Deaths

• Cindy Begay
• Donald Bowman

Cindy Begay

NAZLINI — Services for Cindy Begay, 45, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Ganado. President Yellowhair will officiate. Burial will follow at the family plot in Nazlini.

Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. prior to services at the church.

Begay died Oct. 12 in Nazlini. She was born Nov. 23, 1960 in Ganado into the Black Streaked Wood People Clan for the Bitter Water People Clan.

Begay was a high school graduate and she was employed as a silversmith. Her hobbies included herding sheep, watching movies and visiting with grandkids.

Survivors include husband, Jimmy Nelson Begay of Nazlini; son, Jerome Begay of Nazlini; daughters, Janelle Brennard, Ranelle Gebay and Valentina Begay, all of Nazlini; mother, Mary Pahe of Nazlini; brothers, Harold Pahe of Nazlini; sisters, Isabelle Wilson of Gallup, Julia Etcitty and Shirley Gorman, both of Nazlini; seven grandchildren.

Begay was preceded in death by her father, Wilson Woody.

Pallbearers will be Jerome Begay, Anthony Rodriquez, Harold Pahe, Marshall Etcitty, Bronson Begay and Clint Ashley.

Donald Bowman

BREADSPRINGS — Services for Donald Bowman, 87, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday Oct. 18 at Cope Memorial Chapel. Jack Yazzie will officiate. Burial will follow at Pinehaven/Breadsprings.

Bowman died Oct. 13 in Gallup. He was born April 8, 1919 in Breadsprings into the Towering House People Clan for the Red Running Into the Water People Clan.

Bowman retired from the railroad. His hobby was ranching.

Survivors include wife, Etta Bowman of Breadsprings; sons, Ernie Bowman of Red Rock and Jasper Lee of Pinedale; daughters, Rita Draper of Churchrock, Louise Mariano and Lucy R. Bennett, both of Breadsprings; brothers, James Tom of Sundance and Amos Tom of Breadsprings; sisters, Elsie Spencer of Spencer Valley, Mary Spencer and Betty Hoskie, both of Breadsprings and 18 grandchildren.

Bowman was preceded in death by his sisters, Alice Tom of Breadsprings and Ella Haley, brothers, Wilson Bowman and Dick Nez.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the Breadspring Chapter House after services.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.