Pauline Evelyn (Jones) Begay |
| Posted 2009-10-03 by Sharla |
| LOWER GREASEWOOD — Funeral services for Pauline Evelyn Begay, 70, were today, Sept. 1 at 11 a.m. at the Mennonite Mission, Greasewood. Minister Vernon Schafer officiated. Burial followed in the Lower Greasewood Mennonite Cemetery. Begay died Aug. 28 in Farmington. She was born Oct. 10, 1934 in Lower Greasewood into the Coyote Pass Jemez People Clan for the Big Water People Clan. Begay was a VISTA volunteer, and a cook at N.A.U. in Flagstaff and Ganado Schools. Begay enjoyed being a homemaker, raising her children, cooking and sewing. Survivors include her husband, Elmer Kee Begay Sr.; daughters, Evelyn Charley, Janice Begay-Gutierrez, Karen Begay, all of Greasewood, Sharon Duffy of Whitecone, Carletta Jodie of Low Mountain, Ariz., Paula Crespo of Chandler Ariz., Darlene Huskey of Shonto; brothers, Wallace Bitahy of Whitecone, James Jones of Oak Springs, Raymond Jones of Klagetoh; sisters, Alta Toney of Snowflake, Maggie Shirley of Klagetoh, Grace Begay of Gallup, Marie Denetdeal of Klagetoh, Dorothea Yazzie of Sanders; 23 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Begay was preceded in death by her father, Ralph Jones; mother, Minnie Ward; brother, Douglas; sister, Betty Wauneka; daughter, Beverly; sons, Elmer Jr., Timothy, Alfred, Frank; and one grandchild. Pallbearers were Stenson Wauneka, Cyril Richards, Alex Bazan, Myron Bitahy, Johnny Bitahy and Ambrose Bitahy. Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. See Also: Find A Grave |
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