FORT DEFIANCE — Services for Marie Cleveland,
72, will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the Assembly of God
Church, Fort Defiance. The Rev. James Bennett Jr. will officiate.
Burial will be in Community Cemetery, Fort Defiance. Visitation
will be one hour prior to services.
Cleveland died July 31, 2008, in Flagstaff.
She was born Feb. 12, 1936, in Fort Defiance, into the Rabbit
People Clan for the Red Running Into the Water People Clan/Salt
People Clan.
Cleveland attended school up to the 6th grade
and was a homemaker. She was a traditional woman who loved to
share stories, and weave and sew. Cleveland enjoyed going to song
and dance and was full of good humor and laughter.
Survivors include her sons, Edwin B. Cleveland
of Grants, Travis Otis Cleveland of Fort Defiance; daughters,
Charlotte M. Gibson of Fort Defiance, Gloria M. James of Gallup,
Madeline McCray of Pigeon Springs, N.M., Johanna Dawes of Pigeon
Springs, Victoria Cleveland, Georgina Cleveland, both of Fort
Defiance, Marilyn Hardy of St. Michaels; brothers, Lawrence Johnson
of Fort Defiance, Larry Johnson of St. Johns, Ariz., Armand Johnson
of Pigeon Springs, Jeffery Johnson of Fort Defiance, Elvis Johnson
of Albuquerque; sisters, Betty Yazzie, Edna M. Yazzie, Elouise
Watchman, Darlene Johnson, Marcella Johnson, Sandra Johnson, all
of Fort
Defiance; 36 grandchildren; 36
great-grandchildren.
Cleveland was preceded in death by Curtis B.
Cleveland, Archie B. Cleveland, Eugene B. Cleveland, and three
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Emerson Yazzie, Jerry Sherman Sr., Norman
Bia, Stanley Bia, Sheldon Bia, Stanson Bia.
The family will receive relatives and friends
at the Assembly of God Church Activity Hall, following services.
Silver Creek Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
ROCK SPRINGS — Services are pending for
Leo Tom Jones, 40.
Jones died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, in Tohlakai.
He was born July 18, 1968, in Gallup, into the Black Streak of
the Forest People Clan for the Towering House People Clan.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
