Belva Wahwassuck 1944-2017
Belva Linda “Quingvee” Wahwassuck, 72, Mayetta, died Monday, July 3, 2017, at her home.
She was born December 7, 1944 in Polacca, Ariz., the daughter of Jacob B. and Beulah Naha Coochise.
Mrs. Wahwassuck had lived on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation since 1997 and previously in Polacca, Ariz. She was a homemaker and housewife.
She was a member of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Kaw Valley.
She married Merriell V. Wahwassuck Sr. on Sept. 24, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio. He survives.
Other survivors include six children, Merriell V. Wahwassuck Jr. and wife Michelle, Teestoh, Ariz., and Anna M. Boswell and husband Michael, Cosette Wahwassuck, Jon Wahwassuck, Brandon Wahwassuck and Michael Wahwassuck and wife Dawn, all of Mayetta; a sister, Verlinda Adams, Polacca, Ariz.; two brothers, George Coochise, Winslow, Ariz., and Elbridge Coochise, Phoenix, Ariz.; and 15 grandchildren, Jeremiah Wahwassuck, Marlena Wahwassuck, Myra Wahwassuck, Trevor Wahwassuck, Logan Boswell, Kacie Boswell, Taryn Boswell, Madison Boswell, Wyatt Boswell, Draven Wahwassuck, Sophia Wahwassuck, Jacob Wahwassuck, Gabriel Wahwassuck, Soonwy Wahwassuck and Taavi Wahwassuck.
Sunrise graveside services were held Tuesday at Prairie Peoples Cemetery on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation. Mercer Funeral Home in Holton is in charge of arrangements.
