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Grace Henry

NASCHITTI — Services for Grace V. Henry, 69, will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 27 at Naschitti Christian Reformed Church. Pastor Phillip Destea will officiate. Burial will follow at Naschitti Community Cemetery.
Henry died May 24 in Gallup. She was born Oct. 19, 1936 in Tohatchi for the Red House People Clan and the Waters Edge People Clan.

Henry graduated from Rehoboth Mission School in 1955 and attended UNM, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and a Masters of Arts in Elementary Education. She was employed with Rehoboth Hospital as a nurse's aid, BIA Chuska Boarding School, Tohatchi Boarding School, Naschitti Public School teaching elementary students and Adult Education classes in Naschitti and the UNM-Gallup Campus. Her hobbies included reading, needlepoint, crocheting, watching T.V., ranching and traveling.

Survivors include her daughter, Valerie J. Denetclaw of Naschitti; son, Levon Henry of Naschitti; sisters, Ronda Clichee of Naschitti and Freda Garnanez and Eleanor Light, both of Shiprock; brothers, Harrison Henry of Gallup, Wilford B. Henry of Jamestown, Benjamin Henry and Lawrence Henry, both of Naschitti; and one grandchild.
Henry was preceded in death by her parents, Hazel C. Henry and Bennie H. Henry.

Pallbearers will be Jeff Clichee, Sheldon Garnanez, Benjamin Henry III, Lawrence Henry Jr., Faren Light and Francis Yazzie III.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.


Sorrel Wiggins

ALBUQUERQUE — Services for Sorrel Ann Wiggins, 25, will 10 a.m., Saturday, May 27 at Grace Baptist Church, 717 Aspen Drive, Milan. Pastor Dale Thatcher will officiate. Cremation will follow the service.

Wiggins died May 22 in Albuquerque. She was born April 20, 1981 in Gallup.

Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m., today at Grants Mortuary.

Wiggins was a member of Grace Baptist Church. She graduated from Grants High School in 1999, attended UNM and TVI.

Survivors include her parents, Claudia Key Rodriguez and Scott Wiggins, both of Grants; brother, Greyson Rodriguez of Grants; and grandfather, Lewis Key of Montesano, Wash.

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May 26, 2006
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