Biever, Duane A., 1931-2017

BIEVER, HENTGES, BOUCHER

Posted By: Mary Lou Verburg,volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:34

Duane A. Biever long-time resident of Poughkeepsie, New York died unexpectedly on Monday, July 17, at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
A Mass of Christian burial was held on Wed. morning, July 26, 2017 in Holy Trinity Church of Poughkeepsie.
Burial followed mass in the family plot ini Calvary Cemetery in Poughkeepsie.
Duan was born August 22, 1931 in Alton, the son of Alphonse B. Biever and Malvina M. (Hentges) Biever. He was a graduate of St. Mary's Acamedy in Alton in 1949.
He was an eight year veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and later the U.S. Air Force. He was a graduate of the State University of Iowa in 1961 and attended the University of Vermont.
He married Lucille Bouocher on August 22, 1964 in Burlington, Vermont.
He was an employee of the Controlex Corp. in Croton Falls, New York, the Standard Gage Co. of Poughkeepsie, the Western Pulishing Corp. of Poughkeepsie and Pawling Central School of Pawling, New York.

He was a parishioner of Holy Trinity Catholic Church of Poughkeepsie since 1964 and was a member of the Dutchess County Historial Society and Mid-Hudson Computer User Group. In 1997 he authored, copyrighted and published a book about the city of Poughkeepsie during the Civil War years entitled OLD POUGHKEEPSIE--1865.

Survivors include his wife Lucille, and daughter Jeanne, of Poughkeepsie, sister Opal Chaussender-Bardoux of Paris and many nieces and nephews.

Source: Sioux County Capital Democrat 7/27/2017