Junior Durham

DEXTER -- Junior Lee Durham, 71, died Aug. 30, 2005, at Marion Veterans Hospital in Marion, Ill.

Born Nov. 20, 1933, at Parma, son of the late John Randolph and Nora Victoria Ogelvie Durham, he had been a welder in Illinois until his retirement. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

On June 30, 1988, at Bloomfield, he married Sande Jean Mills-Eby who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: three stepsons, Donald James Hansmann of Harlingen, Texas, Douglas James Hansmann of Marengo, Ill., and Dennis James Hansmann of Chicago; two brothers, William Fredick Durham Jr. of Murphysboro, Ill., and Larry Duane Durham of Taft, Calif.; two sisters, Jean Loretta Condours of Pekin, Ill., and Anis Nell Cox of Peoria, Ill.; and one grandchild.

Also preceded him in death were one stepdaughter, Sharon Jean Hansmann; and two sisters, Janice Dell Durham and Beverly Sue Durham.

Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie where services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

Burial will follow in the Bernie Cemetery with full military honors provided by the Missouri Funeral Honors Program.