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Deaths
Orlando Gorman
ROUGH ROCK — Services for Orlando Gorman, 25, will be 10
a.m., at Rough Rock Friends Church. The Rev. Amos Redhair will
officiate. Burial will be in Rough Rock family land. Visitation
was 10 a.m., at Rough Rock.
Gorman was born Feb. 15, 1983, in Gallup, into the One Who Walks
Around You People Clan for the Towering House People Clan.
Gorman attended Rough Rock High School and graduated in 2002.
He worked at Conoco in Many Farms, and SCA Company in Bellmont.
He was an artist in free style drawing and a music artist.
Survivors include his wife, Artincia Sells Gorman; sons, Arturo
Sam-Iverson Gorman, Etan Asher Gorman; parents, Ricky and Sally
Gorman; brother, Anderson Gorman.
Gorman was preceded in death by his grandparents, Mary and Carl
Bahe.
Pallbearers will be Anderson Gorman, Augustine Sell Jr, Arlyssia
M. Sells, Shelton Yazzie, Lester Benally, Jason Sandoval.
The family will receive relatives and friends at Rough Rock Chapter
House, following services.
Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Delores Halona
TOHATCHI — Memorial services for Delores June Halona, 53,
will be 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 12, at United Pentecostal Church,
Tohatchi. The Rev. Jerry Eastridge will officiate.
Halona died Jan. 6, 2009, in Tohatchi. She was born June 9, 1955,
in Rehoboth, into the Hopi-Tewa People Clan for the Tangle People
Clan.
Halona attended Tohatchi Boarding School and the LDS Placement
Program. She worked most of her life as a cook. She enjoyed cooking,
being with family and grandchildren, knitting, doing puzzles,
playing solitaire, and casino games on the computer.
Survivors include her son, Cordell Halona of Fruitland; daughters,
Danielle Conley of Phoenix, Bernadette Halona of Tohatchi; brothers,
Lawrence Holona of Gallup, Michael P. Halona Sr. of Tohatchi;
sisters, Gertrude Halona of Gallup, Patricia Holona of Albuquerque,
Jeanette Ranger of Phoenix.
Halona was preceded in death by her parents, Lionel and Alice
Gala Halona; sisters, Lorraine Halona-Legah, Carolyn J. Halona;
brother, Leroy J. Halona.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Caroline Jones
TSEYATOH — Funeral services for Caroline Lee Jones, 46,
will be 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 12, at Rollie Mortuary, Gallup.
The Rev. Ted Farris will officiate. Burial will be in Gallup City
Cemetery.
Jones died Jan. 6, 2009, in Gallup. She was born March 15, 1962,
in Gallup, into the Black Streaked Wood People Clan for the Towering
House People Clan.
Jones attended school in McKinley County. She worked at various
restaurants and was self employed as a silversmith. She liked
to listen to the oldies, her favorite singer was Elvis Presley.
Jones liked to socialize and joke with family and friends, especially
her grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband, Oscar James Jones of Buffalo Springs;
sons, Christopher Richards, Brian Richards, Steven Sims, Wyatt
Jones, Jarrett Jones, all of Tse-Ya-Toh; daughters, Vita Richards
of Gallup, Dallas Jones of Tse-ya-toh; mother, Faye Tom Lee of
Tse-ya-toh; brothers, George Lee of Tse-ya-toh, Raymond Lee of
Gallup, Bobby Lee of Tse-ya-toh, Martinez Lee of Casamero Lake;
sisters, Marjorie Smith of Tse-ya-toh, Pauline Lee of Tse-ya-toh,
Brenda Yazzie of Yahtahey; seven grandchildren.
Jones was preceded in death by her father, Paul Lee; brothers,
Sammy Lee, Julian Jim Lee, Slady Jim Lee; sister, Corrina Lee
Dennison.
Pallbearers will be Brian Richards, Steven Sims, Oscar Jones,
Erick Cadman, Todd Smith, James Duboise Jr.
The family will receive relatives and friends at Tse-ya-toh Multi
Purpose Building, following services.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Travis Laughlin
ALBUQUERQUE — Services for Travis Edwin Laughlin, 40, will
be 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 13, at Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church Stake Center, Gallup. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial
Park, Gallup. Visitation will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, at Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints Church.
Laughlin died Jan. 6, 2009, in Albuquerque. He was born Jan.
6, 1969, in Gallup, into the Bitter Water People Clan for the
Coyote Pass People Clan.
