Hvlwa-Este “Coonie’’ Coon 2003-2020

Hvlwa-Este “Coonie’’ Coon, Pa Ba Ma Si Kwe, 17, of Mayetta, died Sunday, March 29, 2020 at the Stormont-Vail Health Center in Topeka surrounded by her family.

She was born March 20, 2003 in Topeka, the daughter of Carolyn Dee Begay. Hvlwa-Este was in her junior year at the Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, Calif., but had returned home due to the current pandemic.

She was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the Drum Religion. She was also a member of the National Honor Society, the White Rose Singers, President of the Drama Club, and participated in track at school.

Hvlwa-Este was preceded in death by her grandfather, Wesley “Pops’’ Este Begay and grandmother, Bessie Kay Wise. Survivors include her mother, Carolyn Dee Begay, of the home; her grandmother, Maxine Begay, Mayetta; three sisters, Maxine “Pudge’’ Coon, Mayetta, and Michelle Alcon and Simone Alcon, both of Denver, Colo.; one brother, Anthony Sandoval (Jamie), Mayetta; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins; and all her family in New Mexico.

Hvlwa-Este will lie in state from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 2 at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt. A supper will be held Thursday evening at the Dance Ground, west of Mayetta. Burial will be Friday in the Matwe-Shobney Cemetery.