Deaths

• Kee Begay Sr.
• Thelma Baldwin
• Daniel Gallegos
• John Jaramillo Sr.
  

Kee Begay Sr.

CHINLE, Ariz. — Services for Kee D. Begay Sr., 86, will be 1 p.m., Friday, June 2 at the Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Chinle, Ariz. Blaine O'Grien will officiate. Burial will follow at Chinle Community Cemetery.

Begay died May 30 in Chinle. He was born March 24, 1920 in Black Mountain, Ariz. into the Towering House People Clan for the Edgewater People Clan.

Begay was employed as an ordnance worker, Union Pacific Railroad and retired from Cottonwood Day School.

Survivors include his wife, Louise G. Begay; sons, Tony D. Begay, Stanley Begay, Dennis Begay, Kee D. Begay Jr., Jerry Begay, and Nathaniel Begay, all of Chinle; daughters, Susie Yazzie, Sarah James of Many Farms, Ariz., Alta Zenonian of Farmington, Marlene Tsosie, Charlene Begay, Elvira Martin and Irma Tsosie; brother, Don Begay Sr.; sister, Kate Dale; 63 grandchildren amd 44 great-grandchildren.

Begay was preceded in death by hjis parents, Dagachee and Bah Begay; daughters, Julie A. Irving and Rita Allen; and sister, Rose Guy.

Pallbearers will be Anthony Begay, Jerry James, Derrick Allen, Richado Tsosie, Keith Tsosie IV and Fernando Begay.

The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Chinle Elementary School.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Thelma Baldwin

WIDE RUINS, Ariz. — Services for Thelma Gaddy Baldwin, 82, will be 10 am., Friday, June 2 at St. Anne's Catholic Church. Father Flann O'Neil will officiate. Burial will follow at Wide Ruins Community Cemetery.

Baldwin died May 29 in Gallup. She was born July 7, 1923 in Wide Ruins into the Bitterwater People Clan for the Blackrock Gaddy-Big Water People Clan.

Baldwin attended Wide Ruins Boarding School. She served on the Wide Ruins Boarding School Parent Advisory Committee. Her hobbies included weaving Wide Ruins vegetable-dyed rugs, pottery, quilting, sewing, crocheting, and traveling.

Survivors include her sons, Larry, Ivan, D'Wayne Baldwin of Wide Ruins; daughters, Bessi B. Yazzie of Gallup, Dorothy Baldwin of Sanders, Ariz., Elsie Baldwin of Wide Ruins and Suzy Baldwin of Window Rock; brothers, Jack Gaddy of Houck, Ariz. and John Gaddy of Wide Ruins; sister, Marie Y. John of Wide Ruins; 19 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great grandchildren; and eight great-great- great grandchildren.

Baldwin was preceded in death by her husdand, Tom J. Baldwin; sons, Henry Baldwin Sr., Albert J. Baldwin, Jonah J. Baldwin and Robert J. Baldwin; and daughters, Sylvia and Julie Baldwin.

Pallbearers will be Ivan Baldwin, Ethan Mintz, John Gaddy, D'Wayne Baldwin, Clark Barker and Trae Baldwin.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Daniel Gallegos

HANFORD, Calif. — Services for Daniel Cordova Gallegos, 71, were held on Monday, May 19 at Koinonia Christian Fellowship, Hanford. Pastor Andrew Cromwell and Jay Carroll officiated. Burial followed at Grangeville Cemetery, Armona, Calif.

Gallegos died May 14 in Hanford. He was born Oct. 9, 1934 in Jarales, N.M.

Gallegos served in the U.S. Navy, during the Korean Conflict and in the U.S. Air Force, during the Vietnam war. He was a certified navigator, flight engineer, rifleman, machine gunner and forward radio combat spotter-controller. He received two purple hearts. He earned a Bachelors degree fromU.C. Berkeley. His hobbies included fishing and singing.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara of Hanford; son, Christopher Gallegos of La Fayette, Colo.; daughters, Kathy 'Kiki' Gallegos of Greeley, Colo. and Mary Anne Gallegos Navarrette of La Fayette, Colo.; sisters, Susan Madey, Margaret Moreno, Sally Gallegos and Theresa Trujillo, all of Gallup; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Gallegos was preceded in death by his parents, Prudencio and Celestina Gallegos; son, James Gallegos; first wife, Kiyoko 'Susan' Takao Gallegos; brother, Salvador Gallegos; sister, Margaret Gallegos; and grandparents, Daniel and Margarita Gallegos, Manuel and Theresita Cordova; and Petra Castro Salas.

John Jaramillo Sr.

GALLUP — Services for John Jaramillo Sr., 47, will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 1 at St. Teresa Catholic Church, Albuquerque. Burial will follow at San Jose De Armijo, Albuquerque.

Jaramillo Sr. died May 26 in Albuquerque. He was born Oct. 27, 1958 in Gallup.

Survivors include his sons, John Raymond Jaramillo Jr. of Albuquerque and Sean Jaramillo of Gallup; daughters, Tiffany Jaramillo of Albquerque and Patricia Jaramillo of Gallup; parents, Ramona and Patricio Jaramillo; sisters, Patricia Salas of Gallup, Cynthia Romero and Corrine Plasencia both of Albuquerque and one grandchild.

Jaramillo was preceded in death by his grandparents, Clofio Lopez, Corrine Olguin, Leopoldo Jaramillo and Inez Garcia.

Pallbearers will be John Ray Jaramillo Jr., Natavidad Plasencia, Ray Maestas Jr., Ronald Escamilla, Mike Martinez and Ricky Sanchez.

The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at 2437 Cagua Dr. N.E., Albuquerque.