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Submitted: 9/25/22 • Approved: 9/25/22 • Last Updated: 9/28/22 • R538861-G538861-S3
John A. Duffy, Sr.
July 5, 1926-September 26, 2006
Please see military marker
Audra Lavern Duffy
August 10, 1931-November 19, 2010
Married Feb. 3, 1948
*Photo/information, courtesy Wanda M.
*Obituary John A. Duffy Sr.
JOHN A. DUFFY, SR.
September 26, 2006
Funeral services for John A. Duffy, Sr., 80, of Andrews will be 2:00 PM Thursday, September 28, 2006 at Northcrest Baptist Church in Andrews with Rev. Harvey Enriquez, Pastor, of Andrews and Rev. Ron Ragland of Hobbs, New Mexico officiating. Burial will follow in the Andrews Old Cemetery.
He passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.
He was born on July 5, 1926 in Miles, Texas to Pat Duffy and Addie Rose Gotcher Duffy. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII. He married Audra Lavern Duffy on February 3, 1948 in Andrews and they lived in Andrews from 1947-1948. He worked as a drilling superintendent for Superior Oil Company for 40 years, which took them all over the country. They moved back to Andrews from the Philippines in 1976. He loved to play golf and was a member of the Andrews Country Club. He was a member of Northcrest Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; and 2 sisters.
He is survived by his wife: Lavern Duffy of Andrews; 1 son: John Duffy, Jr. and wife Mary Jane of Odessa; 1 brother: Darrell Duffy of Cameron, Louisiana; 1 sister: Faye Southern of Andrews; 1 granddaughter: Carrie O'Neil and husband Cory of Flowermound, Oregon; and 2 great grandchildren: Jordynn and Logan O'Neil of Flowermound, Oregon.
*Obituary Audra Lavern Duffy
Aurora Lavern Duffy, 79, of Andrews passed away Friday November 19, 2010 at Permian Regional Medical Center.
Lavern was born August 10, 1931 in Laco, Oklahoma. She moved to Andrews with her family from Wichita, Kansas in 1946. She married John A. Duffy, Sr. February 3, 1948 in Andrews.
Lavern loved to create things and was a very talented artist with her hands, she won many awards with quilts that she had made, and she was a very accomplished seamstress. She loved to play bridge. She was very active in her church, Northcrest Baptist Church and she served as a Sunday school teacher for several years. She enjoyed playing golf in her earlier years. It has been said that Lavern was born to be a Grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Duffy, Sr. in 2006.
She is survived by her son, John A. Duffy, Jr. of Odessa; one brother Jerry Walker of San Angelo; two sisters, Betty Cumbie of Lubbock, Texas; and Sue Powers of Andrews, one granddaughter, Carrie Oneal and her husband Cory of Burleson, Texas, and two great-grandchildren, Jordynn and Logan Oneal.
Published November 20, 2010 by McNett Funeral Home.
Contributed on 9/25/22 by neldapat
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