Deaths

• Etsitty, Enjoli
• Gonzales, Liboria
• Rodriguez, Ann
• Smith Sr., Bronson
• Teller, Hilda

Enjoli Etsitty

HOUCK, Ariz. — Services for Enjoli Sara Etsitty, 15, will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 at the Good News Mission in Houck. The Rev. Milt Shirleson will officiate. Burial will follow in the family plot in Sanders.

Etsitty died Oct. 25, 2008 in Querino Canyon, Ariz. She was born Feb. 20, 1993 into the Salt Water People Clan for the Sleep Rock People Clan.

Etsitty attended Valley Sanders High School. She also attended Wingate High School where she was a member of JrROTC. in elementary school she received the President Award and other awards. Her hobbies included arts and crafts, reading, writing poems and target shooting. She was outgoing and tried to excel at everything she did.

Survivors include her parents Hoskie Etsitty of Tulsa, Rhonda C. Ellis of Houck; brothers Kevin Ellis of Killeen, Texas, Jai Etsitty of Tulsa; sisters Winona Ellis of Albuquerque, Jennifer Ellis of Houck; grandparents Joe and Louis Ann Ellis of Kaibeto, Ariz., Fred Etsitty of Lupton, Ariz.

Etsitty was preceded in death by her grandmother Sara T. Hale.

Pallbearers will be Jai Etsitty, Larry Ellis Jr., Cameron Burbank, Jerome Tracey, Justin Hale and Daniel Ellis.
Silver Creek Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Liboria Gonzales

GALLUP — Services for Liboria Leby Gonzales, 78, will be 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Gallup. The Very Rev. Lawrence J. O’Keefe will officiate. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park.
A rosary will be recited at Rollie Mortuary Today, Oct. 29, 2008 at Rollie Mortuary.

Gonzales died Oct. 26, 2008 in Gallup. She was born June 2, 1930 in San Lorenzo, N.M. She was employed with the Royal Holiday for many years before she retired and became a child care provider.

Survivors include her daughters Wanda Medina, Geraldine Montoya, Debbie Gonzales, Carol Alonzo, all of Gallup, Cindy Hausner of Tucson, Cecelia Aguado of Albuquerque; sister Mary Parra of Gallup; 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Juan R. Gonzales; sons Johnny Gonzales, Moses Gonzales; sister Margie Padilla, Andrea Aragon, Helen Poncho, Gertrude Guillen; brothers Carlos Aragon, Joseph Aragon.
Pallbearers will be Joe Paul Herrera, Kevin Michael Gonzales, Juan Arrellanos, Johnny Alonzo Jr., Moses Alonzo, Edward Hausner, Carol Alonzo and Joe Paul Herrera Jr.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the KC Hall follwing services.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Ann Rodriguez

ALBUQUERQUE — Funeral services for Ann Therese Rodriguez, 48, will be 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1, at French Mortuary Westside Chapel. 

Rodriguez died Oct. 27, 2008, in Albuquerque. She was born March 1, 1960, in Spencerport, N.Y.

She grew up on a farm in Albion, N.Y. where she spent most of her childhood. At the age of 10, Ann and her family moved to New Mexico where the weather would benefit her father’s health. Ann attended Taylor Middle School in Rio Rancho, and graduated from Cibola High School in 1978. After her marriage, she and her husband moved to Gallup and lived there for 28 years. They also owned and operated Rodriguez Pumping in Gallup. She was also a distributor with the Albuquerque Journal and Tribune for 27 years, finally retiring in 2007 and returning to Albuquerque. She was an animal lover, hard worker, gardener, landscaper.

Survivors include her husband Edward James Rodriguez; sister, Donna; brothers, Ron, Leo, David Schultz; children, Michelle Liane Norris, Edward Anthony, Sandra Ann Rodriguez.

Therese was preceded in death by her parents, Emily and Ronald Schultz.

Bronson Smith Sr.

GALLUP — Services for Bronson Smith Sr., 33, will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 30 at Rollie Mortuary Palm Chapel. The Rev. Clarence Benally will officiate. Burial will follow in the city cemetery.

Smith died Oct. 25 in Gallup. He was born Jan. 9, 1975 in Gallup.

Survivors include his wife, Lorna Rose Grey of Gallup; parents Alfred Kasuse of Springstead, N.M., Betty Jim of Gallup; sons Bronson Smith Jr., Byron Smith; daughters Sonya Smith, Breanna Smith; brothers Randy Kasuse, Danny Jim Daniel Jim; sisters Diana Jim, Diane Jim; stepfather Dan Jim, all of Gallup.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents Lucy Kasuse, Johnson Smith, Mary C. Smith and Frank Kasuse.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Hilda Teller

WINDOW ROCK — Services for Hilda Mary Teller, 93, will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 at St. Michaels Catholic Church in St. Michaels. The Rev. Gilbert Schneider, OFM, will officiate. Burial will follow in Black House Valley in Newcomb, N.M.

Teller died Oct. 22 in Fort Defiance. She was born May 28, 1915 in Red Lake, N.M. into the Zuni People Clan for the Mud People Clan.

Teller graduated from Albuquerque Indian School in 1935. She worked at the day school in Standing Rock, N.M., the Churchrock Day School, Fort Wingate Army Depot and IHS in Fort Defiance where she worked for 37 years.

Her hobbies included home canning and home arts, crocheting, word puzzles, listening to Christian music. She was featured in the Ladies Home Journal and recognized for her preservation of Native foods and herbs.

She was an Eagle Scout mother and traveled a great deal. She even sailed across Lake Michigan.

Survivors include her sons Dee Vernon Teller of Fort Defiance, Ariz.; daughters Rosh Foley of Window Rock, Rena Teller of Newcomb, Jerilene of Pine Ridge, S.D.; stepbrother John Allen of Sheepsprings, N.M.; 14 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren nine great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Kent R. Teller; parents John Belone and Naglenasbah; stepmother Elizabeth and one grandson.
The family will receive relatives and friends at the St. Michaaels Parish Hall after services.

Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.