Ada Jane Nez, 78, passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2016, in Phoenix. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 20, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Winslow. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. in the Relief Society room. Interment will follow at Desert View Cemetery in Winslow. Ada was born July 4, 1937, in Dilkon. Her maternal clan was To ’a ha ni, Near The Water Clan; her paternal clan, Tá baahá, Water’s Edge Clan; her chei, Ash hí, Salt People Clan; and her nail, Ta’ neeszahnii, Tangle People Clan. Survivors include her two sons, Raymond Nez and Virgil Nez Jr.; seven daughters, Irene Kinlecheenie, Lorraine Thomas, Bernice Lee, Dorothy Nez, Rose M. Nez, Lucille Nez and Bernita Roanhorse; five sisters, Betty Yazzie, Nora Whitehorse, Lula Begay, Hazel Nez and Pauline John; two brothers, Johnny Lister and Raymond Lister; 28 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Nez Sr.; her parents, Paul and Belle Lister; her granddaughter, Alicia Nez; her grandson, Sheldon Nez; a great-grandson, Baby Boy Dickson; two sisters; and four brothers. Greer’s Mortuary of Winslow was in charge of the arrangements.
