Obituary of Paul Fernando Duran

PAUL FERNANDO DURAN PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 70 IN DENVER, CO. PAUL IS THE SON OF JOSEPH(ALICE) DURAN OF DENVER, CO. AND MARY DURAN OF TRINIDAD, CO. HIS IS ALSO THE BIOLOGICAL SON OF DELLA ARAGON(BUTLER) OF CANYON CITY, CO. PAUL IS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER JOSEPH, STEP-MOTHER ALICE, MOTHER MARY, BIOLOGICAL MOTHER DELLA AND HIS GRANDSON CRISTIAN CRISTOBA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS 2 DAUGHTERS VIOLA(FRANK)RODRIGUEZ, NANETTE DURAN(RICHARD LARA), HIS GRANDCHILDREN MICHAELA, ELIJAH, BRITTNEY, BREANA, NOAH AND NUMEROUS OTHER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ALL OF DENVER, CO. HIS 2 BROTHERS MARTIN AND IVAN CRESPIN OF DENVER, CO, HIS 2 SISTERS EDNA DURAN OF DENVER, CO AND DEBBIE BUTLER OF PUEBLO, CO.  

PAUL WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN FEBRUARY OF 1970 AT THE AGE OF 17. HE SERVED IN VIETNAM FROM MARCH 8,1971 TO JANUARY 28,1972 AND OBTAINED A NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL W/2 BRONZE STARS, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/1960 DEVICE, 1 O/S BAR AND SHARPSHOOTER (M-16). HE COMPLETED HIS SERVICE IN FEBRUARY OF 1976.  

PAUL LOVED FISHING, FIXING JUST ABOUT ANYTHING HE COULD, SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HIS 2 DAUGHTERS, THEY WERE HIS WHOLE LIFE. HIS FAVORITE MUSIC WAS CLASSIC ROCK AND HE LOVED OLD WESTERN MOVIES AND OLD SITCOMS SUCH AS THE “ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW.”   HE WOULD WALK MILES JUST TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND FOR THE MOST PART GET HIS EXERCISE IN. HE WAS KIND, GENEROUS, LOVING AND ALWAYS JOKING AROUND AND JUST MADE THE MOST OF LIFE. EVEN IN HIS LAST DAYS WITH HIS JOKINGLY LAUGH, HE WAS STILL REQUESTING HIS CIGARETTES AND BUD LIGHT. HIS FAVORITE PHRASES WERE "OH BOY!" WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS IN TROUBLE, "BINGO!" WHEN HE REMEMBERED SOMETHING OR SOMEPLACE AND "1,2,3 CHARGE IT!" WHEN HE WAS READY TO GET UP AND GOING.

PAULS LAUGH, SMILE, PHRASES AND JOKES WILL BE FOREVER MISSED AND WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.