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Memory Gardens Cemetery
Pittsburg, Oklahoma
Chaney-Harkins Funeral Home
Submitted by: Carol Spear Rice
Gwendolyn Fay Duerson, 97, formerly of Savanna, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 in McAlester.
The family will greet friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 2, 2026 at the Chaney Harkins Funeral Home Chapel.
Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2026 at the First Baptist Church in Savanna with Rev. Kyle Cummins, Willie Virden, and Rev. Haskell Melton officiating. The burial will follow at Memory Gardens Memorial Park Cemetery in McAlester.
Pallbearers will be Drew Duerson, J.W. Duerson, Juston Duerson, Jeremy Duerson, Blake Brown, and Anthony Brown.
Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Duerson, Levi Potter, Bryan Duerson, Robert Brown, and Gwen's Savanna First Baptist Church Sunday School Class.
Gwen was born at home in Lancaster, Kentucky. She married Carl Duerson in Lancaster, Kentucky in 1948.
Gwen was a member of the First Baptist Church of Savanna. She was active in her Sunday School Class, the Choir, and Vacation Bible School. She managed the Truck Stop Restaurant in Savanna for many years.
She is survived by her children: Dan Duerson and wife, Sharon, John Duerson and wife, Deanna, Guy Duerson and wife, Stacia, and Cindy Brown; daughter-in-law, Sue Anne Duerson; grandchildren: Michael, Drew, Gerri, Jackie, Danna, Bryan, Carla, J.W., Juston, Jeremy, Misty, Gina, Chandra, Anthony, and Blake; 32 great grandchildren; 12 great-great grandchildren; brother, Ernest Broaddus and wife, Geneva; sister, Anna Mae Julian; golfing buddy, Sue Hobbs; and other family and friends.
Gwen is preceded in death by her husband, Carl Duerson, Sr; son, Carl Duerson, Jr., parents: C.C. Broaddus and Lula (Wilson) Broaddus; sisters: Cathrine Hardenbrook, and Jane Logan; brother, C.J. Broaddus; daughter-in-law, Donna Duerson; and son-in-law, Tony Brown.
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