MEXICAN SPRINGS — Services for Wallace J. Bitsie, 70, will be 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 22 at the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Gallup. Lee Yazzie will officiate. Burial will follow at the Lone Pine Cemetery in Mexican Springs.
Bitsie died Dec. 16 in Gallup. He was born March 10, 1936 in Mexican Springs into the Salt People Clan for the Red Running Into Water People Clan.
Bitsie attended elementary school in Mexican Springs and Albuquerque Indian School. He was a welder and ranch handyman at various sheep camps. He served on the Navy U.S.S. O'Bannon for 6 years and he was a member of the Mexican Springs Veteran's Organization. He enjoyed telling jokes and being with his grandchildren.
Survivors include mother, Roselyn Bitsie of Mexican Springs; brothers, Tommy Bitsie of Mexican Springs and Thurmond Bitsie, Sr. of Tohatchi; sisters, Kathy Jim of Mexican Springs and Elizabeth Spencer of Indian Wells, Ariz.
Bitsie was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Bitsie; his sister, Ruthie Becenti and his brother, Kenneth Bitsie, Sr.
Pallbearers will be Kendrick T. Jim, Arnall A. Jim, Adam A. Jim, Donovan Gilmore, Daniel Bitsie and Wilfred Becenti.
The family will receive relatives and friends at the Mexican Springs Chapter House after services.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Bitsie died Dec. 16 in Gallup. He was born March 10, 1936 in Mexican Springs into the Salt People Clan for the Red Running Into Water People Clan.
Bitsie attended elementary school in Mexican Springs and Albuquerque Indian School. He was a welder and ranch handyman at various sheep camps. He served on the Navy U.S.S. O'Bannon for 6 years and he was a member of the Mexican Springs Veteran's Organization. He enjoyed telling jokes and being with his grandchildren.
Survivors include mother, Roselyn Bitsie of Mexican Springs; brothers, Tommy Bitsie of Mexican Springs and Thurmond Bitsie, Sr. of Tohatchi; sisters, Kathy Jim of Mexican Springs and Elizabeth Spencer of Indian Wells, Ariz.
Bitsie was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Bitsie; his sister, Ruthie Becenti and his brother, Kenneth Bitsie, Sr.
Pallbearers will be Kendrick T. Jim, Arnall A. Jim, Adam A. Jim, Donovan Gilmore, Daniel Bitsie and Wilfred Becenti.
The family will receive relatives and friends at the Mexican Springs Chapter House after services.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
MEXICAN SPRINGS — Services for Wallace J. Bitsie, 70, will be 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 22 at the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Gallup. Lee Yazzie will officiate. Burial will follow at the Lone Pine Cemetery in Mexican Springs.
Bitsie died Dec. 16 in Gallup. He was born March 10, 1936 in Mexican Springs into the Salt People Clan for the Red Running Into Water People Clan.
Bitsie attended elementary school in Mexican Springs and Albuquerque Indian School. He was a welder and ranch handyman at various sheep camps. He served on the Navy U.S.S. O'Bannon for 6 years and he was a member of the Mexican Springs Veteran's Organization. He enjoyed telling jokes and being with his grandchildren.
Survivors include mother, Roselyn Bitsie of Mexican Springs; brothers, Tommy Bitsie of Mexican Springs and Thurmond Bitsie, Sr. of Tohatchi; sisters, Kathy Jim of Mexican Springs and Elizabeth Spencer of Indian Wells, Ariz.
Bitsie was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Bitsie; his sister, Ruthie Becenti and his brother, Kenneth Bitsie, Sr.
Pallbearers will be Kendrick T. Jim, Arnall A. Jim, Adam A. Jim, Donovan Gilmore, Daniel Bitsie and Wilfred Becenti.
The family will receive relatives and friends at the Mexican Springs Chapter House after services.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Bitsie died Dec. 16 in Gallup. He was born March 10, 1936 in Mexican Springs into the Salt People Clan for the Red Running Into Water People Clan.
Bitsie attended elementary school in Mexican Springs and Albuquerque Indian School. He was a welder and ranch handyman at various sheep camps. He served on the Navy U.S.S. O'Bannon for 6 years and he was a member of the Mexican Springs Veteran's Organization. He enjoyed telling jokes and being with his grandchildren.
Survivors include mother, Roselyn Bitsie of Mexican Springs; brothers, Tommy Bitsie of Mexican Springs and Thurmond Bitsie, Sr. of Tohatchi; sisters, Kathy Jim of Mexican Springs and Elizabeth Spencer of Indian Wells, Ariz.
Bitsie was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Bitsie; his sister, Ruthie Becenti and his brother, Kenneth Bitsie, Sr.
Pallbearers will be Kendrick T. Jim, Arnall A. Jim, Adam A. Jim, Donovan Gilmore, Daniel Bitsie and Wilfred Becenti.
The family will receive relatives and friends at the Mexican Springs Chapter House after services.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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