Wednesday November 7, 2012
Today we went to our first Navajo Funeral. Wen Auntie Agnes passed away last Sunday, all family, friendsw and especially clan members (everyone belongs to four clans) meet during the day, evening and every day until the funeral service
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| Front and Rear Program |
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| Inside of program |
. They bring food, donate money for the funeral service and chat with the family. The service was held at the Page Stake Center and she was buried in the Page City Cementary. Auntie Agnes was L.D.S for many years.
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| Road to Agnes |
and she had a strong testimony and had been to the temple and took out her endowments. We were not able to hear her testimony because she only spoke Navajo. She loved my suckers that I always carry in my purse and would look forward to our business. It was our pleasure to know this sweet lady.
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| Tent outside house |
If they do not have insurance then the family relies on the people to make the contributions to pay for the funeral. The burial takes place up to 4 days afrer death. If there is insurance then the meetings are only two or three days.
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| Daisy Nockindeh and Genevive Charlie |
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We lock the gate when we are gone because of the wood pile. That is very coveted. People steal other peoples wood. So when we are not here we have to lock the fence.
This is reinforced railroad ties. It is over a 4 ft deep hole in the ground. There is nothing in the bottom but dirt. When you drop the lock then you have to use a hanger and a lot of patience to get the lock out. When you are ready to leave for an appointment then you have to be very patient. That is what happens when you have limited finger use. Fortunately we have some of our branch members have sitff wire hooks because they all have to deal with the problem of dropping things in the cattle guard.
