Clarence Martinez Sr

Funeral Services for Clarence Martinez 86, of Smith Lake, New Mexico will be Saturday September 4, 2010 at 11:00 AM..at Bethesda Mission Smith Lake, New Mexico. Rev Bobby Martinez will Officiate. Burial will follow at the Community Cemetery in Smith Lake, New Mexico He was born July 4, 1924 in Thoreau, New Mexico and died August 28, 2010 in Crownpoint, New Mexico He was born for the Sleeping Rock Clan into the Salt People Clan A US Army veteran of World War 11 he received the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster. He was a Navajo Police Office, Uranium Mill worker, railroad Laboror and retired from the BIA in Crownpoint, New Mexico Survivors include his sons Ray Earl Martinez of Navajo, New Mexico,. Rev. Bobby Martinez, Thoreau, New Mexico. Eugene Martinez, Larry Martinez, Clarence Martinez Jr. and Paddy Martinez all of Smith Lake, New Mexico..Samuel Ray Price of Gallup, New Mexico. Daughters: Kari Martinez Yazzie of Crownpoint, New Mexico, Cheryl Kowena of Smith Lake, New Mexico, Anna Lynn Martinez of Gillette Wyoming. Brothers Johnny O. Martinez of Thoreau, New Mexico and Juan Martinez of San Mateo, New Mexico. And sisters Rosabelle Sanders of San Antone, New Mexico, Louise Johnson of Manuelito, New Mexico, Irene Saunders and Dorothy Wilson of San Antone, New Mexico, Martha Gonzales of Thoreau, New Mexico, Ella Wilson of Thoreau, New Mexico Mae Lynch of Thoreau, New Mexico and Nova Montano of Thoreau, New Mexico and Flora M. Dimtrion of Prewitt, New Mexico 39 Grandchildren 51 Great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Ray earl Martinez, Larry Martinez, Paddy Martinez, Clarence Martinez Jr., Felix “Joey” Kowena, S/Sgt Jeremiah Yazzie USMC. Arrangements are entrusted to: Cope Memorial Chapel 1830 Barbara Gallup, New Mexico 505 722 6671