Irving Poolheco Irving Poolheco passed away in his home on April 7, 2022. Irving was born in his family home, in the Tewa village, of Polacca, on Sept. 14, 1937. He is from the Stick/Spider clan. Services include a viewing from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 15, at Greer’s Mortuary. Graveside burial will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, at the Desert View Cemetery. Please join the family in a celebration of life potluck luncheon at the Immanuel Bible Chapel following the graveside burial. His family moved to Winslow in 1945. It was then that Irving started attending the Winslow school system. In the beginning, school was a challenge as he did not speak English. He was bilingual in the Hopi and Tewa languages but soon mastered English as well. He was a member of the Winslow High School Bulldog Class of 1957. Irving served in the Army from 1961 to 1963; completing NCSO school. Throughout his life he had many other accomplishments. He attended Southwest Indian Bible College, was an Elder at Immanuel Bible Chapel, a part of the Hopi Christian radio program, he and Vivian ministered in the prison ministry, and he was an active participant of the Hopi Camp Meeting. He was also an avid marathon runner, which included the Boston Marathon and numerous Louis Tewanima footraces. He was also an avid hunter. Survivors include his sister, Isabel “Sume” Ortega (Johnny); brother, Walter Poolheco (Edna); children, Jon Lansa (Tawana), Adeline Liska (Randall), Jeanette “Gigi” Poolheco, Pamela Davis (Jerry) and Irving “Doah” Poolheco (Dee). He was blessed with 19 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Irving is preceded in death by the love of his earthly life, Vivian; his parents David and Evelyn Poolheco; brothers, David Jr., Carlos, Frank Sr., and Sidney; sister, Lorraine Williams; and sons, Dennis Poolheco and Edward Lansa. Greer’s Mortuary of Winslow handled the arrangements.
