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Deaths
- Larry Liston
- Clyde Hillis
- Bences Sandoval
- Bernice White
- Christina Foster
- Melvin Smiley
- Rafael Naranjo
- Eva Smith
- Frances Yazzie
- Laura Dale
Larry Liston
SHEEPSPRINGS — Services for Larry Liston, 46, will be held at
11 a.m., Friday, April 7 at Sheep Springs Pentecostal Church. Evangelist
Albert Tsosie will officiate. Burial will follow at Sheep Springs cemetery.
Liston died March 30. He was born Sept. 13, 1959 in Shiprock, N.M.,
into the Folded Arm People Clanfor the Towering House People Clan.
Liston attended schools in Toadlena, Tohatchi High, and Shiprock High
Schools. He worked in the construction field.
Survivors include his sons, Lyle Liston and Lionel Liston, both of Naschitti,
N.M.; daughter Kayla Liston of Naschitti; mother Nellie Liston of Sheep
Springs; sisters, Delora Johnson of Sheep Springs and Lula Liston of
Naschitti; brothers, Alfred Liston of Mesa, Ariz., Gary Liston and Nofred
Liston, both of Sheep Springs.
Liston is preceded in death by his son Jonathan Liston.
Pallbearers will be Larrison Bryant, Wilbur Johson, Nofred Liston, Norman
James, Jones Yazzie and Nathaniel Bryant.
The family will receive relatives and friends at Sheep Springs Chapter
house after the services.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Clyde Hillis
FORT DEFIANCE — Services for Clyde Paul Hillis, 55, will be at
10 a.m., Saturday, April 8 at the Navajo Bible Church in Fort Defiance.
Pastor Ray Dean Baker and Don Fredericks will officiate. Burial will
follow in Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 7 at Tse Bonito Mortuary.
Hillis died April 4 in Fort Defiance. He was born July 11, 1950 in Fort
Defiance into the One Who Walks Around People Clan for the Towering
House People Clan.
Hillis graduated from Window Rock High School in 1968 and New Mexico
Highlands University in 1970. He served in the Marines during Vietnam
and received a Purple Heart. He joined the IBEW with Local 640 and retired
with Local 611. He owned Hillis Electric. His hobbies included hunting,
fishing, hiking, camping, horseback riding and farming.
Survivors include his son Clyde Hillis II of Fort Defiance; daughters,
Autumn Hillis, Iris Hillis, both of Fort Defiance, Amber Hillis of Tacoma,
Wash.; mother, Katherine Hillis of Fort Defiance; brothers, Carl Hillis,
Mervyn Hillis, both of Fort Defiance, and Russell Hillis of Phoenix;
sisters, Alberta Scarcella of Jerome, Ariz., Lydia Bennett of Flagstaff;
and one grandchild.
He was receded in death by his father, Carl Hillis Sr. of Cornfields;
son Hoske Hillis; brothers, Allen Hillis, Lowell Hillis; and grandparents,
Hoska and Florence Cronemeyer of Sanders, Ariz., and Claude and Hasbah
Hillis of Cornfields.
Pallbearers will be Michael Hillis, Marc Hillis, Patrick Hillis, Allen
Bennett, Alfred Dempsey and Erwin Anderson.
The family will receive relatives and friends at the Fort Defiance Chapter
House after services.
Tse Bonito is in charge of arrangements.
Bences Sandoval
GALLUP — Services will be held for Bences (Benny) C. Sandoval,
85, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's
Witnesses in Gallup. Daniel Castro will officiate.
Sandoval died April 4. He was born Jan. 27. 1921 in San Mateo.
He served in the U.S. Air Force during WWII and retired from Ft. Wingate
Army Depot in 1973.
Survivors include his wife Edna M. Sandoval of Gallup; sons, David Sandoval,
Dennis Sandoval, and Craig Sandoval, all of Gallup; daughter Gleda Sandoval-Haddrill;
sisters, Elisa Delgado and Dena Munoz; six grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren.
Sandoval was preceded in death by his parents, Juan and Ramona Sandoval;
brothers, Juan Sandoval Jr., Gabriel Sandoval, and Hermilo Sandoval;
sisters, Emma Chavez, Ramona Pea, Cecelia Baca, and Rose Barela.
The family will receive relatives and friends at the Tobe Turpen Elementary
School cafeteria after services.
Bernice White
LUPTON — Services for Bernice White, 58, will be held at 11 a.m.
on Friday, April 7 on family land in Lupton, Ariz. Sister Terry Goodin
will officiate. Visitation will be held before services at Cope Memorial
Chapel on April 7 from 9 a.m-10 a.m.
White died on April 2 in Twin Buttes. She was born Nov. 3, 1946 in Lupton,
Ariz. for the Salt People Clan into the Bitter Water People Clan.
She attended school in Sanders. She was a homemaker who enjoyed arts
and crafts, beading, sewing, reading books, and was well-known for her
jokes.
Survivors include her son Larry White of Lupton; daughter Brenda Tabaha
of Lupton; sisters, Nancy Jeanette White, Grace Martinez, and Mary Watchman,
all of Lupton.
White was preceded in death by parents, John and Annie White; grandparents,
Hosteen Nez and Chi-bae Nez; brothers, Eddie White and Richard White.
Pallbearers will be family members.
The family will receive relatives and friends at Lupton Chapter house
after services.
Cope Memorial has charge of arrangements.
Christina Foster
GALLUP — Services for Christina Jean Foster, 16, will be held
at Gallup Christian Center on Friday, April 7 at noon. Pastor Tom Payne
will officiate. Burial will be at Gallup City Cemetery.
