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Lee Jishie

CULPEPER, Va. — Services for Lee Jishie, 23, will be 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 18 at St. Isabel Mission, Lukachukai, Ariz. Father Blaine will officiate. Burial will follow at Lukachukai.

Visitation will be one hour prior to services.

Jishie died Aug. 15 in Charlottesville, Va. He was born Feb. 19, 1983 in Gallup for the Bigwater People Clan.

Jishie graduated from Madison County High School. He was a certified auto mechanic from Lincoln Technical School. His hobbies included fishing, four wheeling, and video games.

Survivors include his brothers, Dallas Dominguez of Jacksonville, Fla.; sister, Jovanna Jishie of Washington, D.C.; and grandmother, Rita Jishie.

Jishie was preceded in death by his parents, Rosemary Abeita and Leland Jishie; and grandparents, Sylvia and Narcisso Abeita and Frank Jishie.

Pallbearers will be Nathan Thomas, Julio Mora, Kyle Bryce Johnson, Terrance Johnson, Aaron Miller and Andre Alva.

The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Rita Jishie's residence.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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