John Richard Duran

John Richard Duran was born on January 10, 1930 in Los Angeles California. John entered

Eternal Life on January 5, 2025 just a few days shy of his 95 th Birthday. John passed peacefully

at home and was surrounded by his wife Enriqueta and other family members.

As a young teenager born during the Great Depression, John left High School and joined the

United States Air Force. He proudly served his country and was Honorably Discharged 4 years

later. John worked for the US Postal Service and retired after 25 years and 25,0000 miles of

walking and delivering the mail.

John married Enriqueta Noriega on November 10, 1956. Only a couple of months ago they

celebrated their 68 th Wedding Anniversary.

John was preceded in death by his oldest daughter Judy. John is survived by his wife Enriqueta

Duran and six children, Kathleen, Mary, John, Mark, Patricia and Paul. John has 14

Grandchildren and 13 Great Grandchildren.

John was a man of great Faith and Family. Anyone who met him would have to agree. What

would John want us to feel?

“I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life

is done. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing

times and bright and sunny days. I’d like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun; Of

happy memories that I leave when life is done.”