Person:James Durgee (6)

Census 1940, Baldwinsville, Twn of Lysander, Onondaga County, NY: Durgee, Theodore - Head - " James - Son - Male - White - Age 1/12 - Born New York

Syracuse Herald Journal, 23 Apr 1955: B'VILLE 'HAMS' SEEK RADIO STATION TICKET A new amateur radio station may soon go on the air in Baldwinsville... High School Amateur Radio Club. ... Members are James Durgee...

Syracuse Herald Journal, 20 Sept 1955: B'VILLE RADIO CLUB TO GET EQUIPMENT Rap. R. Walter Riehlman has responded to a request for help in obtaining government surplus radio equipment for the Baldwinsville High School Amateur Radio Club... James Durgee, secretary.

Baldwinsville Gazette & Farmers' Journal, 20 Nov 1958: DURGEE FORESTER James E. Durgee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Durgee of 5 W Oneida ST, is among 157 freshmen enrolled in the Class of 1962 at the State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University...

Baldwinsville Gazette & Farmers' Journal, 28 Dec 1961: John Durgee, freshman at Hiram College, Hiram OH, and James Durgee, senior in the College of Forestry, Syracuse University, are spending the holidays with their parents...

Baldwinsville Gazette & Farmers' Journal, 31 May 1962: James Durgee, Syracuse University graduate, leaves next Thursday for Boulder CO to study science at the University of Colorado. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Durgee.

Baldwinsville Gazette & Farmers' Journal, 29 Aug 1963: James Durgee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Durgee, left Sunday to drive to Holdenville OK to resume his duties in the high school there as a science teacher.

Auburn Citizen Advertiser, 6 Nov 1965: JAMES DURGEE NEW TO WEST West High-- The math department welcomed Mr. James E. Durgee to the faculty this year. Mr. Durgee graduated from Baldwinsville High School and received his bachelor's degree from Syracuse University. He has done work at University of Colorado and University of Oklahoma. He majored in science and minored in mathematics. Mr. Durgee is teaching seventh and eighth grade math and elementary algebra

Marcellus Weekly Observer, 21 Apr 1966: [classified ad] J&J Auto Service / Jerry Leiber, Jim Durgee / E. Genesee ST, Skaneateles

Syracuse Herald Journal, 21 July 1970: AREA TEACHERS AT INSTITUTE Four science teachers from county schools have been participating in a summer teaching institute at Syracuse University... James E. Durgee of Marcellus Junior High School

Skaneateles Press, 29 Oct 1970: MCS TEACHERS INSTRUCTED IN DRUG ABUSE The Marcellus Central School District Office is pleased to announce participation in a new program. Ten teachers... have been enrolled in a 10-week course dealing with drug abuse at Syracuse University... the following ten individuals... James Durgee

Skaneateles Press-Observer, March 1972: 'OPEN CLASSROOM' FOR PROJECT 2025 Students from the Chester S. Driver Middle School of Marcellus recently participated in a unique experiment involving many "open classroom" techniques. Team 8A under the direction of... Mr. Durgee... accepted a challenge to prove they had traveled to the year 2025.

Skaneateles Press-Observer, 1 Nov 1972: STUDENTS 'GLIMPSE' VARIOUS CAREERS Teams 8A (... Mr. James Durgee) have recently completed a "team" project concerning future careers for students.

Syracuse Herald Journal, 3 Aug 1980 (& subsequent dates): [Ad] FOR SAFETY'S SAKE have your chimney cleaned... "The Olde Chimney Sweeper" James Durgee, 673-2207

Skaneateles Press Observer, 21 July 1982 (& other dates): [classified ad] THE OLDE CHIMNEY SWEEPER / Member National Chimney Sweep Guild / James Durgee, Marcellus NY 673-1835 / All Types of Chimneys & Fireplaces Inspected & Cleaned

Skaneateles Press Observer, 6 Oct 1982: WOODSTOVE SAFETY ... A panel made up of... Jim Durgee, chimney sweep and science teacher in the Marcellus Central Schools... will deal with the proper use of wood as a fuel and woodburning stoves to insure home and family safety.

