Martha Samuel

Funeral services for Martha Samuel, 71, will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 9, at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Chinle. The Rev. Blane Grein, OFM, will officiate. Burial will be in Nazlini Community Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Samuel died Dec. 3, 2009, in Glendale, Ariz. She was born April 4, 1938, in Nazlini, into the Start of the Red Streak People Clan for the Coyote Pass People Clan. Samuel attended Intermountain Jr. High School, Bringham City, Utah and worked in California for 30 years and Nazlini Chapter House. She liked to joke around and make everyone laugh at family gatherings with her Navajo jokes. Survivors include her son, Larry Singer; brother, Ernest Yazzie Jr.; sisters, Jennie Todechine, Bernice Thuett; 10 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren. Samuel was preceded in death by her parents, Pauline and Kee Yazzie. Pallbearers will be Phillip H. Yazzie, Larry Singer Sr., Larry Singer, Leroy George, Wallie Billie, Charlie Billie. The family will receive relatives and friends at Nazlini Chapter House, following services. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements