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Rebecca Ann Portillo Beeson Rebecca Ann Portillo Beeson our dearly beloved friend went to be with the Lord on August 28, 2025 in Tuscon, AZ. Becky was born in Las Cruces, NM June 21, 1958 to Michael and Dolores Portillo. After graduating from Mayfield High school, she obtained her associated degree in nursing at NMSU. She then graduated with a BSN from UNM and a Masters in Public Health from the University of San Francisco. Her passion for public health was a major theme throughout her life with service as a nurse and health care manger to a number of public health facilities across the southwestern United States including Pima County (AZ) Health Department, Jemez Pueblo (NM), Navajo Indian Reservation Tuba City (AZ), Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation (NM), and New Mexico State Health Department (Taos). Becky worked for a number of hospitals in Albuquerque, Redding, CA and Tucson, AZ. In Albuquerque, she worked at Lovelace Hospital and for many years at UNM Hospital. In 2011 and 2012, Becky served the health care needs of contract employees at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. She was a passionate volunteer with the Red Cross and notably participated in the organization's response mission at Ground Zero in New York City following the events on September 11, 2001. Becky was a great cook for friends and family. Her paella was a favorite, inspired by her youthful travels through Spain and Portugal. She is preceded in death by her parents and her younger brother, Michael. Becky leaves behind her beloved dog, Jack who was readopted by his original family, Lee and Lori in Alamogordo, NM. She is survived by her former husband, Scott Beeson (Taos) and a wide circle of cherished friends across Alaska, New Mexico and Arizona. She will be interred at Hillcrest Cemetery in Las Cruces, NM on September 26, 2025, 10:00.