Patrick Fortune is buried in front of the altar under the floor of the Lemitar Church.

He remained in the Lemitar area, marrying Irish born Theresa Stapleton in 1861.

She predicted that, if she won, the position would always be held by a woman and up until her death in 1996 that is what happened (the first man after her was Brad Winter in 2015).

[1] During World War II she worked for a Colonel at Luke Air Force Base, in Phoenix, Arizona.

[3] She died on April 10, 1996, at 101 years old, and is buried at San Miguel Cemetery, Socorro.