Ambrose Damon Sandoval

Ambrose Sandoval

TOHATCHI — Services for Ambrose Damon Sandoval, 56, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Tohatchi. The Rev. John Mittelstadt will officiate. Burial will follow at Tohatchi Community Cemetery.

Sandoval died Jan. 23 in Gallup. He was born Dec. 4, 1944, in Albuquerque into the Bitter Water People for the Sleep Rock People Clan.

Sandoval was employed with the BIA, Carbon Coal, P&M Mine, and NTUA. He attended Wingate schools and later received his GED from Diné College, Tsaile, Ariz. He was attending the University of New Mexico-Gallup, working toward an art degree.
His hobbies included traveling and taking care of horses.

Survivors include his wife, Angela Sandoval of Tohatchi; sons, Stacey lee Lucero of Orem, Utah, and Ambrose Damon Sandoval II and Marlon Patrick Sandoval, both of Tohatchi; daughters, Sheila Brown of Orem, Utah, and Heavenor Damon-Sandoval and Christi Damon Sandoval, both of Tohatchi; mother, Alice Sandoval of Tohatchi; brothers, David S. Benallie, Dennis S. Benallie and Ickes S. Benallie, all of Tohatchi; sisters, Doris Benallie, Valentina Benallie, JoAnn Crosby and Mildred Benallie Morris, all of Tohatchi; and 14 grandchildren.

Sandoval was preceded in death by his father, Anson C. Damon Sr. and brother, Gary Sandoval Benallie.

Pallbearers will be J.C. Bedonie, Jodi Bitsoi, Harry Moore Sr., Willie Sandoval, Manuel Shirleson and Milton Shirleson.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.