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Henry K. Chee

Posted 2009-10-03 by Sharla
GREASEWOOD, Ariz. — Services for Henry K. Chee, 79, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 28 at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Lower Greasewood. Father Flann O' Neill will officiate. Burial will follow at Community Cemetery, Lower Greasewood.

Chee died Dec. 24 in Greasewood. He was born March 24, 1922 in Greasewood into the Coyote Pass Clan for the Edge Water People Clan.

Chee was a rancher and involved in rodeos as a calf and team roper. He was a member of the senior citizens group. His hobbies included song and dance activities. He was employed with the Union Pacific Railroad and served in the United States Army, special forces.

Survivors included his wife, Mary S. Chee; sons, Arnold Chee of Steamboat, Ariz. Bruce Chee of Ganado, Ariz.; daughters, Barbara Chee and Henrietta Chee both of Fort Defiance, Ariz, Loretta Chee of Nazlini, Ariz., Mary Jane Watchman of Greasewood, Ariz. Teresa Chee of Stockton, Utah and Michelle Chee of Tooele, Utah; brother, Chee B. Yazzie; sister, Mary Louise Begay; 21 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be family members and relatives.

Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements


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