Lillie Rae Burton, 93, passed away at La Posada-Mesilla Valley Hospice on April 21, 2016, after a short battle with a broken arm and Lymphoma. Lillie was born Aug. 14, 1922, to Larkin and Cynthia Wright Prestridge in Cheyenne, Oklahoma, she was the sixth of eight children. Her family moved in 1933 to a farm south of Deming to grow cotton and other crops.
Lillie fell in love with James "Dee" Burton and they married Jan. 12, 1941, moved to the El Paso Natural Gas Co. Station at Gage, New Mexico, where he worked. Dee joined the Army in December 1942, and Lillie traveled across the country to Louisiana and Georgia on several occasions to visit him before he was sent overseas for WWII. She worked during this time at a peanut factory in Georgia, and Mahoney's Hardware in Deming. Dee came home from the war in March 1946, and they moved back to Gage, where he continued to work for the gas company until he retired in 1974.
They had two daughters, Deanna and Janet. Lillie was a homemaker and a seamstress, she loved to cook, sew, go camping and fishing. Lillie was always ready to go, go, go -- just say the word "go" and she would be in the car waiting before anyone else was ready. She worked at her daughter's sewing store since it opened, and took pride talking to people and helping them with their projects. She loved her family very much, having all the children around, and playing hours of card games. She was always making crafts or sewing things for others, she enjoyed making others smile when they received one of her projects.
She was preceded in death by her parents, all her siblings, her husband, Dee, in July 1979, and daughter Deanna in July 2015. She is survived by daughter Janet (Ted) Offutt; son-in-law Larry Johnson; grandchildren, Tammy (Mike) Smelker, Amber (Adrian) Aizpuru, Teak Johnson and stepgrandson Tracy (Martha) Offutt. Great-grandchildren, Garrett, Mikayla, Tyler Smelker; Adigail, A.J., Abram Aizpuru; Logan, Grayden Johnson; Venita, Victor, Vincent Offutt.
Lillie loved so many people, friends, nieces, nephews, and held a special place in her heart for Kelley and Dennis Bell, Mary Miller and Marisa Terrazas as her second grandchildren, along with niece Linda Stearman Malin.
Please join us at Baca's Funeral Chapel on Friday, April 29, 2016, for viewing and visitation at 9 a.m., the funeral services beginning at 10 a.m., with burial to follow at Mountain View Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Mike, Tammy and Garrett Smelker, Adrian and Amber Aizpuru, and Teak Johnson.
Entrusted to the care of Baca's Funeral Chapels. Exclusive provider for "Veterans &Family Memorial Care". To sign the online guest book or to send a card, please visit our website at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com.
811 S. Gold Ave., Deming, NM 88030. Phone: 575.546.9671
Published in Deming Headlight on Apr. 27, 2016
Lillie fell in love with James "Dee" Burton and they married Jan. 12, 1941, moved to the El Paso Natural Gas Co. Station at Gage, New Mexico, where he worked. Dee joined the Army in December 1942, and Lillie traveled across the country to Louisiana and Georgia on several occasions to visit him before he was sent overseas for WWII. She worked during this time at a peanut factory in Georgia, and Mahoney's Hardware in Deming. Dee came home from the war in March 1946, and they moved back to Gage, where he continued to work for the gas company until he retired in 1974.
They had two daughters, Deanna and Janet. Lillie was a homemaker and a seamstress, she loved to cook, sew, go camping and fishing. Lillie was always ready to go, go, go -- just say the word "go" and she would be in the car waiting before anyone else was ready. She worked at her daughter's sewing store since it opened, and took pride talking to people and helping them with their projects. She loved her family very much, having all the children around, and playing hours of card games. She was always making crafts or sewing things for others, she enjoyed making others smile when they received one of her projects.
She was preceded in death by her parents, all her siblings, her husband, Dee, in July 1979, and daughter Deanna in July 2015. She is survived by daughter Janet (Ted) Offutt; son-in-law Larry Johnson; grandchildren, Tammy (Mike) Smelker, Amber (Adrian) Aizpuru, Teak Johnson and stepgrandson Tracy (Martha) Offutt. Great-grandchildren, Garrett, Mikayla, Tyler Smelker; Adigail, A.J., Abram Aizpuru; Logan, Grayden Johnson; Venita, Victor, Vincent Offutt.
Lillie loved so many people, friends, nieces, nephews, and held a special place in her heart for Kelley and Dennis Bell, Mary Miller and Marisa Terrazas as her second grandchildren, along with niece Linda Stearman Malin.
Please join us at Baca's Funeral Chapel on Friday, April 29, 2016, for viewing and visitation at 9 a.m., the funeral services beginning at 10 a.m., with burial to follow at Mountain View Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Mike, Tammy and Garrett Smelker, Adrian and Amber Aizpuru, and Teak Johnson.
Entrusted to the care of Baca's Funeral Chapels. Exclusive provider for "Veterans &Family Memorial Care". To sign the online guest book or to send a card, please visit our website at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com.
