Leelanau County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Durga, Alvin L. & Gwendolyn M. 
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Cemetery:           Rose Hill Cemetery
Name:               Alvin L. & Gwendolyn M. Durga

Date Of Photograph: May 23, 2007
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Alvin L. Durga   b. 27 Dec. 1928   d. 10 June 2006
Married 2 June 1950 
Gwendolyn M. (Baatz) Durga   b. 29 Apr. 1932
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Social Security Death Index 
Name: Alvin L. Durga 
SSN: XXXXX  
Last Residence: 49684  Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan 
Born: 27 Dec 1928 
Died: 10 Jun 2006 
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 ) 
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Durga, Alvin LeRoy "Al"  
 
TRAVERSE CITY — Alvin "Al" LeRoy Durga, 77, of Traverse City, passed away 
Saturday morning, June 10, 2006, at his home, surrounded by his loving family.

On Dec. 27, 1928, Al was born to Alvin and Clara (Engel) Durga. He grew up and 
lived most of his life in Traverse City. 

Al served his country honorably as a sergeant in the United States Air Force. 

On June 2, 1950, he married the love of his life, Gwendolyn M. Baatz. They 
enjoyed 56 happy years together.

Al was a member of the AML, Eagles, and a lifetime member of the VFW. 

Al enjoyed fishing, gardening, playing euchre, making wine, watching his 
children and grandchildren play baseball, and going to deer camp. His boys say 
that he was one heck of a pig farmer.

He loved to make people laugh, either by telling a joke or playing a prank.

He was a brick/stone mason by trade. Al retired from the Traverse City Record 
Eagle after 22 years as a carrier. His large gardens delighted him and gave him 
the opportunity to sell fresh fruit and vegetables at a roadside stand during 
the summer.

Surviving are his wife, Gwen; son, Thomas Durga; daughter, Linda (Danny) 
Dalzell; daughter, Peggy Cole; son, Gregory (Nikki) Durga; son, Alvin (Shelly) 
Durga III; and son, Daniel Durga; sisters, Dorothy (Roy) Stites, Nina (Pete) 
Sheffer, Patricia Greilick and Barabara (Gill) Davis; brothers, Clifford 
(Kimmy) Durga and Robert (Donna) Durga; 26 grandchildren; and 39 great-great-
grandchildren.

Al was preceded in death by both his parents, Alvin and Clara (Engel) Durga; 
sister, Margaret (Ted) Dickson; and brother-in-law, Roy Stites. 

"Hey, there's 10 cents!"

Memorial services will be held Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at 1 p.m., at the VFW 
Hall on Veterans Drive in Traverse City. Pastor Paul Ruzinsky will be 
officiating.

In remembrance of Al, memorials may be sent in c/o Linda Dalzell, 8676 Lake Ann 
Road, Lake Ann, MI 49650.

Kindly share your memories with the family on their on-line guest book at 
www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com.
Published in the Record-Eagle on 6/11/2006.  
 
 



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