Dorothy Faye Duncan 1934-2025 Dorothy Faye Duncan was born

Dorothy Faye Duncan 1934-2025 Dorothy Faye Duncan was born in Cordell, Okla., on Sept. 6, 1934. She lived in Oklahoma until she was 8, then in Plainview, Texas, until the age of 12, and then Albuquerque, where she attended Lincoln Junior High and Albuquerque High School. Her and Jim's relationship developed rather quickly and, upon his return from the U.S. Army boot camp, he proposed to her and they were married on Dec. 24, 1951, before he was deployed to South Korea. They were apart until 1953 when he had been honorably discharged from the Army. She was employed at Woolworth's Department Store in the jewelry department and the soda fountain. She also worked at Integrated Technologies as a manager until 1976, where they developed one of the first tabletop tennis games. This game looked like an astronaut helmet on a stand, with a small screen to play on. She attended Edith Street Baptist Church, and she had accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior at a Billy Graham Conference in Albuquerque. When her husband, Jim, was ordained as a pastor in 1958, she worked alongside him to build the first church, Los Lunas Christian Church, and the second church was Mountain View Community Church. Both were in Los Lunas. Los Lunas Christian Church evolved into Grace Fellowship, in Los Lunas. She was a very strong Christian, a Proverbs 31 woman, with a strong faith in Jesus. In 1964, they opened a small mobile home park, expanded in 1977 and again in 1988. She drove the tractor and did much of the work in the mobile home park and always worked hard. She did woodwork, sewed, crocheted and knitted. She was once titled the fastest knitter in Valencia County with the Valencia County Extension Club. She used her talents to benefit others, such as crocheting small caps for preemie babies and for adult cancer patients. Once done, she would deliver them to the hospitals in Albuquerque. She enjoyed helping others as much as possible. Now, she is in her new heavenly home and with her Savior Jesus Christ, and her husband, who had gone to his heavenly home on June 1, 2024. She was instantly in her new body and in the presence of Jesus. She was preceded in death by her husband of 73 years, Jimmy E. Duncan; her father, Shirley E. Trotter; her mother, Wilma Morris; and her three sisters, Shirlene Rainey, Wilma Jensen and Mary Tutt. She is survived by her daughter, Laura and husband, Steven T. Murphy; her three granddaughters, Stephanie Martinez and husband, Vicente and daughters, Tommi and Abigail, Amber Vetsch and husband, William, Emily Delgado and husband, Marcos, and sons, Mateo and Oliver. She was always proud of her family and loved us wholeheartedly. It's not goodbye. We love you and we'll see you soon. A service for Dorothy took place on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Los Chavez Baptist Church. Arrangements are being handled by the caring professionals at the Noblin Funeral Service Belen Chapel, where an online guest register is available at noblin.com.