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FALLIS -- ROSELLA Age, 91, passed away September 19, 2011. Rosella was born in Wichita, Kansas on January 13, 1920, the youngest of four children in the Ernest and Olive Frazier family. They were wheat farmers from Cullison, Kansas. Rosie grew up in a musical family and attended Friends University in Wichita on a voice scholarship. She sang at many weddings and church services. Rosie married Earl Fallis in 1941, they were married 53 years before Earl passed away. In 1951, the Fallis family followed friends to the "Wild West" where Earl went to work for Conoco Oil Company in Linch, Wyoming. They went from catching catfish and hunting pheasant in Kansas to big game country. Rosie proved many times over to be a crack shot at bagging moose, elk, deer, or any game in season. She loved to fish and could have a trout on the line before anyone else could even get their pole in the water. Rosie and Earl were very active: they loved to dance, go camping with friends, water ski, bowl, play bridge and travel. Activities and formal affairs in Eastern Star and Masons were always a part of their life. Rosie sold Avon products for the town, so she helped keep the ladies up to date on cosmetics. The Fallis' started out playing golf on a no boundary fairway between oil wells toward dirt hand raked green. So it was a real treat to move to Rio Rancho in 1984 and belong to a golf club. Rosie was an outdoor person who would spend hours working in her yard, walking her dog in the neighborhood, and taking care of her flowers. She always joked a house without a kitchen would be ideal. She spent 33 years in Linch which didn't have any restaurants, but in Rio Rancho she could walk out her back door to fast food restaurants and O'Hare's. When Rosie was inside her house, she enjoyed sewing and reading. Oil painting became a passion when a new friend moved to Linch and decided to give lessons. Rosie's paintings depicted the Wyoming country and mountain scenes, especially the Grand Tetons. She was always proud of her work and wanted to show her artwork to anyone that came in the house. She gave many paintings to family and friends and we were blessed to have wonderful memories of her talent. She always had a positive outlook and was willing to try anything. She enjoyed life. She is survived by her daughter, Lorraine and Bob Fitting of Fountain Hills, Arizona; son, Larry Fallis(Angela Branch) of Rio Rancho, New Mexico; two grandchildren, Stephanie Darnall (Sally Martin) of Cave Creek, Arizona, and Bryan Darnall (Melissa); two great-grandsons, Michael and David Darnall of Scottsdale, AZ. The Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am, on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at Daniels Family Funeral Services - Sara Chapel, 4310 Sara Road SE, Rio Rancho. Interment to follow at Vista Verde Memorial Park, Rio Rancho. BCFD Chaplain Matthew Caward will preside over the services. To view service information or leave a condolence, please visit: www.danielsfuneral.com Mrs. Fallis' care entrusted to: Daniels Family Funeral Services 4310 Sara Road Rio Rancho, New Mexico, 87124 505-892-9920
        Published on: Tue September 20, 2011