Death

Daniel Lincoln

NAVAJO — Funeral services for Daniel Lincoln, 75, will be 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19 at the Presbyterian Church, Ganado. Rev. Sammie K. Begay will officiate. Interment will follow on a family land in Ganado.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to services.

Lincoln died Jan. 14 in Navajo. He was born Feb. 10, 1930 in Ganado into the Edge Water People Clan for the One Who Walks Around People Clan.

Lincoln graduated from Ganado High School. He attended a vocational school for road surveying. For the duration of his life he was a heavy equipment operator for various construction companies and in 1987 he retired from the Navajo Forest Product Industries as a heavy equipment operator. Lincoln was a pastor for the Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed reading, hiking, socializing, walking, herding sheep, rodeos and spending time with his grandchildren.

Survivors include his sons, Dana Dennis Lincoln of Navajo, Frank Hardy, Sr. of Ganado, Howard Hardy, Jr. of Coal Mine, Silvantis Hardy, Sr. of Cornfields, Arthur Hardy, Sr. of Fort Defiance; daughter, Loretta Martin of Ganado; brothers, Thomas Lincoln, Sr., David Lincoln, Sr., Lee Hardy, Sr. all of Ganado; sister, Lena Billie of Ganado; 37 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

Lincoln was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Hardy-Lincoln; wife, Rose Marie Lincoln; parents, Tulley and Zonnie Lincoln; brother, Ben Harding; sister, Alice Harding, Hazel Lincoln, Eva Showa, Ethelene Silvers; brother, Ray Hardy; daughters, Danita Benally and Alberta Wilson.

Pallbearers will be Sammie Slivers, Jr., Ernest Slivers, Kevin Hardy, Brian Hardy, Mannie Hardy and Steven Spahe.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the Ganado Chapter House.