FUNERAL ESCORT for US ARMY SGT FRANK BEYALE KEDELTY

FAMILY:

FRANK WAS BORN IN WHEATFIELDS, AZ TO CHARLES KEDELTY AND STELLA JONES. HE WAS OF THE RED CHEEK PEOPLE CLAN BORN FOR NEAR TO THE WATER CLAN. HIS GRANDFATHERS ARE THE TOWERING HOUSE AND COYOTE PASS CLANS. HE WAS ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE ATTENDED LUKACHUKAI AND SHIPROCK BOARDING SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL FROM ALBUQUERQUE INDIAN SCHOOL. HE EARNED HIS BA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.

FRANK WAS A VIETNAM VETERAN AND CONTINUED IN THE ARMY RESERVE AFTER VIETNAM, HE COMPLETED HIS RESERVE TIME IN APRIL 1979 AT THE RANK OF SERGEANT.

FRANK KEDELTY ALSO FOLLOWED HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS IN NAVAJO MEDICINE TO BECOME A TRADITIONAL HEALER. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS THOUGHTFUL CARE AND DEDICATION AS AN EDUCATOR AND HEALER TO MANY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFETIME.

FRANK RETIRED FROM THE CHINLE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE TSAILE-WHEATFIELDS-BLACKROCK VETERANS ORGANIZATION AND A MEMBER OF THE AZEE’BEE NAHAGHA’ OF DINÉ NATION. ON THE HOME-FRONT HE WAS A RANCHER, MECHANIC AMD ARTIST. HE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN. FRANK IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ANELDA; TWO DAUGHTERS DENISE AND SHI-TAWANNA; THREE SONS MERLE, FRITZLAN AND OTE BERRY; AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN COLLINS, CAEL,KIONNA, CONNORS, AND QUANNAH.

PLEASE JOIN US IN SHOWING SUPPORT IN HONORING A U.S. ARMY VETERAN TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE. WE ARE HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THE FUNERAL ESCORT REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SERGEANT FRANK BEYALE KEDELTY.

DATE AND LOCATION:

SUMMIT FUNERAL HOME, ST MICHAELS, AZ

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2024

STAGING: 9 AM

ADDRESS: 346A AZ-264, St Michaels, AZ 86511

KSU: 940 AM

ROUTE: EAST ON HWY 264 TO WINDOW ROCK, AZ, THEN NORTH ON NAVAJO ROUTE 12

DESTINATION:

FORT DEFIANCE VETERANS CEMETERY

ADDRESS: INDIAN ROUTE 12 Fort Defiance, Arizona 86504 United States

CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION. MADDY KEE