Duane M. "Duey" Farnsworth, age 68, of Big Flats, Wisconsin passed away on May 11, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
A memorial gathering will be on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the Roseberry’s Funeral Home in Friendship, Wisconsin from 1:00p.m. until 4:00p.m.
Duane was born July 22, 1941 in Woodstock, Illinois to Merle and Julia Farnsworth. He grew up in Delavan, Wisconsin and graduated from Delavan-Darien High School.
Duey moved to Big Flats where he met his Soul Mate, Maude, of 23 years. He worked out of the same terminal in Wisconsin Rapids for the past 24 years as an over the road truck driver retiring in October of 2009 due to poor health.
Duey enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and enjoyed hunting & fishing. Duey could never say "no" when there was anyone in need of a helping hand. He liked to watch softball games in Arkdale, was an avid Green Bay Packer fan and he enjoyed watching Western Movies and reading Western books.
If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, we would walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.
You are gone from our sight, but not from our hearts.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Merle & Julia Farnsworth; son, Roy Billington; half-brother, Forrest Farnsworth.
Survivors:
Loving Partner & Soul Mate: Maude Billington of Big Flats, Wisconsin
Brother: Leslie (Faye) Farnsworth of Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Brother: Greg (Mary Jean) Farnsworth of Janesville, Wisconsin
Brother: Roger Farnsworth of Darien, Wisconsin
Lifelong Friends: Wayne & Betty Graske and family
Niece: Joanne (Ted) Sween of Darien, Wisconsin
Nephew: Jerry (Terri) Farnsworth of Darien, Wisconsin
Niece: Jennie (Rich) Micklevitz of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Niece: Jackie (John) Graves of Baghdad, Arizona
Nephew: Michael Farnsworth of Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Nephew: Ryan Farnsworth of Darien, Wisconsin
Niece: Rose Smith of Florida
Extended Family: Randy (Rita) Billington of Big Flats, Wisconsin and their children, Randy(Bonnie) Billington of Friendship, Wisconsin & Rodney (Ledah) Billington of Arkdale, Wisconsin; and Wendy Hiller of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Grandchildren: Brittany, Dylan, Sebastian & Brandon Billington
He is further survived by Great nieces, Great nephews, friends and his dog Misty
I love you and god bless
Maude..Our hearts and prayers are with you…although we didn’t know Duey we know that he was loved and will be missed dearly by his family and friends..Dylan and Brandon will surely miss him a lot….God Bless you all..
Maude,
Our sincere sympathy, sorry we can not attend, but your in our heart, thoughts and prayers.
Tammy Graske & Angel Godina, and Amanda Brushwood
Our Sincere Sympathy
you are in our thoughts and prayers
Maude,We are so sorry to hear about Duey’s passing. He was such a gentle soul. I enjoyed the long we had, laughing at nothing and everything at the same time. He loved you so much. He will be missed.
maude so so sorry to hear about duey, he was a great friend and will be missed by all. god bliss to you.
maude im so sorry for your loss,duey was your love of life and will very much missed love ya lots amy
so sorry to hear about duey he was a great man and will be greatly missed maybe he and "boss"aka karen can see each other in heave now love ya maude and my prayers and thoughts are with you bonnie
So sorry to hear about Duey. As we all ten to say he is in a better place know and will not suffer any more undo pain. We are thinking of you in our prayers Maude amd hope you will be strong in this sad time. I will aways remember all the nice times i had with duey as a friend nd a co-worker with Gulf Northern (Rick Marshall).
So Long to my old High School buddy. We were good friends back then and I still have a letter from you when I entered the U.S. Navy.
We sure had fun at those old Red Devil games.
So Long, Bud.
Greg and the Farnsworth family, so sorry for your loss.
Harry and Joan
Maude and all extended family: We will all miss Duey greatly. His seemingly sudden death took a full 24 hours to sink in for us. Perhaps, it was the delayed reaction to the final trip to Marshfield by Roger and me. If you need anything please feel free to call. Love, Greg and Mary Jean Farnsworth.
Maude,
We are so sorry for your loss. Please know that you are in our thoughts.
Duey was always good to people that he was aquainted with.We remember him as always a jolly person.He won’t be forgotten.
Maude so sorry to hear about Duey boy he has touched alot of people lives especially Randy and mine. Our thoughts and prayers are with you my dear at this time of your loss.