Deaths

• Nathan Yazzie
  
• Leonard Peshlakai
• Delmar Chalk

Nathan Yazzie

TOHLAKAI — Services for Nathan Yazzie, 21, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 2, at Rollie Mortuary. Reverend Dennis Gardner will officiate. Burial will follow at the city cemetery in Gallup.

Yazzie died May 28 in Tohlakai. He was born December 11, 1985 in Gallup into the Water Edge Clan for the Bitter Water Clan.

Yazzie graduated from Tohatchi High School in2006. He enjoyed playing with his rattle and spending time with his family.

Survivors include his parents, Elta Yazzie of Tohlakai and Lavon Wilson of Fort Defiance; brothers, Alvin Yazzie and Delvin Yazzie both of Tohlakai; sister, Kimberly Long of Tohlakai; grandmother, Etta Yazzie of Tohlakai.

Yazzie was preceded in death by his brothers, Melvin Wilson and Byron Shorty; sister, Baby Girl; grandfather, Ben Kee Yazzie; great grandparents, Artoy Willie and Addie Willie.

Pallbearers will be Ervin Yazzie, Delvin Yazzie, Alvin Yazzie, and Vanessa Smith.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the Twin Lakes Chapter House after services.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Leonard Peshlakai

KING, Wis. — Funeral services for Leonard B. Peshlakai, 85, were May 31, at Wisconsin Veterans Home, Main Chapel in King. Reverend John Schmidt officiated. Burial was in the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

Peshlakai died May 27, in Waupaca, Wis. He was born August 11, 1921 in Tohatchi.

Peshlakai served in the U.S. Navy as a Cpl. in WWII.

Survivors include his sisters, Rena Plummer of Coyote Canyon.

Peshlakai was preceded in death by his parents, John and Marie (Begay) Peshlakai; brothers, Sam Silversmith, Len Peshlakai, and Frank Silversmith; sisters, Kathryn Peshlakai, Nesbah Emerson, and Rose Plummer.

Delmar Chalk

FARMINGTON — Memorial services for Delmar Eugene "Gene" Chalk, 87, was at 11 a.m. May 28, at First United Methodist Church in Farmington. Pastor Kimberly Dawn Kinsey officiated.

Chalk died May 25 in Farmington. He was born Nov. 2, 1919 in Clovis, NM.

Chalk served on the Gallup City Council for 10 years. He owned and operated the Dairy Queen and the Credit Bureau in Gallup. Chalk served in the US Army Air Corps during WWII. He was a member of the Gallup Masonic Lodge and a Shriner. He also was a member of the Gallup Elks Lodge. Chalk enjoyed fishing and hunting.

Survivors include his wife Frankie Conley Chalk of Farmington; sons, David E. Chalk of Daphne, Ala.; daughters, Christine Nechero of Gallup; step daughter, Cathy Hallock of Flora Vista, NM; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Chalk was preceded in death by his wife, Mariette Stober Chalk; brothers, Albert Chalk and Dean Ray Chalk; sister, Jewell Willey.