Rosanne Y. Joe

Rosanne Y. Joe, 84, of Wide Ruins, Arizona, passed away Oct. 7, 2016, in Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona. Funeral services will be held at St. Anne Mission in Klagatoh, Arizona, on Oct. 12, 2016, at 10 A.M. Burial will follow at the Joe Family Plot in Wide Ruins, Arizona. Owens Livingston Mortuary handled funeral arrangements. Rosanne was born in Porcupine Ridge, Arizona, of the Near Water Clan and born to the Tachine Clan, to Tachine and Elthnahabah Burbank Yazzie on May 14, 1932. She went to school at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and graduated in 1951. She went on to nursing school, training at Loretta Heights College in Denver, Colorado. She worked with Indian Health Services in Tohatchi, New Mexico, and then at Gallup Indian Hospital. She retired in 2002 after 45 years of service. Rosanne was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, David, Kee, Wilson and John; and five sisters, Nagleedezbah, Sybil, Eloise, Etta and Marian. Rosanne is survived by her husband Bernard Joe of the home; daughter Judy Shade and husband Jerry of Gore, Oklahoma; two granddaughters, Karen Shade and husband Jim Lanier of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Gloria Shade and husband Ross Greenawalt of Tulsa, Oklahoma; a grandson, Christopher Shade of Tahlequah, Oklahoma; a step-son, Floyd Joe of St. John, Arizona; a step-daughter, Berniece Joe and partner Lynn of Wide Ruins, Arizona; and numerous nieces and nephews.