BONITO, Bernadette Sue

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona - 08/10/2004 Bernadette Sue Bonito, 5, of Whiteriver, went home with Jesus, Thursday, July 29, 2004. Bernadette was born April 16, 1999 in Show Low. Bernadette was survived by guardian parents Willard and Joanna Ethelbah; god-parents Alfred and Betty Cosay; natural parents Bernard and Yula Bonito; grandparents Leonard Bonito Sr. and Clarinda Dazen; brothers James Bonito, Bernard Bonito Jr., Lorman Ethelbah; sisters Ulena Nelson, Georgia Bonito, Enrika Bonito, Perlena Ethelbah, Cherish Seymour, Bernita Bonito, Jolinda Ethelbah and Shanell Ethelbah. She is also survived by many aunties, uncles and friends. A wake was held Saturday, Aug. 7, at her residence in Whiteriver. Funeral services were held, Monday, Aug. 9, at the Riverside Church in East Fork, with Pastor Valentina Begay officiating. Interment was at Mission View cemetery in East Fork,. Funeral arrangements were by Silver Creek Chapel Mortuary in Whiteriver.