Deaths

• Elsie Tsosie
• Fred Tahe
• Chauncey Neboyia
• SGT. Clifton Yazzie
• Leo Johnson
• Wilbert Anderson
• Thomas Noonen

Elsie Tsosie

WHIPPOORWILL, Ariz. — Funeral Services for Elsie Harvey Tsosie, 73, will be held a t 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Lords Church in Whippoorwill. Burial will be on the family plot.

Tsosie died Jan. 23 in Phoenix. She was born Dec. 13, 1932 in Whippoorwill into the Towering House People Clan for the Bitterwater People Clan.

Survivors include her sons, Leonard, Earl and Raymond Tsosie; Leslie and Eddie Tsosie; daughter, Nancy Ann Joe; brothers, Jimmy Yazzie and Tom Harvey; sisters, Julia Tsosie and Helen Begay; 19 grandchildren and 43 great-great grandchildren.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the Whippoorwill Chapter.

Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Fred Tahe

MEXICAN SPRINGS — Funeral services for Fred Tahe, 87, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Christian Reform Church in Tohatchi. Bobby Boyd will officiate. Burial will be at the Lone Pine Cemetary in Mexican Springs.

Tahe died on Jan. 24 in Gallup. He was born on April 15, 1918 in Mexican Springs into the Black Streak of Forest People into the Hairy People Clan.

Tahe was employed with the Conservation Corps for the government, working on land and animal management; Fort Wingate Ordinance Depot, as a munitions handler; El Paso Gas Company; Santa Fe/Topeka Railroad Company; Bureau of Indian Afffairs on the Navajo Nation; last employment was at the Shalimar Inn as a maintenance man. He retired in December 1982. After retiring he worked around the family homestead and tended to livestock.

Survivors include his wife Elsie Tahe; sons, Frederick and Fredolf Tahe, both of Mexican Springs; daughters, Esther and Treva Tahe, both of Mexican Springs; and one grandchild.

Tahe was proceeded in death by his father Hosteen Tahe; mother, Glen Yil Nana Bah; brother, Edward Tahe; sisters, Sadie Johnson, Mary Watchman, Ruth N. Tahe, and Dorothy Shirley; daughter, Katherine June Willeto.

Pallbearers will be family members.

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

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Chauncey Neboyia

BLACK ROCK, Ariz. — Funeral services for Chauncey M. Neboyia, 103, will be today, Friday, Jan. 27 at 10 a.m. in Black Rock. Burial will be held in Black Rock.

Neboyia died on Jan. 21 in Chinle. He was born March 6, 1903 in Canyon Del Muerto into the Water Flows Together People Clan for the Salt People Clan.

Neboyia attended grammar school at the Fort Apache Boarding School. He has worked for 62 years with the National Park Services as an archeologist excavator's assistant, consultant-interpreter, tour guide and a narrator for a film production companies.

Survivors include his wife Dorothy Y. Neboyia; sons, Thomas Neboyia of Chinle and Bobby Neboyia of North Hollywood, Calif.; daughters, Alice Anagal and Priscilla Neboyia, both of Chinle, Helen Yazzie of Pinon; 44 grandchildren, 104 great grandchildren, and 25 great-great grandchildren.

Neboyia was preceded in death by his parents Yellow Mustache Begay Sr. and Asah Bah Begay; brothers, Yellow Mustache II, Jack, Freddie, Morris Draper, William Draper and Notah Draper; sisters, Ason Ben, Adele Thompson, and Mildred Yazzie; daughter Mary Staley; two grandsons, and one great grandchild.

Pallbearers will be the Twin Warrior Society (Veterans group) from Fort Defiance.

The family will receive relatives and friends at Alice M. Anagal's residence in Chinle.

Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

SGT. Clifton Yazzie

FRUITLAND — Funeral services for SGT. Clifton J. Yazzie, 23, will be on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Farmington Civic Center. Viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Brewer, Lee & Larkin located on 103 E. Ute, Farmington. Interment will be at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington.

Yazzie died on Jan. 20 in Iraq while serving his second tour of duty with the 327th Infantry 101st Airborne. Yazzie was born into the Mud People Clan for the Zuni Clan. His maternal grandfather is of the Red running into the Water and his paternal grandfather is of the Salt People Clan.

Yazzie was a graduate of Kirtland Central High School in 2001. He enlisted in the military in November of 2001 and completed basic training in April of 2002 at the Fort Benning, Ga. He did re-enlist in July of 2005 and was stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky before being deployed to Iraq on his second tour in September 2005.

Survivors include his wife Michelle Yazzie; daughter, Chynitta Yazzie; son, Cayden Yazzie, all of Hogback; parents, Clifford and Jeanette Yazzie of Fruitland; brothers, Clinton Yazzie of Fruitland and Rawn Yazzie of Shiprock; sisters Shannon Bedonie of Phoenix, Rhea Bedonie of Fruitland, Angelita and Kelly Clark of Shiprock; great grandmother, Alice Barber and grandmother Jessie Johnson.

Yazzie was proceeded in death by his paternal grandfather, Jay Yazzie, Sr.; grandparents, Charles and Rena Bekis and Jones Johnson;

Leo Johnson

TOLAKAI — Services for Leo Jay Johnson, 65, will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 28 at Rollie Mortuary Palm Chapel. Brother Dennis Gardner will officiate. Interment will follow at Gallup City Cemetery in Gallup.

Johnson died Jan. 18 in Glendale, Ariz. He was born May 5, 1940 in Tohlakai into the Edge Water People Clan for the Mexican People Clan.

Survivors include his brother, Sammy R. Johnson of Tohlakai; sisters, Angie Henry of Farmington and Jeannie Rivera of Glendale, 28 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. No children were listed as survivors.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Sam Johnson, Alice B. Johnson; brothers, David Johnson, Freddie Johnson, Wilson Johnson; sister, Elenor Ginger Shorty, and grandparents, Akeenabah Howe and Billie Howe.

Pallbearers will be Garrick Gruber, Alroy Johnson, Darrel Johnson, Erick Johnson, Tina Johnson and Donald Yardly.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Wilbert Anderson

BLOOMFIELD — Services for Wilbert Anderson, 62, will be announced at a later date. Anderson died Jan. 26 in Bloomfield. He was born June 10, 1943 . Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Thomas Noonen

GALLUP — Services for Thomas John Noonen, 87, will be announced at a later date.

Noonen died Jan 26 in Albuquerque. He was born May 26, 1918 in Las Vegas, NM
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.