Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Diana Hoover officiating, with military honors by the Clear Lake VFW. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Clear Lake Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St. in Clear Lake, and then one hour before the service on Tuesday at the church.

Family suggests memorials to Dennis R. Duregger Memorial Fund.

Denny was born Jan. 18, 1941, in Clear Lake, the son of Albert and Fannie (Rich) Duregger.

He attended Clear Lake High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Following the service he worked construction in the Des Moines Area on the Red Rock Dam. He later was employed at Winnebago and then Curries Manufacturing as a mechanic.

Denny enjoyed golfing, fishing, NASCAR and spending time with friends.

Denny is survived by his daughter, Rene' Duregger of Wichita, Kan.; his former wife, Sharon Newell of Clear Lake; three sisters, Karen Nichols and her husband, John, of Clear Lake, Vicki Dietrich of Mason City, and Jolene Boyd and her husband, Bill, of Mason City; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, son, Jeffrey 1999; sister, Carol Jean and an infant sister.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 641-357-2193. www.colonialchapels.com

Published in the Globe Gazette on 2/23/2008. 


Dennis Ray Duregger 
CLEAR LAKE - Dennis Ray Duregger, 67, of 802 S. Ninth St. died Thursday (Feb. 21, 2008) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
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We started school together down at Lincoln.  He was always chasing me part way home.  I don't know what for, but he did.  He was a friend even though we didn't correspond during the years.  I saw him at reunions and was always glad to see him.  I will miss  him this year.
Dana (Duesenberg Martin) 1959
 
I am sorry to have learned of Dennis’ passing.  We had lost touch over the years but I did see him several times at reunions.  The last being our cruise on the Lake.  We had an interesting conversation, none of which dealt with him personally.  He intrigued me with an idea that he had for picking up recyclables by truck.  I would like to think that he was able to do something with it.

I didn’t know that Dennis was a vet and that he had served in Viet Nam.  Nor did I know of the passing of his son.  I also will miss seeing him this year.  God bless him and rest his soul and the best to his family.

(Don) Stebbins 1959

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