Shared by Jerry Huffman (#46859530)
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - Thursday, May 1, 2003
Deceased Name: DAPHNE CATHER DURANT
Dec. 15, 1919-April 26, 2003
Daphne Cather Durant, 83, of San Diego died Saturday. She was born in Vancouver, Canada, and was a civil service public information officer for the U.S. Navy. She was a member of the Republican Women's Club and the San Diego Museum of Art.
Survivors include her husband, Lloyd; daughter, Gail; sons, Tom, Brian and Roger; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow, Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, 17010 Pomerado Road, San Diego.
Arrangements: McLeod Mortuary.
Shared by Tyronne Foy (#47911664)
"DURANT DAPHNE CATHER Dec. 15, 1919 to April 26, 2003 Born in Vancouver, B.C., Daphne was the daughter of Freda Wicks and Robert Cather. Daphne ' s parents divorced, and later she assumed the name McGavack after her mother married Dr. Thomas H. McGavack, an eminent physician of San Francisco. Daphne attended William & Mary College in Williamsburg, Va. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Later, she attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York. Daphne ' s business career started as Private Secretary to Mr. J.C. Penney, President of J.C. Penney Company. Subsequently, she served as Private Secretary and Assistant Sales Rep. for W. Colsten Leigh, Inc. a leading lecture bureau, and as Reader-Editor with Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. With the start of WWII, she joined the US Navy Public Relations operations at Norfolk, Va. as a civilian Public Information Officer. In 1944, she moved to New York and joined MARCH OF TIME CINEMA (a monthly Time, Inc. news documentary) as Asst. Public Relations Director. It was here that she met and married her present husband of 59 years, Lloyd Durant, who, as a U.S. Coast Guard Officer, was assigned to the March of Time School of Pictorial Journalism. With the end of WWII, the Durants moved to suburban Scarsdale, N.Y. where they raised four children. Here, Daphne was active in community affairs, with the Presbyterian Church, Museum of Art, PTA, GSA and as President of the Women ' s Republican Club. Daphne is survived by four adult children, Gail, Thomas, Brian and Roger, thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and husband Lloyd. A celebration service of Daphne ' s life will be held on Friday, May 2, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, 17010 Pomerado Road.
Published in The San Diego Union Tribune on Apr. 30, 2003"
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - Thursday, May 1, 2003
Deceased Name: DAPHNE CATHER DURANT
Dec. 15, 1919-April 26, 2003
Daphne Cather Durant, 83, of San Diego died Saturday. She was born in Vancouver, Canada, and was a civil service public information officer for the U.S. Navy. She was a member of the Republican Women's Club and the San Diego Museum of Art.
Survivors include her husband, Lloyd; daughter, Gail; sons, Tom, Brian and Roger; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow, Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, 17010 Pomerado Road, San Diego.
Arrangements: McLeod Mortuary.
Shared by Tyronne Foy (#47911664)
"DURANT DAPHNE CATHER Dec. 15, 1919 to April 26, 2003 Born in Vancouver, B.C., Daphne was the daughter of Freda Wicks and Robert Cather. Daphne ' s parents divorced, and later she assumed the name McGavack after her mother married Dr. Thomas H. McGavack, an eminent physician of San Francisco. Daphne attended William & Mary College in Williamsburg, Va. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Later, she attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York. Daphne ' s business career started as Private Secretary to Mr. J.C. Penney, President of J.C. Penney Company. Subsequently, she served as Private Secretary and Assistant Sales Rep. for W. Colsten Leigh, Inc. a leading lecture bureau, and as Reader-Editor with Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. With the start of WWII, she joined the US Navy Public Relations operations at Norfolk, Va. as a civilian Public Information Officer. In 1944, she moved to New York and joined MARCH OF TIME CINEMA (a monthly Time, Inc. news documentary) as Asst. Public Relations Director. It was here that she met and married her present husband of 59 years, Lloyd Durant, who, as a U.S. Coast Guard Officer, was assigned to the March of Time School of Pictorial Journalism. With the end of WWII, the Durants moved to suburban Scarsdale, N.Y. where they raised four children. Here, Daphne was active in community affairs, with the Presbyterian Church, Museum of Art, PTA, GSA and as President of the Women ' s Republican Club. Daphne is survived by four adult children, Gail, Thomas, Brian and Roger, thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and husband Lloyd. A celebration service of Daphne ' s life will be held on Friday, May 2, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, 17010 Pomerado Road.
