Leo Yazzie

Services for Leo B. Yazzie, 53, will be 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 4, at St. John Catholic Church, Houck. Burial will be in family plot. Yazzie died Nov. 28, 2009, in Manuelito. He was born March 4, 1956, in Gallup, into the Red House People Clan for the Black Sheep People Clan. Yazzie worked for Heritage Environmental. He enjoyed painting, pow wows, basketball, mechanic work and spending time with family. Survivors include his son, Lambert Yazzie of Sacaton; mother, Mary B. Watchman of Lupton; brothers, Amos Dedman of Fort Defiance, Christopher Tsosie of Tempe, Wilford Caballero, Hobart Caballero, Johnny Caballero all of Greasewood; sister, Shirley Hayame of Alemeda, Calif., Christine Ashley of Lupton, Rena Begay of Sanders, Margie Caballero of Greasewood, Susie Caballero of Greasewood, Donna Gilchrist of Lupton, Carole Watchman-Begay of Paradise Valley. Yazzie was preceded in death by his father, Kee B. Yazzie; mother, Anna Mae Todacheenie; grandparents, John B. Yazzie, Louise B. Yazzie, Lester James Yazzie, Michael Yazzie, Randin Yazzie. Pallbearers will be Lambert K. Yazzie, Christopher Tsosie, Bryon Williams, Dustin Gilchrist, Julius Mayes, Ronald Yazzie, William Begay. The family will receive relatives and friends at Lupton Chapter House, following services. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements