{"id":635,"date":"2011-04-30T19:22:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T19:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=635"},"modified":"2011-05-01T12:34:15","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T12:34:15","slug":"richare-c-dick-duryea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=635","title":{"rendered":"Richard C. \u201cDick\u201d Duryea"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Richard C. \u201cDick\u201d Duryea – 89 – formerly of 35 Preston Ave., Hornell passed away Friday morning (April 29, 2011) at McAuley Manor, after living a long and peaceful life.\u00a0 He was surrounded by his three loving daughters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Born in Owego, NY on September 7th 1921, he was the son of John E. and Mabel (Bouquet) Duryea.<\/p>\n

Dick was a U.S. Navy Veteran, honorably serving his country in WWII from (1942-1945).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He moved to the Hornell area in 1940 and was a graduate of Hornell High School class of 1941.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

His first job was a coach sweeper for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.\u00a0 After serving his country he was employed as a licensed electrician for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad and later for the General Electric Corporation for many years retiring in 1981.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dick enjoyed listening to big band music and had been a drummer for several area bands, including Joe Argentieri\u2019s Band, Carlton Dart Trio and the Versitones.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A kind and gentle man, Dick had a great love for animals.\u00a0 He was known to many as the Silver Fox, and will be best remembered as a loving father and grandfather.<\/p>\n

Surviving are his daughters, Robin Duryea, Paula (Jerry) Nichols, Pam (Jeff) Kelleher all of Hornell; his Grandchildren Nathan & Ryan Nichols, Brett & Justin Kelleher.\u00a0 His step-daughter, Kim DeMaio of Rochester; a very special friend of the family, Nancy Gurney, who was like a daughter to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The family of Richard C. \u201cDick\u201d Duryea will receive friends on Monday from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY where funeral & committal services will be held on Tuesday at 11:00 AM with Deacon Robert McCormick Officiating.\u00a0 Burial will be in Arkport Cemetery.<\/p>\n

Dick\u2019s family request that memorial contributions in his name be made to the Hornell Humane Society, PO Box 533, Hornell, NY 14843 or to McAuly Manor, 1 Bethesda Drive, North Hornell, NY 14843.\u00a0 Memorial forms will be available at the Dagon Funeral Home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard C. \u201cDick\u201d Duryea – 89 – formerly of 35 Preston Ave., Hornell passed away Friday morning (April 29, 2011) at McAuley Manor, after living a long and peaceful life.\u00a0 He was surrounded by his three loving daughters.\u00a0 Born in Owego, NY on September 7th 1921, he was the son of John E. and Mabel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}