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Kermit Conrad Duryee

Birth	:	13 Jul 1940
Death	:	22 Sep 1943
Burial	:	Wayne Cemetery, McIntire, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.4411011, -92.5744019
Description	:	KERMIT CONRAD DURYEE – July 13, 1940 – September 22, 1943 2 MCINTIRE CHILDREN DIE AS BARN IS DESTROYED BY BLAZE MOTHER'S FACE SEARED AS SHE MAKES FUTILE ATTEMPT AT RESCUE McIntire – Frantic efforts by a mother to rescue her 2 small children from a burning barn were fruitless at the Kenneth Duryee farm, 3 miles northeast of here Wednesday noon and both died as the building burned to the round. Kermit Conrad Duryee, 3, and his brother, Delbert Wayne Duryee, 4, were playing I an oats bin in the barn shortly before noon when their mother looked out the window of the... Read More	KERMIT CONRAD DURYEE – July 13, 1940 – September 22, 1943 2 MCINTIRE CHILDREN DIE AS BARN IS DESTROYED BY BLAZE MOTHER'S FACE SEARED AS SHE MAKES FUTILE ATTEMPT AT RESCUE McIntire – Frantic efforts by a mother to rescue her 2 small children from a burning barn were fruitless at the Kenneth Duryee farm, 3 miles northeast of here Wednesday noon and both died as the building burned to the round. Kermit Conrad Duryee, 3, and his brother, Delbert Wayne Duryee, 4, were playing I an oats bin in the barn shortly before noon when their mother looked out the window of the home and saw smoke pouring from the barn windows. She rushed to the barn door and threw it open only to be met by a blast of smoke and flames which flashed more furiously as they were fed by oxygen from the open door, according to Dr. G. E. Krepelka, Osage, Mitchell County Coroner, who investigated the tragedy. Spurred by the cries of the two tots imprisoned by the flames, the mother wrapped herself in blankets and tried to reach them but was driven back by the flames, he related. She then ran to the rear of the barn and was boosted to the window of the granary, about 7 feet from the ground, by her father-in-law. But when she opened the window flames again burst out searing her face. The father who had been working in the field the mother and 4 other children stood helplessly by while the barn burned to the ground. The McIntire fire department which had been called was unable to accomplish anything against the fire which had gained too much headway before it arrived. The bodies were recovered about 3 o'clock in the afternoon the coroner said, but were burned beyond recognition. He pronounced the cause of death as suffocation. Cause of the fire could not be determined. The mother said that the 2 boys had been in the house only a few minutes before she discovered the fire. Mason City Globe Gazette, September 23, 1943

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Kermit Conrad Duryee's memorial is located at: Wayne Cemetery, McIntire, Mitchell County, USA.
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Latitude: 43.4411011
Longitude: -92.5744019

Family Members:

Parent

Kenneth R Duryee

(1909 - 1954)

Opal Vanetta Decker Jensen

(1914 - 1994)

Siblings

(1939 - 1943)

(1944 - 1944)

(1946 - 1946)

(1946 - 1946)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Wayne Cemetery
McIntire, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4411011, -92.5744019

2. Saint Patricks Church Cemetery
McIntire, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4771996, -92.6508026

3. Riverside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3676834, -92.5576324

4. Robbins Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.4150009, -92.6718979

5. Le Roy Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5214005, -92.5227966

6. Saint Patricks Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5217018, -92.5207977

7. Le Roy Lutheran Cemetery
Le Roy, Mower County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5217750, -92.5196340

8. Calvary Cemetery
Riceville, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3497009, -92.5550003

9. Sacred Heart Cemetery
Meyer, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4583282, -92.7011108

10. Liberty Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3856010, -92.7230988

11. Woodlawn Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5581017, -92.6292038

12. Beaver Creek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3397217, -92.6727829

13. Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery
Riceville, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3163986, -92.5547028

14. Chester Hill Cemetery
Chester, Howard County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4897003, -92.4072037

15. Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
Le Roy, Mower County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5588989, -92.4794006

16. Saratoga Township Cemetery
Saratoga, Howard County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3710000, -92.4023000

17. Visitation Catholic Cemetery
Stacyville, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4430618, -92.7813873

18. Saint Johns Cemetery
Johnsburg, Mower County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5055618, -92.7688904

19. Stacyville Cemetery
Stacyville, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4294014, -92.7908020

20. Bennington Pioneer Cemetery
Mower County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6013565, -92.5503693

21. Sacred Heart Cemetery
Adams, Mower County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5635986, -92.7221985

22. Saint Peters Cemetery
New Haven, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2858315, -92.6427765

23. Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
Maple Leaf, Howard County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3217000, -92.4082000

24. Reckner Cemetery
Howard County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2743988, -92.5152969