TOM, Gene

INDIAN WELLS, Ariz.Services for Gene Tom, 51, will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 22 at the Indian Wells Presbyterian Church. Pastor Leonard B. Yazzie will officiate. Burial will follow at Indian Wells Community Cemetery. Tom died Jan. 25 in Indian Wells. He was born Oct. 18, 1951 in Indian Wells. Tom attended arts & crafts shows. He recently had a role in a Native American film. His hobbies included playing guitar, running 10K races, and writing poems. Survivors include his mother, Alice Curley Tom of Indian Wells, daughter, Kaylene; brothers, Leroy Tom of Shiprock, Stanley Tom of Jeddito, Raymond Tom of Phoenix; sisters, Nora Lister and Sarah Tom of Phoenix, Gloria Paddock of Holbrook, Ariz. and two grandchildren. Tom was preceded in death by his father, John Tom