Specialist Arlis Oliver Sloan, 43, deceased at Flagstaff Medical Center in Flagstaff, Arizona on Monday, September 21, 2009.

He proudly served in the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne and 10th Mountain Division in Fort Benning, Georgia between 1984 to 1994. He served in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He was honorably discharged in 1994.

He graduated from high school at St. Johns. He then attended Dine College and earned an AA and AAS degree in Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. He attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona and was working on his B.A. Degree in Applied Indigenous Studies. He is noted for his 2002 AIHEC Award for academic excellence and outstanding community achievement. He was also a member of The National Scholars Honor Society.

Survivors include his father, LeRoy Sloan and mother, Orphia "Help" Sloan; brothers Reggie Sloan, Rory Sloan, and Sheldon Sloan; sisters Natalie Sloan, Dayna Smith, Genevieve Begay, and Madeline Sloan; 29 of his beloved nieces and nephews; as well as 1 nullie.

Funeral services will be held Friday, September 25, 2009 at 10:00 a.m., led by Minister Paul Ghee, at Norvel Owens Mortuary Chapel, 914 E. Route 66, Flagstaff Arizona.