Deaths

• Teddy Chico
• Sennida Andersen

Teddy Chico

TOHLAKAI — Funeral services for Teddy Chico, 90 will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 18 at the Indian Bible Church in Flagstaff. Pastor Mike Calvin will officiate. Burial will be at the Citizens Cemetery in Flagstaff. Visitation will be on Friday, March 17 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Cope Memorial Chapel in Gallup.

Chico died on March 14 in Phoenix. He was born on Nov. 15, 1915 in Kinlichee, Ariz., into the Mexican People Clan for the Coyote Gap Pass Clan. He graduated from high school and attended the Sherman Institute in California. He was a U.S. Army veteran, and he served in the European theatre, Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, and worked at the Navajo Army Depot in Flagstaff for 30 years before he retired. He became a rancher, avid hunter and was a New York Yankees fan.

Survivors include his sons, Melvin W. Chico and Alvin Larry Charlie both of Tohlakai; daughters, Lu Ella Harvey and Annie Sneezer both of Tuba City, Gloria Dodge of Mesa, Ariz., and Julie Day of Parma, Ohio; brother, Joe Chico of Gallup; sister, Esther Wilson of Kinlichee, AZ; 20 grandchildren; 36 great -grandchildren.

Chico was preceded in death by his wife, Mabel Haven Chico.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the American Legion Hall in Flagstaff.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Sennida Andersen

PINE HILL — Memorial services for Sennida Joyce Andersen, 29 will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 at the Garcia Church of God in Pine Hill. Reverend Herman Nells will officiate.

Andersen died on March 8 in Las Vegas, Nev. She was born on April 3, 1976 in Zuni, into the Salt People Clan for the Meadow People Clan.

Survivors include her husband, Leonard Andersen of Crownpoint; parents, Clara Garcia and Tony Jake Jr. both of Ramah, NM; brothers, Asa Jake of Cheyenne, Wyo.; sisters, Dorenta Dean and Laverda Benjamin both of Cheyenne, Wyo.; grandparents, Benita Garcia and Lillie Beaver both of Ramah, NM.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the Garcia Church of God, off Rt 128 on BIA Rt 206, Unit 5 in Pine Hill, NM.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.