Indian Country

NEW MEXICO, Gallup – Funeral services were held for JOANNE BARBER MARTIN, 66, on October 3, 2009, at the First United Methodist Church in Gallup. Interment followed at the Rehoboth Cemetery in Rehoboth, New Mexico. Joanne was born July 22, 1943, in Gallup. She passed away September 28, 2009, in Farmington, New Mexico.

Joanne attended the University of New Mexico and Texas Women’s University in Denton, Texas. Her employment included part-time sales clerk at J.C. Penney during high school, bookkeeper for Merchants Bank, journalist for Navajo Times, retired rancher, and family bookkeeper. She was known for her sewing skills. (Navajo Times, October 1, 2009)

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