GISHIE, Roy


LOWER GREASEWOOD — Services for Roy Gishie, 48, will be 11:30 a.m. MST Monday, July 26, at the Indian Wells Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Elder Lewis will officiate. Burial will be in the community cemetery in Indian Wells. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Gishie died July 22 in Flagstaff. He was born Nov. 20, 1955, in Lower Greasewood in the Red House People Clan for the Coyote Pass People Clan. He attended school at Lower Greasewood Boarding School and graduated from Intermountain School. He worked for the Santa Fe Railroad before becoming self-employed. He enjoyed basketball, football, rodeo, wrestling and practicing traditional medicine man, Survivors include his son, Steward Gishie; daughter, Mary Jane Gishie; brothers, Danny and Howard Gishie; sisters Dorothy, Beatrice, Alberta and Ethel Gishie; and four grandchildren. Gishie was preceded in death by his parents, John and Bertha Gishie; brothers, Larry and David Gishie; sisters, Jane Gishie and Betty Draper. Pallbearers will be Stevenson Begay, Lyle Gishie, Brian Gishie, Garrett Gishie, Steward Gishie and Bryant Gishie. Silver Creek Mortuary has charge of arrangements.