Published in The San Diego Union Tribune on Apr. 30, 2003"
Shared by Jerry Huffman (#46859530)
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - Thursday, May 1, 2003
Deceased Name: DAPHNE CATHER DURANT
Dec. 15, 1919-April 26, 2003
Daphne Cather Durant, 83, of San Diego died Saturday. She was born in Vancouver, Canada, and was a civil service public information officer for the U.S. Navy. She was a member of the Republican Women's Club and the San Diego Museum of Art.
Survivors include her husband, Lloyd; daughter, Gail; sons, Tom, Brian and Roger; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow, Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, 17010 Pomerado Road, San Diego.
Arrangements: McLeod Mortuary.
Shared by Tyronne Foy (#47911664)
"DURANT DAPHNE CATHER Dec. 15, 1919 to April 26, 2003 Born in Vancouver, B.C., Daphne was the daughter of Freda Wicks and Robert Cather. Daphne ' s parents divorced, and later she assumed the name McGavack after her mother married Dr. Thomas H. McGavack, an eminent physician of San Francisco. Daphne attended William & Mary College in Williamsburg, Va. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Later, she attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York. Daphne ' s business career started as Private Secretary to Mr. J.C. Penney, President of J.C. Penney Company. Subsequently, she served as Private Secretary and Assistant Sales Rep. for W. Colsten Leigh, Inc. a leading lecture bureau, and as Reader-Editor with Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. With the start of WWII, she joined the US Navy Public Relations operations at Norfolk, Va. as a civilian Public Information Officer. In 1944, she moved to New York and joined MARCH OF TIME CINEMA (a monthly Time, Inc. news documentary) as Asst. Public Relations Director. It was here that she met and married her present husband of 59 years, Lloyd Durant, who, as a U.S. Coast Guard Officer, was assigned to the March of Time School of Pictorial Journalism. With the end of WWII, the Durants moved to suburban Scarsdale, N.Y. where they raised four children. Here, Daphne was active in community affairs, with the Presbyterian Church, Museum of Art, PTA, GSA and as President of the Women ' s Republican Club. Daphne is survived by four adult children, Gail, Thomas, Brian and Roger, thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and husband Lloyd. A celebration service of Daphne ' s life will be held on Friday, May 2, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, 17010 Pomerado Road.
Published in The San Diego Union Tribune on Apr. 30, 2003"
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - Thursday, May 1, 2003
Deceased Name: DAPHNE CATHER DURANT
Dec. 15, 1919-April 26, 2003
Daphne Cather Durant, 83, of San Diego died Saturday. She was born in Vancouver, Canada, and was a civil service public information officer for the U.S. Navy. She was a member of the Republican Women's Club and the San Diego Museum of Art.
Survivors include her husband, Lloyd; daughter, Gail; sons, Tom, Brian and Roger; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow, Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, 17010 Pomerado Road, San Diego.
Arrangements: McLeod Mortuary.
Shared by Tyronne Foy (#47911664)
"DURANT DAPHNE CATHER Dec. 15, 1919 to April 26, 2003 Born in Vancouver, B.C., Daphne was the daughter of Freda Wicks and Robert Cather. Daphne ' s parents divorced, and later she assumed the name McGavack after her mother married Dr. Thomas H. McGavack, an eminent physician of San Francisco. Daphne attended William & Mary College in Williamsburg, Va. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Later, she attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York. Daphne ' s business career started as Private Secretary to Mr. J.C. Penney, President of J.C. Penney Company. Subsequently, she served as Private Secretary and Assistant Sales Rep. for W. Colsten Leigh, Inc. a leading lecture bureau, and as Reader-Editor with Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. With the start of WWII, she joined the US Navy Public Relations operations at Norfolk, Va. as a civilian Public Information Officer. In 1944, she moved to New York and joined MARCH OF TIME CINEMA (a monthly Time, Inc. news documentary) as Asst. Public Relations Director. It was here that she met and married her present husband of 59 years, Lloyd Durant, who, as a U.S. Coast Guard Officer, was assigned to the March of Time School of Pictorial Journalism. With the end of WWII, the Durants moved to suburban Scarsdale, N.Y. where they raised four children. Here, Daphne was active in community affairs, with the Presbyterian Church, Museum of Art, PTA, GSA and as President of the Women ' s Republican Club. Daphne is survived by four adult children, Gail, Thomas, Brian and Roger, thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and husband Lloyd. A celebration service of Daphne ' s life will be held on Friday, May 2, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, 17010 Pomerado Road.
Published in The San Diego Union Tribune on Apr. 30, 2003"
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