Deaths

• Bennie Chee Sr.
• George Bitah
• Christine Yazzie
• [Correction]

Bennie Chee Sr.

GANADO — Services for Bennie Chee Sr., 80, will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 3 at Cornfields Lighthouse Church in Ganado. Evangelist Edison Belin will officiate. Burial will follow at Ganado Cemetery.

Chee died Feb. 27 in Gallup. He was born July 22, 1926 in Ganado.

Survivors include his sons Oliver Chee, Edmund Chee, Bennett Chee; daughters Mary Louise Chee, Ruth Evans; brothers Herbert Chee, Jerry Chee; sister Elizabeth Louis; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents Franklin and Hasbah Chee; son Bennie Chee Jr., and two grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Ivan Chee, Orvis Chee, Bob Evans, Alvin Chee, Oliver Chee and Orville Chee.

The family will receive relatives and friends at Oliver and Shirley Chee's residence, 5.5 miles south of Ganado, following services.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

George Bitah

GANADO — Services for George Bitah, 89, will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 3 at Indian Western Ministries. Evangelists Thomas and Margaret Bill will officiate. Burial will follow in the community cemetery in St. Michaels.

Bitah died Feb. 27 in Gallup. He was born Oct. 4, 1917 in Ganado.

Survivors include his wife, Mary C. Bitah of Gallup; son, Donald Bitah of Farmington; daughters Marietta Armstrong, Irene Bitah, both of Phoenix, Jurista Bitah of Blackhat, N.M., Rose Bitah of Window Rock, Rosely Bitah of Gallup, Janet C. Etcitty of Chicago, Delores Sombrero of Tuba City; brother Tommy Nelson Sr., of Blackhat; 26 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents Hastiin Yazhi Bitah, Alth;ka-abah Bitah; sons Arnold Bitah, Edward Bitah, James Bitah; sisters Mary Douglas, Maybelle Yazzie; brother Nelson John.

Pallbearers will be family and friends.

Christine Yazzie

TOHLAKAI — Services for Christine Yazzie, 51, will be 10 a.m. March 3 at Rollie Mortuary. Kristen Pikaart, will officiate.

Yazzie died Feb. 28 in Gallup. She was born Feb. 18, 1956 in Fort Defiance into the Meadow People Clan for the Bitter Water People Clan.

Survivors include sons, Tony Curtis, Jr. and Richard Frank, Jr., both of Gallup; daughter, Racheal Frank of Gallup; parents, JoAnn and George Yazzie, Sr., both of Tohlakai; brothers, Thomas, Benson, Ronald, George, Jr. and Calvin Yazzie, all of Tohlakai; sisters, Katherine Frank and Judy Lynn Yazzie, both of Tohlakai; three grandchildren.

Yazzie was preceded in death by Frank and Helen Yazzie.

Pallbearers will be Thomas G. Yazzie, Taylor G. Yazzie, Marvin Yazzie, Stanfred Yazzie, Rick Frank and Jordan Frank.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Correction
TOHATCHI - An obituary in Thursday's edition for Nicholas Hale has been changed by the family. The pallbearers will be Gabriel Gibson and Joshua Gibson.

The services will be held at Cope Memorial Chapel on Saturday at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at the Tohatchi Community Cemetery.