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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer offered condolences to the family of Sophie Yazzie, who died Jan.25 in Tucson, Ariz. at the age of 105. Yazzie was the longest-living veteran in the state of Ariz.
She was a member of the Navajo Nation, born in 1914 in Canyon de Chelly, Ariz.
At the age of 28, Yazzie enlisted with the U. S. Army Air Corps and served during World War II until she was honorably discharged. Following her time in the military, she returned home and worked at Wingate Boarding School.
She had four children with her late husband Jordan B. Yazzie. She was grandmother to five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren...