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Eleanor “Grandma Duke” Bitsie

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Eleanor “Grandma Duke” Bitsie

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11 Aug 2011 (aged 61)
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Mexican Springs, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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MEXICAN SPRINGS — Funeral services for Eleanor Bitsie, 61, will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at the Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church. The Rev. Stanley Jim officiate. Burial will be in Lone Pine Cemetery in Mexican Springs.

Bitsie died Aug. 11, 2011, in Gallup. She was born on Aug. 27, 1949, in Gallup into the Folded Arms People Clan for the Red Running into the Water People Clan.

Bitsie graduated from Gallup High School and got a certificate from Albuquerque Business College. She worked at BIA Property and Supply, was Mexican Springs Chapter secretary and treasurer, and worked for the NHA and at Mexican Springs Trading Post.

Survivors include her daughters Kristin Bitsie, Kimberly Francisco, Shawna Mathews, all of Mexican Springs; brothers Peter Bitsie, Walter Bitsie Jr., Calvin Bitsie, all of Mexican Springs, Arthur Bitsie, of Kirtland, Richard Bitsie, of Navajo, and Donald Bitsie, of Paradise, Calif.; sisters Caroline Becenti, Elizabeth Jones, Maebelle Thomas, and Barbara Bahe, all of Mexican Springs, and five grandchildren. Bitsie was preceded in death by her parents Walter and Freda M. Bitsie; sister Wilhelmina Bitsie; brother Wilsie Bitsie and one grandchild.

Pallbearers will be Joshua Jones, Kevin Jones, Jacob Jones, Josiah Jones, Stacy Badonie, Pete Garcia III, Greg Bitsie, and Nicko Jessup.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements
MEXICAN SPRINGS — Funeral services for Eleanor Bitsie, 61, will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at the Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church. The Rev. Stanley Jim officiate. Burial will be in Lone Pine Cemetery in Mexican Springs.

Bitsie died Aug. 11, 2011, in Gallup. She was born on Aug. 27, 1949, in Gallup into the Folded Arms People Clan for the Red Running into the Water People Clan.

Bitsie graduated from Gallup High School and got a certificate from Albuquerque Business College. She worked at BIA Property and Supply, was Mexican Springs Chapter secretary and treasurer, and worked for the NHA and at Mexican Springs Trading Post.

Survivors include her daughters Kristin Bitsie, Kimberly Francisco, Shawna Mathews, all of Mexican Springs; brothers Peter Bitsie, Walter Bitsie Jr., Calvin Bitsie, all of Mexican Springs, Arthur Bitsie, of Kirtland, Richard Bitsie, of Navajo, and Donald Bitsie, of Paradise, Calif.; sisters Caroline Becenti, Elizabeth Jones, Maebelle Thomas, and Barbara Bahe, all of Mexican Springs, and five grandchildren. Bitsie was preceded in death by her parents Walter and Freda M. Bitsie; sister Wilhelmina Bitsie; brother Wilsie Bitsie and one grandchild.

Pallbearers will be Joshua Jones, Kevin Jones, Jacob Jones, Josiah Jones, Stacy Badonie, Pete Garcia III, Greg Bitsie, and Nicko Jessup.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements


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  • Maintained by: Brenda
  • Originally Created by: JoyceS
  • Added: Aug 14, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74932516/eleanor-bitsie: accessed ), memorial page for Eleanor “Grandma Duke” Bitsie (27 Aug 1949–11 Aug 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74932516, citing Lone Pine Cemetery, Mexican Springs, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by Brenda (contributor 47361366).