23 in Gallup. He was born May 27, 1952 in Gallup into the Bitter Water People Clan for the Red Running into the Water People Clan.

Yazzie went to school in Tohatchi. He made kachina-style wooden carvings and was an artist. He enjoyed ranching.

Survivors include his sisters, Doris Yazzie, Jasmine Yazzie, Gloria John, Wilhemina Yazzie; brothers, Harold Roy Yazzie, Sr., Steven Yazzie and Patrick Yazzie.

Yazzie was preceded in death by his parents Will Yazzie Sr., and Grace Gorman Yazzie.

Pallbearers will be Harold Yazzie Sr., Steven Yazzie, Patrick Yazzie, Angelo Castillo, Brian Smith, Harold Yazzie Jr., Luther Begay and Sammie John.

Rudy Suazo

GRANTS — Services for Rudy Sylviano Suazo, 46, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 30 at the St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Grants. Burial will follow in the Grants Memorial Park.

A rosary will be held on Tuesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. at St Teresa of Avila Catholic Church.

Suazo died March 21 in Albuquerque. He was born July 15, 1958 in Santa Fe. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Crucitas.

Survivors include his wife, June Suazo of Grants; son, Eric Suazo of Grants; daughter Sandra Suazo of Grants; sisters, Mary Ann Valdez, JoAnn Garcia, Teresa Eduviges, all of Grants, Rosalie Suazo of Santa Fe; brother, Michael Suazo of Grants and four grandchildren.

Suazo is preceded in death by his daughter, Gloria Suazo; parents, Manuel and Odelia Suazo; grandparents, Domatilia Madrid, Mariano and Adelida Cordova.

Pallbearers will be Danny Mirabal, Elmer Rodarte, Raul Martinez, Rick Lucero, Mike Blea and Leo Casaus Jr.

Compassion Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Raymond Weathers

GRANTS — Services are pending for Raymond Weathers, 70, of Grants.

Weathers died March 25 in Grants. He was born Feb. 21, 1935 in Quemado, N.M.

Compassion Mortuary of Grants is in charge of arrangements.