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Lee Vern Roanhorse Jr.

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Lee Vern Roanhorse Jr.

Birth
Death
2 Mar 2001 (aged 32)
Burial
Naschitti, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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SHEEP SPRINGS — Services for Lee Roanhorse Jr., 32, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 9, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Naschitti. Burial will follow at Naschitti Community Cemetery.

A rosary will be recited at 7 tonight at St. Anthony's Catholic Church.

Roanhorse died March 2 in Gallup. He was born April 20, 1968, in Fort Defiance, Ariz., into the Salt Clan for the Towering House Clan.

Roanhorse attended Chuska Boarding School, Newcomb High School and Albuquerque Corps. He was employed with BIA Forestry as a firefighter and Houston Steel Company. His hobbies included drawing, listening to music, cooking, doing odd jobs, ranching, horseback riding and hiking.

Survivors include his parents, Alice M. and Laverne Roanhorse Sr.; brothers, Douglas Roanhorse, Harold Roanhorse, Vernon Roanhorse, Alexander Bryant, Johnathan Roanhorse and Nathaniel Roanhorse; and sisters, Lucinda Roanhorse and Sandra Roanhorse.

Roanhorse was preceded in death by his grandparents, Anita Begay, Gabriel Roanhorse and John and Sally Bryant.

Pallbearers will be Vernon Roanhorse, Paul Denetdale Jr., Garrison Henry, Charlee Begay Jr., Randolph Price and Ronnie Begay.

The family will meet tonight at Naschitti Housing Complex #66.

The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Naschitti Chapter House.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements

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SHEEP SPRINGS — Services for Lee Roanhorse Jr., 32, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 9, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Naschitti. Burial will follow at Naschitti Community Cemetery.

A rosary will be recited at 7 tonight at St. Anthony's Catholic Church.

Roanhorse died March 2 in Gallup. He was born April 20, 1968, in Fort Defiance, Ariz., into the Salt Clan for the Towering House Clan.

Roanhorse attended Chuska Boarding School, Newcomb High School and Albuquerque Corps. He was employed with BIA Forestry as a firefighter and Houston Steel Company. His hobbies included drawing, listening to music, cooking, doing odd jobs, ranching, horseback riding and hiking.

Survivors include his parents, Alice M. and Laverne Roanhorse Sr.; brothers, Douglas Roanhorse, Harold Roanhorse, Vernon Roanhorse, Alexander Bryant, Johnathan Roanhorse and Nathaniel Roanhorse; and sisters, Lucinda Roanhorse and Sandra Roanhorse.

Roanhorse was preceded in death by his grandparents, Anita Begay, Gabriel Roanhorse and John and Sally Bryant.

Pallbearers will be Vernon Roanhorse, Paul Denetdale Jr., Garrison Henry, Charlee Begay Jr., Randolph Price and Ronnie Begay.

The family will meet tonight at Naschitti Housing Complex #66.

The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Naschitti Chapter House.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements

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  • Maintained by: Brenda
  • Originally Created by: JoyceS
  • Added: Jun 17, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14630456/lee_vern-roanhorse: accessed ), memorial page for Lee Vern Roanhorse Jr. (20 Apr 1968–2 Mar 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14630456, citing Naschitti Cemetery, Naschitti, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by Brenda (contributor 47361366).