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November 4, 2008

Donna Esther Duerson

Donna Esther Duerson, 60, of Euless, Texas, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, at her home from pancreatic cancer.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Colleyville Ward LDS Chapel in Colleyville, Texas. Burial will be at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Neptune.

Born Dec. 25, 1947, in Tulsa, she was the daughter of Sybil Bessie and Myron Donald Robbins. She was married Sept. 2, 1967, and sealed for all time and eternity in the Seattle Washington Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on May 30, 1981, to Carl Terrill Duerson Jr.

She had many hobbies and an eye for décor. She loved to stop at yard sales on weekends.

Survivors include her husband, Carl; his parents, Carl Sr. and Gwen Duerson, of Savanna; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Janice Blanton, of Tulsa, and Cathy and Bobby Ramsey, also of Tulsa.

Also, four children, two daughters-in-law and two sons-in-law, Michael and Kristen Duerson, of Altus, Gerrilyn and Micheal Ellis, Euless, Texas, Carl Drew and Nikki Duerson, Groton, Conn., and Jacquelyn and Mark Basker, Euless, Texas; four grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

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