Seward County KS Archives Photo Tombstone.....Duerson, James L., Sr ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Laura Ball dball@swko.net August 6, 2007, 12:49 pm Cemetery: Restlawn Cemetery Name: James L., Sr Duerson Date Of Photograph: September 2, 2002 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/seward/photos/tombstones/restlawn/duerson858ph.jpg Image file size: 98.4 Kb =========================================================== Cemetery: Restlawn Cemetery Name: James L. Duerson, Sr Date of Birth: Nov. 4, 1950 Date of Death: Mar. 2, 2003 NOTES/INSCRIPTION/SHARES TOMBSTONE: (1) Inscription: See Additional Comments. (2) S/W: Ronna R. =========================================================== Additional Comments: Inscribed on a slab of stone over grave: (Photo online at http://www.usgwtombstones.org/kansas/cemeterypics/restlawn/duerson1.jpg) IN LOVING MEMORY IN THE FALL OF 1970. HE MET HIS WIFE OF 28 YEARS. ON KANSAS AVENUE. THE SOUND OF THAT CORVETTE WAS MUSIC TO HER EARS DATING CAME EASY TO THIS FUN LOVING PAIR NOW HE WANTED HER HAND IN MARRIAGE SO WITH THE CARSONS BY THEIR SIDE, THEY RAN OFF TO JOIN HANDS AND ON JULY 19TH OF '74. SHE HAD A HUSBAND THAT VOWED TO ALWAYS BE HER MAN. AFTER TAKING A BREAK OF TWO WEEKS OF FUN, THEY DECIDED WATER SKIING AS WELL AS THEIR EXPLORATION OF KANSAS AND COLORADO WAS DONE. THEY CAME HOME AND SETTLED IN THEIR ONE BEDROOM HOUSE WHERE THEIR LIFE BEGAN. IN THE SPRING OF '75, JAMES LEE BLESSED THEIR CLAN. THIS WAS HIS PRIDE AND JOY ASIDE FROM HIS WIFE. STILL, HE WANTED MORE CHILDREN TO COMPLETE THEIR FAMILY LIFE. (Photo online at http://www.usgwtombstones.org/kansas/cemeterypics/restlawn/duerson2.jpg) HE PROMISED HER HE WOULD CHANGE DIAPERS FIX BOTTLES, FEED, CLOTHE, AND PROVIDE, IF SHE WOULD GIVE HIM ANOTHER BABY TO TRICKLE BY HIS SIDE. SO IN THE SUMMER OF '81 ANDREA DAWN BECAME "DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL" AND ADDED YET ANOTHER BLESSING IN HIS EVER-CHANGING WORLD. THIS WASN'T THE LAST OF THE BUNCH. NO THERE WAS ONE MORE - JOHN LEWIS CAME ALONG IN THE WINTER OF '84. EVER AFTER HIS FAMILY WAS COMPLETE. HE WORKED HARD AND NEVER LET UP ON CUTTING WHEAT. ALSO FARMING, RAISING CATTLE, AND DRIVING WITH ALFRED ON THAT AIR PRODUCTS TRUCK. HE WAS A KIND-HEARTED MAN WHO WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO ANYONE. EVEN IF IT WAS HIS LAST BUCK. HE LOVED TO TRAVEL JUST TO GET UP AND GO. ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS GETTING ANY OF US TO A MOUNTAIN PACKED WITH SNOW. IF HE WANTED ANYTHING IN LIFE IT WAS TO SEE PEOPLE ACHIEVE. AND, JUST LIKE HIM STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/seward/photos/tombstones/restlawn/duerson858ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb