Deaths
- Eleanor Ashley
- Mary Gail
- Patricia Kramer
- Irene Gonzales
Eleanor Ashley
WIDE RUINS Funeral services for Eleanor
K. Ashley, 37, were at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 at the Klagetoh
Mennonite Mission. Burial followed in Klagetoh Cemetery.
Ashley died Aug. 11, 2007 in Wide Ruins. She
was born April 1, 1970 in Ganado into the One Who Walks Around
Clan for the Towering House Clan.
Survivors include her husband, Presley Ashley,
Sr.; sons, Marvin K. Bylilly, Presley Ashley, Jr., Jason J. Ashley,
Joshua J. Ashley, and Jesse Ashley; daughter, Pamela J. Ashley;
parents, Alice Chavez and Bobby Chavez, and Phillip Ashley; brothers,
Robert Chavez, Preston Tom, Dennison Ashley, and Vyron Ashley;
sisters, Rovenna Chavez, Patricia Tom, Vanessa Ashley; grandparents,
Calvin Navajo, Mae Navajo, Marie Chavez; and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Preston Tom, Jr., Albert Navajo,
Robert Chavez, Ira Reed, Eric P. Ashley, Presley Ashley, Sr.,
Presley Ashley, Jr., Jason Ashley, Joshua Ashley, Vyron Ashley,
and Marvin K. Bylilly.
Tse Bonito Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
Mary Gail
FORT DEFIANCE Funeral services for Mary
Alice Gail, 71, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22 at Our Lady
of the Blessed Sacrament in Fort Defiance. Burial will follow
on the family plot in Deer Springs, Ariz.
Visitation will be one hour prior to services.
Gail died Aug. 18, 2007 in Flagstaff. She was
born Feb. 22, 1935 in Deer Springs into the Towering House People
Clan for the Salt Water People Clan.
Gail was employed with the Navajo Times as a
newspaper carrier. She retired from the Navajo Nation. Gail belonged
to the Catholic Church and the Native American Church. At the
time of her death she was a homemaker and a rancher.
Survivors included her sons, Erwin Gail and
Thompson Gail both of Fort Defiance; daughters, Laurita Begay
of Pigeon Springs and Clarita Jim of Tohlakai; brother, Wilfred
Patrick Smith of Dallas, Texas; sister, Irene Susie Teller of
Fort Defiance; 15 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Gail was preceded in death by her father, Wilson
Smith, sons, Johnson Gail and Thomas Gail, Jr.; and daughter,
Rosita Smith.
Pallbearers will be family members. Silver Creek
is in charge of arrangements.
Patricia Kramer
Services for Patricia Jo Kramer, JD, 43, will
be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 23 at First Congregational Church,
2801 Lomas Boulevard N.E.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 22 at French Mortuary.
Kramer died Aug. 18, 2007.
Kramer lived in Montrose, Colo. for 13 years.
She began private family practice before becoming the director
of a tri-county womens abuse center and then went on to
become deputy district attorney. Kramer moved to Gallup in October
2006 where she worked as assistant district attorney for McKinley
County.
Survivors include her mother, Diane Kramer of
Albuquerque; brother, Joey Kramer; sisters, Kathi Turner of Rolla,
Mo. and Beth Benderman of Albuquerque;.
Kramer was preceded in death by her father,
Joseph Kramer.
Irene Gonzales
GALLUP Services for Irene G. Gonzales,
83, will be announced at a later date.
Gonzales died Aug. 18, 2007 in Gallup. She was
born June 11, 1924 in Gallup.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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