It is with a sad yet joyous heart that the family of Marceline Almita (Chita) Fuller, nee Coye announces her passing from this earth on Thursday, November 8th, 2018. Ms. Chita, as she was lovingly called, was born on the 8th of April, 1915. Marcelina was pre-deceased by her late husband Ernest Wellington Fuller M.B.E., O.B.E who passed in 2010.
Chita was one of 13 children born to Adrian James Coye commonly known to us as Papiti and Lena Florence Coye nee Skelton known to all as Mamiti. Her father was born September 8, 1885 and was a bookkeeper at Vaca Falls with a chicle company. Her mother was born February 9, 1889. She was 15 years old when she got married. Papiti was 19.
During her fruitful life of 103 years, Mrs. Fuller loved her 6 children.
Ewart Fuller (deceased), Ernest Norman Douglas Fuller (known as Chappa or Junior) (deceased); Raymond Anthony Fuller of Burrell Boom Village, Belize; Karlin Norton Fuller (known as Kent) of Belmopan, Belize, Marion Elaine Smith nee Fuller of Queens Village, New York, USA; and Dave Ronald Fuller of New Jersey, USA.
Her family extends to 21 grandchildren: William Fuller (deceased), Karen Fuller Hyde, Douglas Fuller, Garland Fuller, Delmarie Fuller Fairweather, Dean Fuller, Mark Fuller, Raymond Fuller, Jr., Denise Fuller, Susan Fuller, Natalie Fuller, Smith, Marguerite Fuller Guillory, Sean M. Fuller, Ken Arden Fuller, Jonathan Fuller, Abigail Fuller Carpenter, Jacqueline (Jackie) Smith Harris, Dr. Richard Smith, Marlon Smith, Amaris Fuller and Amanda Fuller; 30 great grandchildren and 10 great-great grandchildren.
During her lifetime, Chita was very active in her church, and was a lifetime member of the St. John’s Anglican Cathedral in Belize City and the Anglican Mother’s Union. She devoted her life graciously to being an exemplary wife, loving mother, doting grandmother, generous sister, loyal friend and respected neighbor. Mrs. Fuller gave so much to her community by her charity work with Christian Social Council, visited the sick at the hospital and at Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly in Belize City. She enjoyed playing bridge card games, was a competitive Scrabble player and an avid reader. Most days you could find her doing word search puzzles. She used her gifts of hospitality and generosity to entertain family members, friends and travelers and hosted many gatherings at her white with green shutters colonial Este Street home in Belize City. To many, she was just a house-wife, but in her early years she worked at the Clarion Newspaper as a typesetter and oftentimes would go with her parents to the Mahogany camp at Vaca Falls in the mountains of Belize.
In her marriage of 78 years, Mrs. Fuller travelled extensively with her husband, a career public officer and, in their later years lived in Belmopan with her son and daughter-in-law, Kent and Marion Fuller, and then moved to the USA to reside with her daughter, Marion Smith in Queens Village, NY. She passed away peacefully onto eternity in the presence of her Savior in Heaven.
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