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June 1, 2011
Births
Prevention
graduation
A dinner was held at
Kah-Nee-Ta to celebrate
the recent and past
graduates of the 16-week
Diabetes Prevention
Lifestyle Balancing
Classes. Guest speaker
Verna Burden, MS, RD
shared some tricks to
motivation. Montell Elliott
(pictured left) presents
graduates with their
certificates and a special
award.
Koryahna Renee Stwyer
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
Howlak Tichum
Veterans
(Continued from page 1)
There are 22 tribal members
who are veterans of the Korean
War, and five non-member Ko
rean War veterans in the com
munity, said Greeley.
Vietnam War veteran num
bers are: 75 tribal and 10 non-
tribal. From the Gulf War to the
present conflicts: 28 tribal mem
bers. Totals: 128 tribal member;
and 16 non-members, for a to
tal of 144. Those numbers are
the minimum estimate, Greeley
said.
For m ore inform ation on
the E llio tt Palm er Post No.
4217, call Commander Heath
at 541-325-1009.
Sam uel Cody Singer, M ay 21, 1937 - M ay 12, 2011
Samuel Cody Singer was
born on M ay 21, 1937 in
Kayenta, Arizona. He died
on May 12, 2011 at his resi
dence in Salem, Oregon sur
rounded by his family and
relatives.
He was a longtime resi
dent of Salem. Sam had re
cen tly
re tired
from
Chemawa Indian School, an
off-reservation Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA) board
ing school concluding 15
years of federal service.
He was a member for 55
years o f C alv ary B ap tist
Church, where he was bap
tized and married.
Sam was very proud of
his American Indian heritage
and exhibited Native pride in
many ways. He was a full-
blooded Navajo enrolled in
the Western Agency of the
N avajo N ation. He was
from the To’aah’ni’ (Near the
W ater) Clan born for the
To’dichii’nii’ (Bitter Water)
Clan. His late parents are
C liffo rd Sr. and C lara
(C olem an)
S in ger
of
(To’denas zhaii) Kayenta, Ari
zona. Two of Sams’ pater
nal uncles, Oscar and Rich
ard Singer Sr., were Navajo
Code Talkers who served in
World War II who both re
ceived posthumously Silver
Medals for their service as
United States Marines.
Sam carried great pride
knowing his uncles and many
N avajo p eo p le served
proudly in the arm ed ser
vices as the tradition contin
ues today.
T he N avajo lan gu age
(Dine Bizaad) is his first lan
guage and spoke it fluently
on a daily basis with his wife,
Irene, at home and amongst
fellow Navajo speakers. He
often streamed online to lis
ten to KTNN, the voice of the
N avajo N ation, to stay con
nected with his cultural roots.
He was a product of Navajo
(Kayenta Boarding School) and
BIA schools (Chemawa Indian
School). In the 1950s, Sam at
tended Chemawa as part of a
pilot program for Navajo stu
dents. Upon com pletion, he
continued to reside and work in
the Salem area.
On April 16, 1960, he mar
ried his N avajo sw eeth eart,
Irene Rose (Billy) Singer of (Kin
H o zhoni) M an u elito , N ew
Mexico. Last month marked
their 51st wedding anniversary
Sam worked at a variety of lo
cal Salem establishments and
worked at Boise Cascade Lum
ber Mill in Millersburg, Oregon
prior to his federal service at
Chemawa Indian School.
He supported four children
who attended Salem-Keizer pub
lic schools and two daughters
who graduated from the Univer
sity of Oregon. On January 26,
2011, Sam tragically lost his
youngest son (Morales) who was
37 years old and w as the
caregiver to his retired parents
and three children. Sam was
taking care of his three teenage
grandchildren at the time of his
passing.
Sam was head of household
and was always on the move
with household duties such as:
cooking, cleaning, laundry,
grocery shopping, driving his
wife and grandchildren to
their destinations, accompa
nying his wife shopping, in
addition to a whole host of
other things he truly enjoyed.
He had a p assio n for
sports including professional
wrestling, Oregon Duck foot
ball, Portland Trailblazers bas
ketball, NFL football (Wash
ington Redskins), a love of
classic Rock n’ Roll/Coun
try/ traditional Navajo music,
Navajo tribal and mainstream
public affairs, and a fan of
the classics (the Marx Broth
ers, war, Western, Elvis mov
ies and cartoons).
He enjoyed the beauty of
the state of Oregon, espe
cially the Oregon Coast, the
high deserts of Central Or
egon and his other home, the
Navajo Indian reservation in
the so u th w estern U n ited
States.
Sam is survived by his wife
Irene, children Marcie (Josh),
M ike (C arolyn), M ichelle;
grandchildren (Cody, Elijah,
Ja lie n e , Sh aelee), siblings
[Anna Clitso, Clifford Singer
Jr. (In ez), Rena Je ff,
Raymond Singer (Roselyn),
Ruby Singer, Ida Mae Smith
(Ray), Floyd Singer (Ada); in
addition to many, many rela
tives that span the western
United States. He is preceded
in death by his son Morales
Clifford Singer, his parents
Clifford Sr. and Clara Singer,
and brother James Singer.
Although Sam may not be
of physical body, he is now
with his son and relatives with
his Lord and Savior in heaven
above living on in our hearts
and in our memories. His
smile, his laugh, and his pres
ence will be greatly missed.
Cory Lee Stwyer Sr. and
Vanessa Lynn Walker-Stwyer
are pleased to announce the
b irth o f th eir d augh ter
K oryahna Renee Stw yer,
born on May 24, 2011.
Koryahna joins brother
Antoine, Chance, Cory Jr.,
and M atthew ; and sisters
Alexis, Shaniah and Coreena.
G ran d p aren ts on the
fa th e r’s side are E rland
Suppah and Sally Whiz of
Simnasho; and the late Erwin
Stwyer of Warm Springs.
G ran d p aren ts on the
m other’s side are the late
C heryl Stacona-H eath of
W arm S p rin gs; and Lee
S o rrelh o rse and A ngie
Sorrelhorse of Tigard.
Dominick Joe Spino
Francis T. Spino Jr. and
Y vette B runoe o f W arm
Springs are pleased to an
nounce the birth of their son
Dominick Joe Spino, born on
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May 23, 2011.
Dominick joins brother
Aiden, and sisters Jazmine,
Patrice and Jordan.
G ran d p aren ts on the
father’s side are Francis T.
Spino Sr. of Warm Springs;
and G wen M itch ell o f
Chiloquin.
G ran d p aren ts on the
mother’s side are Naomi and
Edward Lucei.
Joel Aven Santos Sr.
Jo el Aaren Santos and
K arla K im K alam a o f
Warm Springs are pleased to
announce the birth of their
son Joel Aven Santos Sr.,
born on May 22, 2011.
Joel joins sister Kiara.
G ran d p aren ts on the
fath er’s side are A lberto
Eligio Santos, and Brenda
Lee Santos of Parkdale.
G ran d p aren ts on the
m other’s side are Roland
K alam a Jr. and V erleen
Kalama, of Warm Springs.
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