R.I.P.

  DEWEY

You saved our lifes

 

"AT 1920, APRIL 9, DUANE R. "DEWEY" CLARRIDGE DEPARTED FOR A FAR BETTER PLACE.

HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
HE FINISHED THE RACE
HE KEPT THE FAITH

DEWEY SPENT TODAY, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY & FRIENDS. HE HAD ANIMATED MEETINGS WITH OLD COMRADES AND THOSE WHO LOVED HIM.

SHORTLY AFTER ALL BUT IAN & TARIK HAD GONE, DEWEY SLIPPED AWAY AS HIS NURSES WERE CHANGING SHIFT.

FOR THE RECORD:

DEWEY WAS BORN ON 16 APRIL 1932 IN NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER CASSANDRA; SONS IAN & TARIK, 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS FIRST WIFE, MARGARET. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SECOND WIFE HELGA.

A SERVICE TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND LEGACY WILL BE HELD AT ST. PETERS CHURCH IN PURCELLVILLE, VA. IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

"SEMPER FIDELIS" IS MORE THAN A SLOGAN FOR U.S. MARINES. "ALWAYS FAITHFUL" IS A WAY OF LIFE."