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Earl “Chai” Lister Sr.

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Earl “Chai” Lister Sr.

Birth
Death
26 Mar 2009 (aged 85)
Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
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Earl Lister Sr., 87, of Prescott, AZ. Passed away Thursday March 26, 2009 at the Prescott VA Medical Center. He was born October 16, 1923 a Navajo Indian of the Edge Water Clan, born for the Black Streak Wood Clan born and raised near Indian Wells/ Dilcon, Arizona area to Deneh t` ,A,AI and YE-COS-PAH.

A WWII army veteran he served in the South Pacific 1941-1945, a Prescott resident since 1958, he is proceeded in death by his wife Elsie, daughter Winifred, sons Edison, and Earl Jr. and grandson David E. Lister all of Prescott. Survived by daughter Earlita & husband Andrew Borucki, granddaughters Lisa Jones-Reed(Rob), Andrea Borucki, grandson Alex Borucki, son- Ernie & wife Sandra Lister, grandson Jon-Michael Lister & granddaughter Taylor Lister; son- Edgar Lister, grandsons Mark & Drew Lister, granddaughter Julia, of San Diego, California, and son- Eno Lister of Prescott, and Louise Morales of Paulden, granddaughter Anita Melick of Newark, Ohio; great- granddaughters Marissa, & Felicia Jones of Prescott, and numerous relatives on the Navajo Reservation and in the Phoenix area.

Chai Earl will be remembered as beloved father, grandfather, uncle, friend, story teller, singer, and teacher of traditional Navajo ways. He will be missed.

A celebration of life service will be 10:00AM today Saturday March 28, 2008 at the Hendricks Auditorium 300 S Granite Street Prescott, AZ.; with burial to follow at the Mountain View Cemetery in Prescott, AZ.

(Obit: Hampton Funeral Home)
Earl Lister Sr., 87, of Prescott, AZ. Passed away Thursday March 26, 2009 at the Prescott VA Medical Center. He was born October 16, 1923 a Navajo Indian of the Edge Water Clan, born for the Black Streak Wood Clan born and raised near Indian Wells/ Dilcon, Arizona area to Deneh t` ,A,AI and YE-COS-PAH.

A WWII army veteran he served in the South Pacific 1941-1945, a Prescott resident since 1958, he is proceeded in death by his wife Elsie, daughter Winifred, sons Edison, and Earl Jr. and grandson David E. Lister all of Prescott. Survived by daughter Earlita & husband Andrew Borucki, granddaughters Lisa Jones-Reed(Rob), Andrea Borucki, grandson Alex Borucki, son- Ernie & wife Sandra Lister, grandson Jon-Michael Lister & granddaughter Taylor Lister; son- Edgar Lister, grandsons Mark & Drew Lister, granddaughter Julia, of San Diego, California, and son- Eno Lister of Prescott, and Louise Morales of Paulden, granddaughter Anita Melick of Newark, Ohio; great- granddaughters Marissa, & Felicia Jones of Prescott, and numerous relatives on the Navajo Reservation and in the Phoenix area.

Chai Earl will be remembered as beloved father, grandfather, uncle, friend, story teller, singer, and teacher of traditional Navajo ways. He will be missed.

A celebration of life service will be 10:00AM today Saturday March 28, 2008 at the Hendricks Auditorium 300 S Granite Street Prescott, AZ.; with burial to follow at the Mountain View Cemetery in Prescott, AZ.

(Obit: Hampton Funeral Home)


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  • Created by: Sharla
  • Added: Jul 7, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39185795/earl-lister: accessed ), memorial page for Earl “Chai” Lister Sr. (16 Oct 1923–26 Mar 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39185795, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by Sharla (contributor 46940689).