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Marjorie Elizabeth Billy. Funeral services for Marjorie E. (Keedah) Billy, 73, will be on July 3, 2008 at Assembly of God in Fort Defiance, AZ. Burial will be at Naschitti, NM where her husband, Robert Billy was laid to rest. Pastor Jerry Eastridge of Tohatchi, NM will officiate. Marjorie died on June 29,. 2008 at Princeton Place Nursing Home in Albuquerque, NM. She was born on December 1, 1934 in Ganado, AZ, into Edge of the Water People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Marjorie was raised in Fort Defiance and where she also went to elementary school. She attended Ganado Mission High School and graduated in 1954. In her senior year, she was named "Fleetfoot" when her classmates celebrated her as a mile runner and nicknamed her "Charging". Marjorie worked with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, with DNA Legal Services, after that she worked with the Navajo Area Indian Health Service and retired. Marjorie was well known throughout South & North Dakota. She was intelligent, friendly and had a great sense of humor. Marjorie was always there to lend a helping hand to friends and family. Her hobbies: she loved traveling, swimming and enjoyed outdoor activities. Survivors include her mother, Elizabeth (King) Keedah, Fort Defiance, AZ; sisters: Margaret (Keedah) Etsitty, Fort Defiance, AZ, Evelyn Bradley, Kayenta, AZ; three daughters, Erika Williamson, Amelia (Hardy) Curtis, Albuquerque, NM, Carrie Wilson, Riverside, CA; and a son, Harry Wardell Emery, Georgetown, CA and son-in-law, Larry Williamson; four foster grandchildren; ten grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. Marjorie was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Billy, Naschitti, NM; her father, Amos Keedah; step-father, Wilson Keedah, Sr.; sisters, Joanne Escajeda, Caroline Smith, Ann Bennett and Shirley Emery; brothers, Wilson, Jr., Nelson and Wilbert all of Fort Defiance; son, Erick Emery, Battle Mountain, Nevada. Pallbearers will friends and family The family will receive friends and relatives at Assembly of God Parish Hall, Fort Defiance, AZ after the services. Tso Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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