Elizabeth Irene Burgess

Elizabeth Irene Burgess, 55, died Jan. 17, 2012.

She was born Jan. 9, 1957, in Dallas, Texas, to Anna Kirby Bingham and Quentin Fanning. She will be missed by her many close friends.

Surviving are her daughter, Anna Elizabeth Welch of Wasilla; companion, Dave Rosetto; mother, Anna Kirby Bingham of El Paso, Texas; brother, David Kirby Bingham and wife Raquel of El Paso, Texas; sisters, Kathleen Holmes and husband Joe of Aztec, N.M., and Diane Bollinger and husband Mark of Hawaii; nephews, Michael Bingham and Ari Bollinger; nieces, Jennifer Bingham, Tristan Kwiecinski, Avery Rowles and Laura Hammond; and grandnephews, Dakota Kwiecinski, Cash Rowles and Michael Benjamin Rowles.

Preceding her in death was her father, Quentin Fanning; and grandparents, Irene C. and Durwood W. Kirby, and Boyd D. and Frances Fanning.

She loved her family and friends, who always knew how deeply she cared for them. She was a woman of manners, courage, charity and charm.

She was devoted to her daughter, family and friends, reading and caring for the elderly.

A celebration of life is at 2 p.m., Jan. 21 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 501 East Bogard Road, Wasilla.