Deaths

• Clarence Battle
• Beatrice Racki
• JoAnn Cayaditto

Clarence Battle

KENDLETON, Texas — Funeral services for Clarence Henry Battle, 74, were at 12 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, at the Little Zion Baptist Church in Kendleton, Texas. Rev. Richard Booker officiated. Visitation was from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Little Zion Baptist Church. Burial was at Powell Point Cemetery.

Battle died Dec. 31 in Albuquerque. He was born March 13,1932 in Kendleton, Texas.

Battle graduated from Powell Point High School in 1950. He later entered into military service in the U.S. Army. He resided in Gallup for more than 40 years.

Battle is survived by sons, Norris and Kyle Battle; daughters, Gisele and Verda Battle of Houston; brothers, James, Harold, Richard, Alfred and Alvin Battle; sisters, Dorthy Stevens and Barbara Wright; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Battle was preceded in death by his parents, James and Freda Battle; wife, Dorothy; son, Darryl; sister, Ester Mae Jackson.

Pallbearers will be James Battle, Richard Battle, Alvin Battle, Alfred Battle and Norris Battle.

The family will receive relatives and friends at 13538 Battle Rd., Beasley, Texas.

Beatrice Racki

GALLUP — A rosary mass for Beatrice Racki, 95, will be recited at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Gallup. Father Eduardo Espinosa, O.F.M., will officiate. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park.

Racki is survived by her sisters, Isabel Cuellar and Bessie Romero, both of Gallup; three grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

Racki was preceded in death by her husband, Pete Racki; husband, Abel Telles; father, Tim Butamante; mother, Adelaida Bustamante; son, Abel Telles Sr.; brothers, Eddie Bustamante, Edward Bustamante, Joe Bustamante, Tim Bustamante; sisters, Ida Montao and Tomasita Trujillo.

JoAnn Cayaditto

PREWITT, N.M. — Funeral services for JoAnn Cayaditto, 39, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the First Baptist Church in Thoreau, N.M. Pastor Edward King Sr. will officiate. Burial will be at the Community Cemetery in Thoreau.

Cayaditto died Thursday, Jan. 4 in Gallup. She was born July 10, 1967 in Gallup into the Water Flows Together People Clan and for the Folded Arms People Clan.

Cayaditto is survived by her husband, Weeley John Cayaditto of Prewitt; father, Joe Lee Wylie of Thoreau; mother, Mary Ann Wylie of Thoreau; daughters, Felecia Jo Cayaditto and Jaylynn Jo Cayaditto, both of Prewitt; son, John Wesley Cayaditto of Prewitt; sisters, Theresa Jake, Carolyn Wylie, DiAnn Wylie, Lisa Wylie and Samantha Wylie, all of Thoreau; brother, Jonathan Wylie of Thoreau; grandmother, Martha Wylie of Spencer Valley, N.M.

Cayaditto was preceded in death by her grandmother, Anna Larry Emerson; grandfathers, Wilson Emerson and Lee Wylie; brother, Joe Lee Wylie Jr.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.