1996
Monieka
2014
Monieka Marisol Montanez
August 19, 1996 — September 12, 2014
Monieka Montanez
Fort Defiance, Arizona
Funeral services for Monieka Marisol Montanez, 18, will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the Community Bible Church in Tse Bonito. The Rev. David Hilderman will officiate. Burial will be in Fort Defiance.
Montanez died September 12, 2014, in Flagstaff, Arizona. She was born August 19, 1996, in Gallup into the Folded Arms People Clan.
Montanez graduated from Window Rock High School in 2014 and was attending Indian Bible College in Flagstaff. She enjoyed singing, spending time with family and friends, playing football, being the baseball manager, traveling and shopping.
Survivors include her parents Rhiana and Jorge Cuvas and Thomas Montanez; brothers Zavion Nez, Tyrone Nez Jr., Angel Cuvas, Jovanni Cuvas and Pablo Cuvas; sister Kiara Cuvas and grandparents Ruby and Daniel Lohnes, Samuel and Valentino Smith, Daniel Montanez and Jose and Antonia Cuvas. She was preceded in death by Manuel Montanez and grandmother Eleanor Montanez.
Pallbearers will be Zavion Nez, Tyrone Nez Jr., Marion Smith, Michael Cheromiah, Terdell Dawes and Kollin Toadlena.
The family will receive relatives and friends at Community Bible Church after burial.
Cope Memorial Chapel of Gallup is entrusted with arrangements.
Fort Defiance, Arizona
Funeral services for Monieka Marisol Montanez, 18, will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the Community Bible Church in Tse Bonito. The Rev. David Hilderman will officiate. Burial will be in Fort Defiance.
Montanez died September 12, 2014, in Flagstaff, Arizona. She was born August 19, 1996, in Gallup into the Folded Arms People Clan.
Montanez graduated from Window Rock High School in 2014 and was attending Indian Bible College in Flagstaff. She enjoyed singing, spending time with family and friends, playing football, being the baseball manager, traveling and shopping.
Survivors include her parents Rhiana and Jorge Cuvas and Thomas Montanez; brothers Zavion Nez, Tyrone Nez Jr., Angel Cuvas, Jovanni Cuvas and Pablo Cuvas; sister Kiara Cuvas and grandparents Ruby and Daniel Lohnes, Samuel and Valentino Smith, Daniel Montanez and Jose and Antonia Cuvas. She was preceded in death by Manuel Montanez and grandmother Eleanor Montanez.
Pallbearers will be Zavion Nez, Tyrone Nez Jr., Marion Smith, Michael Cheromiah, Terdell Dawes and Kollin Toadlena.
The family will receive relatives and friends at Community Bible Church after burial.
Cope Memorial Chapel of Gallup is entrusted with arrangements.
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