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Duane O. Schmicking

Duane O. Schmicking

FAIRMONT — A memorial service for Duane O. Schmicking, 69, of Fairmont, Minn., will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Lakeview Funeral Home Chapel in Fairmont. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Cemetery, Truman.

Duane passed away Tuesday morning, Jan. 10, 2017, at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the Lakeview Funeral Home.

Duane Otto Schmicking was born June 25, 1947, in Fairmont, Minn., the son of Walter Hugo and Alece Marie (Ethrington) Schmicking.  Duane grew up and attended school in Swea City, Iowa.

Duane owned and operated the Fairmont Recycling Center for three years before working for the City of Fairmont Street Department from 1997 until retiring in 2016.

Duane is survived by four siblings, Wallece Young of San Francisco, Calif., Kenneth Schmicking and his wife, Diana, of Pawley Island, S.C., Lucinda Mein and husband, Larry Dean, of Mt. Morris, Ill., Larry Schmicking of Swea City, Iowa; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Duane was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Elise Schmicking; and one sister, Carol Schmicking.

Memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society or the American Lymphoma Society.

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