Laughlin attended and graduated from Tohatchi High School in
1988, and UNM-Gallup. He was self-employed as a silversmith, salesman.
His hobbies included camping, fishing, outdoor recreational activities,
watching Denver Broncos football.
Survivors include his wife, Tonya Ann Secatero-Laughlin of Albuquerque;
sons, Sheldon of Albuquerque, Travis Jr. of Standing Rock, Jarvis
and Cody, both of Gallup; daughters, Travessa and Terrilynn, both
of Standing Rock; father, Tommy Laughlin of Crystal, mother Verna
Spencer, stepfather, Johnny Spencer; sisters, Thomasita and Candance,
both of Coyote Canyon.
Laughlin was preceded in death by his brother, Adrian Laughlin;
grandparents, Sam and Florence Morgan, Sam and Francis Laughlin.
Pallbearers will be Sheldon Laughlin, Jarvis Laughlin, Elvis
Morgan, Fermin Rigs, Adrian Jason Rios, Edwin Becenti.
The family will receive relatives and friends at Coyote Canyon
Chapter, following services.
A donation meeting will be 5 p.m., Jan. 10, at Coyote Canyon
Chapter.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Jerome Martinez
WHITE MESA — Funeral services for Jerome Ryan Martinez,
24, were 11 a.m., today, Jan. 10, at Valley Ridge Mortuary Chapel,
Tuba City. Burial was in family plot, White Mesa.
Martinez died Jan.5, 2009, in Red Lake. He was born May 31, 1984,
in Frankfurt, Germany.
Survivors include his parents, Juanita Chee, Willard Martinez;
brothers, Nathan Martinez, Joshua Martinez; sisters, Crystal Martinez,
Raquel Leigh Martinez; grandparents, Clark and Mary Chee of White
Mesa, Ann B. Martinez of New Mexico.
Martinez was preceded in death by his grandfather, John Martinez.
Pallbearers will be Efrum Chee, Randy Chee, Vern Chee, Joshua
Martinez, Nathan Martinez, Aurelio Tsingine.
Raymond Murphy
HOUCK — Funeral services for Raymond Murphy, 68, will be
10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 12, at St. Anselm Catholic Church, Houck.
The Rev. Berard Doeger, O.F.M. will officiate. Burial will be
in Houck Community Cemetery.
Visitation will be 9 a.m., one hour prior to services.
Murphy died Jan. 7, 2009, in Sanders. He was born Dec. 30, 1940,
in Fort Defiance, into the Near the Water People Clan for the
Charcoal Streaked Division of the Red Running into the Water People
Clan.
Murphy attended Chilacho Indian School in Oklahoma. He worked
as a rancher.
Survivors include his son, Roy Silago of Crownpoint; daughter,
Virgie Murphy of Phoenix; brother, Pascal Murphy of Sanders; sisters,
Katherine Sleuth of Tohatchi, Evelyn Begay of Ganado.
Murphy was preceded in death by his mother, Margaret Murphy;
father, Calvin Murphy.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
The family will receive relatives and friends at Houck Chapter
House, following services.
Silver Creek Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
George Parker
GRANTS — Services for George Parker, 87, will be 10 a.m.,
Monday, Jan. 12, at Compassion Mortuary. Burial will be 4 p.m.,
Monday, at Dove Creek Community Cemetery, Dove Creek, Colo. The
Rev. Garland Moore will officiate.
Parker died Jan. 7, 2009, in Grants. He was born June 30, 1921,
in Rexford, Kan.
Parker was born in a covered wagon as his family moved from Missouri
to Dove Creek. He was 3 months old by the time they reached Dove
Creek. He moved to Grants in 1958, where he hauled Uranium for
Anderson Development Co. Parker went on to haul heavy equipment
for Farris Mines where he retired in 1987. He then went on to
building and repairing bicycles, and enjoyed yard sales and flea
markets. He loved his family.
Survivors include his children, Dixie James of Milan, Pete Parker
of New York State, Donna Baldwin of California, Geneva Carrier
of California; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; five
great-great-grandchildren.
Parker was preceded in death by his parents, John Parker, Hattie
Mae Parker; wife, Freda Parker; five brothers; one grandson.
Pallbearers will be Kevin James, Steve Baca, Kyle James, Brent
James, Ron Armstrong, Billy Parker.
Go to www.compassionmortuary.com to send condolences.
Compassion Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Desbah Samuel
VANDERWAGEN — Services are pending for Desbah Samuel, 91.
Samuel died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, in Gallup. She was born
June 20, 1917, in Ramah.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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