Foster died on April 4. She was born Jan. 16, 1990 in Grants.
She attended school at Roosevelt Elementary, Juan de Onate Elementary,
JFK, Gallup Mid School and Gallup High School. She was involved with
the GHS Chorus, Awanas Church club, Church Outreach and Solid Rock,
and enjoyed music, dancing, singing and being with friends.
Survivors include father Steven Foster of Gallup; mother Linda Foster
of Gallup; sisters, Anjelica Foster and Danielle Foster, both of Gallup,
and Virginia Foster of N.J; grandmother Margaret Moreno of Gallup.
She was preceded in death by grandparents, Elizabeth Foster and Jack
Raum.
Pallbearers will be Ryan Leyba, Patrick Lucero, Jared McBroom, Martin
Morales Jr., Andrew Sandoval, Ryan Turpen.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Melvin Smiley
FORT DEFIANCE — Services for Melvin "Sid" Smiley, 60,
will be held on Friday, April 7 at at the Presbyterian Church in Fort
Defiance. Pastor Rodger Davis will officiate. Burial will be at the
Navajo Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance. Visitation will be held one
hour prior to services.
Smiley died on April 3 in Window Rock. He was born Sept. 1, 1945 in
Tohatchi.
He graduated from Window Rock High School in 1964. He lettered in football,
baseball and basketball. He was employed with D.N.A Legal Services,
B.I.A Roads Dept., and operatedheavy equipment. He enjoyed coaching,
playing sports and his grandchildren.
Survivors include his brother Louis Smiley of Window Rock; sisters,
Alberta B. Arlington of Window Rock, Winifred Roubideaux of Sioux Falls,
S.D., Kathy Scott of Window Rock and Norma J. Watts of Window Rock;
25 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife Karen Willie; father, Frank Smiley;
mother Nora B. Smiley; sisters, Ella Mae Tom and Roselyn Smiley.
Pallbearers will be Mario Watts, Benjamin Phillip-Stewart, Adrian Watts,
Calvin Arnold Jr., Wesley White, and Nathan Watts.
The family will receive relatives and friends at Presbyterian Church
in Fort Defiance following services.
Rafael Naranjo
GALLUP — Memorial services for Rafael Gomez Naranjo, 90, will
be at 2 p.m., Friday, April 7 at St. Francis Church. Father Lalo Eduardo
Espinosa will officiate.
Naranjo died April 2 in Gallup. He was born June 18, 1915 in Atarque,
N.M.
He was employed with Fort Wingate Depot Sand and Gravel and Dan's Bar.
His hobbies included traveling, hunting and being with his family.
Survivors include his wife Doris Antone Naranjo; sons, Robert Naranjo,
Joe A. Gutierrez, Frank Gutierrez; daughters, Dolores Naranjo Chavira
of Gallup, Kathy Chacon, Olivia Cordova, both of Winslow, Mary Cato
of Albuquerque, Rosemary Ortega of Fort Worth, Texas; brother, Diego
Naranjo, Eva Molina, 31 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Antonio Narajo, Aduvergian
Gomez Narajo; sons, Charles Edward Narajo, Celso Gutierrez; brothers,
Adan Naranjo, Matias Naranjo; sisters, Elijah Rael, Julia Romero, Till
Macias.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Eva Smith
PINEDALE — Services for Eva, L. Smith, 48, will be at 1 p.m.,
Friday, April 7 at Rollie Mortuary Palm Chapel. Kee and Arlinda Keyanna
will officiate. Burial will follow on private family land.
Smith died April 2 in Mariano Lake. She was born July 11, 1957 in Gallup
into the Meadow People Clan for the Bitter Water People Clan.
Survivors include her daughters, Amber Martin, Ashley Martin, Stacey
Martin and Tamara Martin, all of Albuquerque; son, Barrett Smith of
Albuquerque; sisters, Nancy Bitah of Window Rock, Darlene Smith of Albuquerque;
brothers, James Smith of Window Rock, Johnson Smith of Albuquerque.
She was preceded in death by her father, John Smith, mother Lida Smith
and one brother, Jason Smith.
Pallbearers will be family members.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Frances Yazzie
PREWITT — Services for Frances Rose Yazzie, 77, will be at 10
a.m., Friday, April 7 at Compassion Mortuary in Grants. Pastor Edward
Kee will officiate. Burial will follow in Thoreau CommunityCemetery.
Yazzie died April 3 in Gallup. She was born Dec. 22, 1928 in the Prewitt
area into the Salt People Clan for the Red Running into the Water People
Clan.
Survivors include her husband, Harry Yazzie of Prewitt; sons, Gary Yazzie
of Oklahoma City, Dan Yazzie of Albuquerque, Mike Yazzie of Haystack,
N.M.; daughters, Bernice Joe of Santa Fe, Genieva Becenti of Mexican
Springs; sister Anita Abeita of Prewitt; 20 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Mary Parkett; sons,
Don Yazzie, Curtis Yazzie and Steven Yazzie; brothers, Grant Parkett
and Lee Parkett; sisters, Betty Abeita, Marie Apachito, Mary Largo and
Margaret King.
Pallbearers will be Dwayne D. Begay, Louis Gene Hudson, Adrian Abram
Mescale, Jason Chapo, Mike Yazzie, Gary Yazzie and Dan Yazzie.
Compassion Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Go to www.compassionmortuary.com
to send condolences.
Laura Dale
NASCHITTI — Services are pending for Laura F. Dale, 86, of Naschitti.
Dale died April 4 in Gallup. She was born May 12, 1919 in Naschitti
born for the Tangle People Clan into the Mud People Clan.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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