811 S. Gold Ave., Deming, NM 88030. Phone: 575.546.9671
Published in Deming Headlight on Apr. 27, 2016
Lillie Rae Burton, 93, passed away at La Posada-Mesilla Valley Hospice on April 21, 2016, after a short battle with a broken arm and Lymphoma. Lillie was born Aug. 14, 1922, to Larkin and Cynthia Wright Prestridge in Cheyenne, Oklahoma, she was the sixth of eight children. Her family moved in 1933 to a farm south of Deming to grow cotton and other crops.
Lillie fell in love with James "Dee" Burton and they married Jan. 12, 1941, moved to the El Paso Natural Gas Co. Station at Gage, New Mexico, where he worked. Dee joined the Army in December 1942, and Lillie traveled across the country to Louisiana and Georgia on several occasions to visit him before he was sent overseas for WWII. She worked during this time at a peanut factory in Georgia, and Mahoney's Hardware in Deming. Dee came home from the war in March 1946, and they moved back to Gage, where he continued to work for the gas company until he retired in 1974.
They had two daughters, Deanna and Janet. Lillie was a homemaker and a seamstress, she loved to cook, sew, go camping and fishing. Lillie was always ready to go, go, go -- just say the word "go" and she would be in the car waiting before anyone else was ready. She worked at her daughter's sewing store since it opened, and took pride talking to people and helping them with their projects. She loved her family very much, having all the children around, and playing hours of card games. She was always making crafts or sewing things for others, she enjoyed making others smile when they received one of her projects.
She was preceded in death by her parents, all her siblings, her husband, Dee, in July 1979, and daughter Deanna in July 2015. She is survived by daughter Janet (Ted) Offutt; son-in-law Larry Johnson; grandchildren, Tammy (Mike) Smelker, Amber (Adrian) Aizpuru, Teak Johnson and stepgrandson Tracy (Martha) Offutt. Great-grandchildren, Garrett, Mikayla, Tyler Smelker; Adigail, A.J., Abram Aizpuru; Logan, Grayden Johnson; Venita, Victor, Vincent Offutt.
Lillie loved so many people, friends, nieces, nephews, and held a special place in her heart for Kelley and Dennis Bell, Mary Miller and Marisa Terrazas as her second grandchildren, along with niece Linda Stearman Malin.
Please join us at Baca's Funeral Chapel on Friday, April 29, 2016, for viewing and visitation at 9 a.m., the funeral services beginning at 10 a.m., with burial to follow at Mountain View Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Mike, Tammy and Garrett Smelker, Adrian and Amber Aizpuru, and Teak Johnson.
Entrusted to the care of Baca's Funeral Chapels. Exclusive provider for "Veterans &Family Memorial Care". To sign the online guest book or to send a card, please visit our website at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com.
811 S. Gold Ave., Deming, NM 88030. Phone: 575.546.9671
Published in Deming Headlight on Apr. 27, 2016
Lillie fell in love with James "Dee" Burton and they married Jan. 12, 1941, moved to the El Paso Natural Gas Co. Station at Gage, New Mexico, where he worked. Dee joined the Army in December 1942, and Lillie traveled across the country to Louisiana and Georgia on several occasions to visit him before he was sent overseas for WWII. She worked during this time at a peanut factory in Georgia, and Mahoney's Hardware in Deming. Dee came home from the war in March 1946, and they moved back to Gage, where he continued to work for the gas company until he retired in 1974.
They had two daughters, Deanna and Janet. Lillie was a homemaker and a seamstress, she loved to cook, sew, go camping and fishing. Lillie was always ready to go, go, go -- just say the word "go" and she would be in the car waiting before anyone else was ready. She worked at her daughter's sewing store since it opened, and took pride talking to people and helping them with their projects. She loved her family very much, having all the children around, and playing hours of card games. She was always making crafts or sewing things for others, she enjoyed making others smile when they received one of her projects.
She was preceded in death by her parents, all her siblings, her husband, Dee, in July 1979, and daughter Deanna in July 2015. She is survived by daughter Janet (Ted) Offutt; son-in-law Larry Johnson; grandchildren, Tammy (Mike) Smelker, Amber (Adrian) Aizpuru, Teak Johnson and stepgrandson Tracy (Martha) Offutt. Great-grandchildren, Garrett, Mikayla, Tyler Smelker; Adigail, A.J., Abram Aizpuru; Logan, Grayden Johnson; Venita, Victor, Vincent Offutt.
Lillie loved so many people, friends, nieces, nephews, and held a special place in her heart for Kelley and Dennis Bell, Mary Miller and Marisa Terrazas as her second grandchildren, along with niece Linda Stearman Malin.
Please join us at Baca's Funeral Chapel on Friday, April 29, 2016, for viewing and visitation at 9 a.m., the funeral services beginning at 10 a.m., with burial to follow at Mountain View Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Mike, Tammy and Garrett Smelker, Adrian and Amber Aizpuru, and Teak Johnson.
Entrusted to the care of Baca's Funeral Chapels. Exclusive provider for "Veterans &Family Memorial Care". To sign the online guest book or to send a card, please visit our website at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com.
811 S. Gold Ave., Deming, NM 88030. Phone: 575.546.9671
Published in Deming Headlight on Apr. 27, 2016
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