Louie Desiderio
Prewitt, New Mexico
Funeral services for Louie Desiderio, 66, will be at 11 a.m. Friday, January 5, 2018, at the Assembly of God Church in Prewitt, NM. Jimmy Freymiller will officiate. Burial will be in a family plot in Haystack, NM.
Desiderio died January 1, 2018, in Albuquerque, NM. He was born December 16, 1951, in Gallup, NM into the Two Who Came to Water Clan born for the Towering House Clan.
Desiderio graduated in 1970. He worked with Kerr McGee Mining from 1974-1981, and was a bus driver for Baca Senior Center, CHR Baca Community. He retired with the Navajo Nation. Desiderio enjoyed fishing, hunting, singing, and playing the guitar with friends and family. Going to church and worshipping God was his strength.
Survivors include his wife Jeana Desiderio from Prewitt, NM; daughters Lou Jeana Desiderio from Albuquerque, NM, Lou Chelle Desiderio from Grants, NM, and Belinda Robertson from Laguna, NM; brothers Ben Wally Sr. from Littlewater, NM, Arthur Desiderio from Pinedale, NM, Alfred Desiderio from Tohajilee, NM, and David Desiderio form Grants, NM; sisters Adda Lee and Carole Desiderio both from Grants, NM; 10 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son Louvin; daughter Michelle Desiderio; sister Linda Desiderio Etsitty; and parents Anita Wally Desiderio and Louis Desiderio.
Pallbearers will be Franklin Johnson, Myles Calladito, Aaron Martinez, Lionel Desiderio, Marcus Begay and Harris Desiderio.
The family will receive relatives and friends after services at the Baca Chapter House in Prewitt, NM.
Cope Memorial Chapel of Gallup, NM is entrusted with arrangements.
Service Details
Friday, January 5th, 2018 11:00am, Assembly of God Prewitt, NM
Interment Details
Family Plot Haystack, NM