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John Duffy and Fay Gowen |
Photos and information courtesy of Mike Duffy. |
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1 John Charles Duffy in the US Army in 1958. |
2 Fay Idelle Gowen in 1956. |
3 John and Fay Duffy in 1981. |
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4 Fay Gowen preparing for her wedding in 1956. |
5 John Charles Duffy (on the right) was the third child of James and Minnie. He is with his first cousins Gary and Sally Braun. The photo was taken circa 1940. |
6 John Duffy holding his dog Mickey in 1951. |
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7 John and Fay Duffy on Mill Street in Springwater in 1957. |
8 John Duffy (right) sitting next to his grandmother Carrie Wheaton, who is holding his son Micheal (Mike). On the left is John’s mother Minnie Fisher. The photo was taken at Minnie Fisher’s home in Springwater NY in 1960. |
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9 Fay Idelle Gowen Duffy in 2004 at age 66 years. |
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The Family of John C. Duffy and Fay Gowen Duffy |
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The Parents of John C. Duffy James Duffy and Minnie Fisher Duffy
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The Parents of Fay Gowen Roland Burton Gowen and Thelma Mae Cobb Gowen
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Duffy Family Tree
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Fisher Family Tree
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Gowen Family Tree
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Cobb Family Tree
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Marriages of John C. Duffy Marriage to Fay Gowen in 1956
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Marriages of Fay Gowen Marriage to John C. Duffy in 1956
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The Obituary of John C. Duffy 11 May 1935 - 18 April 1995 John was born at home in Springwater, New York. John married Fay Gowen on 19 August 1956 at the Springwater Methodist Church at Springwater, Livingston, New York. They were the parents of four children. At age 18 John was employed by Delco Products in Rochester, NY. He retired 30 years later at just age 48 with a General Motors pension. He was drafted into the US Army in 1958. John and Fay lived at Herlong Army base in Herlong, CA until he was honorably discharged 16 March, 1960. After being discharged from the army John and Fay returned to Springwater, purchased a house from former Valley News owners Donald and Bernice Schuyler in June of 1960 and started raising a family. John resumed working at Delco. After John retired in 1983 he and Fay purchased a home two blocks from the Atlantic ocean at Neptune Beach, Florida where they lived the remainder of their lives. John died at home three weeks before his 60th birthday. John was cremated. The majority of his ashes were released into the Atlantic Ocean and some were placed at the First Christian Church memorial garden. Obituary courtesy of Micheal Duffy.
Veteran of US Army
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The Obituary of Fay Gowen Duffy 22 March 1938 - 16 November 2006 Fay Duffy, age 68, died November 16, 2006, surrounded by her family. Born in Sanford, Maine, her family moved to Springwater, NY in 1947. She married John Duffy in 1956 and in 1958 was living in Herlong, CA at Herlong Army base with her husband. They returned to Springwater in 1960 after John’s discharge from the Army and started raising a family. Fay was the weekly organist at Springwater Methodist church, and was an employee at the Springwater Post Office. Fay and John relocated to Neptune Beach, FL in 1983 after John’s retirement from General Motors Corporation. She then became the secretary of the First Christian Church of the Beaches where she worked until her passing. Fay died peacefully at the Baptist Medical Center Beaches in Jacksonville Beach, FL. She was survived by a sister, June, a brother Carl, four children, four grandchildren and twelve nieces and nephews. Fay was cremated. The majority of her ashes were released into the Atlantic Ocean with some being placed in the memorial garden of the First Christian Church of Neptune Beach, Florida. Obituary courtesy of Micheal Duffy.
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The Cremation of John C. Duffy John was cremated. The majority of his ashes were released into the Atlantic Ocean and some were placed at the First Christian Church memorial garden.
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The Cremation of Fay Gowen Duffy Fay was cremated. The majority of her ashes were released into the Atlantic Ocean with some being placed in the memorial garden of the First Christian Church of Neptune Beach, Florida.
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