DURNIN, Albert T. (1880-1959)

DURNIN, TUBMAN, BURNS, BIRKE, CHASE, WINKER, DUNLAP, STEINER

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 10/19/2013 at 12:45:48

Albert Durnin rites Saturday

Britt - Albert T. Durnin, 79, a retired businessman, died early Wednesday at a Mason City hospital.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Boughton Funeral Home. The Rev. William R. Thomas, of the Congregational Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery.

Son of Patrick and Margaret Tubman Durnin, he was born July 2, 1880 at Hennipin, Ill. He was married to Hazel Burns at Britt, July 26, 1911. They farmed northwest of here and then moved to Britt where he operated the Durnin Produce Co. 25 years.

His wife died in 1955. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Virgil (Margaret) Birke, Mason City; Mrs. Albert (Dorothy) Chase, Mitchell, S.D.; Mrs. Ernest (Clara) Winker, Dora, Ala.; Mrs. Pat (Shirley) Dunlap, Happy Camp, Calif.; and a son, Ellis (Buster), with the U.S. Army in Virginia; 11 grandchildren, five great grandchildren, two brothers, James, Des Moines; John, Spearfish, S.D. and a sister, Mrs. Charles (Cora) Steiner, Britt.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette 25 Nov 1959, page 18