Deaths

• Arlene L. Yazzie
• Chad Muskett-Simasingh

Arlene L. Yazzie

ALBUQUERQUE — Funeral services for Arlene L. Yazzie, 31, will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Tohatchi. Rev. John Mittelstadt, O.F.M. will officiate. Burial will follow on private land in Coyote Canyon.

Yazzie died Oct. 25 in Albuquerque. She was born Aug. 23, 1974 in Gallup into the Red Bottom People Clan for the Bitter Water People Clan.

Yazzie attended Gallup Catholic School. She also attended Navajo Academy, University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University. She enjoyed puzzles, photography, raising rabbits and hiking.

Survivors include her husband, Shannon Wellman of Albuquerque; mother, Earleen Yazzie of Gallup; brothers, Herman William Yazzie, Jr., Tony A. Yazzie both of Gallup; sister, Dennellia Yazzie-Toribio of Zia, N.M.; grandmother, Emily Ruth Harding; great-grandmother, Ruth L. Harding both of Gallup.

Yazzie was preceded in death by her father, Herman William Yazzie, Sr., and daughter, Cheyenne Lauraine Yazzie.

Pallbearers will be Glen Avery, Jr., Michael Chavez, Dominic Deschinney, Wayne Ike, Tom Ranger, Jr., Shannon Wellman, Nicholas D. Yazzie and William J. Yazzie.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Chad Muskett-Simasingh

TOHATCHI — Funeral services for Chad Tristan Muskett-Simasingh, 14, are pending and will be announced at a later date.

Muskett-Simasingh died Oct. 26 in Tohatchi. He was born Nov. 3, 1990 in Albuquerque.

A family meeting will be on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Tohatchi Chapter House.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.