Deaths

• Deschine, Juanita
• Gonzales, Liboria
• Long, Manuel

Juanita Deschine

MANY FARMS, Ariz. — Services for Juanita Deschine, 69, will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 21, 2008 at the Catholic Church in Many Farms. Burial will follow on family land in Many Farms.
Visitation will be at 9 a.m., one hour prior to services at the church.

Deschine died Oct. 28, 2008 in Flagstaff, Ariz. She was born July 15, 1939 in Ganado, Ariz., into the Zuni People/Red Running into the Water People Clan for the Bitter Water People Clan.

Deschine was a rug weaver.

Survivors include her husband Joe Deschine; sons Mack Tah, Casey Billy, Joseph Descheenie, Jeffery Descheenie, Jason Descheenie; daughter Mary Secody’ brother Joseph Towne; sisters Nancy Bahe, Priscilla Tsinijinnie; and six grandchildren.

Deschine was preceded in death by her father Zane Towne.

Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Liboria Gonzales

GALLUP — Services for Liboria Leby Gonzales, 78, will be 10 a.m., today, 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 was recited at Rollie Mortuary Oct. 29, 2008.

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.

Manuel Long

REHOBOTH — Services for Manuel G. Long, 30, will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 31 at the Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church. The Rev. Nathan Lynch will officiate. Burial will follow at Rehoboth Mission Cemetery.

Long died Oct. 25, 2008 in Albuquerque. He was born Feb. 6, 1978 in Gallup into the Meadow People Clan for the Mexican People Clan.

He attended Wingate High School and worked on landscaping and construction. His hobbies included wood hauling, fishing, cooking, spending time with his daughter and playing football.

Survivors inclue his wife Natasha Nez of Sundance, N.M.; daughter Leah Long of Sundance; mother Helen McCabe of Sundance; brothers Emanuel McCabe, Leroy McCabe, Gregory McCabe, all of Sundance; grandparents Marie Dempsey of Sundance.

Long was preceded in death by his grandfathers Cecil Dempsey, Tom Long.

Pallbearers will be Emanuel McCabe, Gregory McCabe, Leroy McCabe, Michael Thomas, Curtis Long, Shawn Stevens.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.