Susan P. Duarte, lifelong resident of Deming, has entered eternal rest on February 12, 2024. Susan, or “Susie”, was a warm and inviting person. She was well known for her cooking and baking, especially her popcorn balls and biscochos, which people could never eat just one. Susie would cook for events, parties and just to sell and share her love for making good food, often wrangling in her sisters and family to help! When she wasn’t cooking meals her other hobbies included canning homemade jams, fruit butters, and chiles, playing bingo and laughing with her loved ones. She looked forward to the Holy Family klobase bingo to win her family a turkey for thanksgiving, which she did every year. She will be greatly missed in many ways.

Susie was born to Concha Parra and Frank Allison Peña Sr. On February 22, 1962. She is survived by her loving husband Victor Duarte of Deming, three sisters; Margaret Prince (Carlos) of California, Monica Prieto of Las Cruces, and Betty Lynch (Jimmy) of Deming; three brothers, Frank Peña Jr (Gloria) of Deming, Richard Peña Sr of Deming, and Michael Peña (Lupita) of Albuquerque. She is preceded in death by both her parents, Concha and Frank Peña, and two sisters Rosemary A. Peña and Lucinda P. Pena. Visitation will be on Thursday, February 15th 2024 from 10 AM to 11 AM, with a celebration of life beginning at 11 AM at Bacas. An inurnment will then take place Friday, February 16, 2024 at 11 AM at Mountain View Cemetery.

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