Syracuse Herald Journal, 19 Oct 1984: WINTERIZING CHECKLIST Inspect chimney each year... says James Durgee of "The Olde Chimney Sweeper" in Marcellus. Durgee, like most professional chimney sweeps, attended a school for chimney sweeps.

Syracuse Post-Standard, 21 July 1988: MAN SHUNS HONOR FOR HELPING NEEDY WHEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS recently renamed the Marcellus Ecumenical food pantry, they knew the move wouldn't have James E. Durgee's blessings. That's because they named it the James E. Durgee Ecumenical Food Pantry. And they were right, he didn't like it. ``How did you find out about that? a surprised Durgee asked when he was called about the honor. ``I really don't want a darn thing done on it." [article continues, found in Pink Footlocker files]

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[newspaper clipping] 17 Mar 1989: JAMES E. DURGEE DIES AT 49; TAUGHT 21 YEARS IN MARCELLUS Services for James E. Durgee, 49, of 20 South St., Marcellus, who died Thursday at his home after a long illness, will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the First Presbyterian Church of Marcellus. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Marcellus. Private family services and Masonic services will be conducted at the convenience of the family at Norris Funeral Home, Marcellus... Mr. Durgee was born and raised in Baldwinsville, where his father, Theodore Durgee, was assistant superintendent of the Baldwinsville school district. Theodore Durgee Jr. High School was named after his father. Mr. Durgee lived in Marcellus since 1967. A graduate of Syracuse University, he was a public school teacher for 25 years, 21 of which were served in the Marcellus Central School District. He was instrumental in establishing the Marcellus Ecumenical Food Pantry, which has since been renamed in his honor as the James E. Durgee Food Pantry. He was a charter member of the Jordan-Elbridge Jaycees and a member of the Marcellus Jaycees. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Marcellus and of Morning Star Lodge Number 524 F. & A.M. Surviving are his wife Suzanne; two sons, Stephen C. and Mark H. Durgee both of Marcellus; a daughter, Karen Durgee of Marcellus; two brothers, John of Hollis, N.H., and Theodore of Syracuse; a sister, Annette Duger of Baldwinsville and several nephews and nieces. Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the Marcellus Ecumenical Food Pantry, the Marcellus Fire Department Ambulance Fund or the Caring Coalition Hospice, 1800 E Genesee ST.

[partial clipping, Mar? 1989] JIM DURGEE NOURISHED ALL (continued from page 1) ...He took to the works of Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, a surgeon regarded by some in the medical community as a traitor to the trade. Siegel has achieved considerable fame... by arguing that a patient's attitude is as important to fighting disease as the skill of the physician. Jim went down to a Siegel seminar in Connecticut... and came home convinced that if positive thinking was not a cure-all it sure helped in the desperate hours. And more of the hours were becoming desperate. Jim appeared less frequently at Gerda Bothe's weekly support group meetings... Then word came that he was hospitalized... And then he went home for good. He had fought the good fight, but the relentless pressure of his affliction wore him down, and even the valiant must sleep. At the memorial service lines of his friends formed outside the church in the softly falling snow, patiently waiting to sign the guest register in the vestibule... Jim probably would have been embarrassed by all the fuss, but he would have liked the upbeat tone of the proceedings... (clipping in Pink Footlocker files)

1. ↑ Turner, Marion Durgee. The Durgee Family. (Name: 1971-1983;)
   31.
2. ↑ Old Fulton NY Postcards. (Name: Electronic;)
   Baldwinsville Gazette & Farmers' Journal, 15 Feb 1940:.

   BIRTHS: DURGEE-- To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Durgee... on February 9, 1940, a son, James Edmunds

3. ↑ Old Fulton NY Postcards. (Name: Electronic;)
   Baldwinsville Gazette & Farmers' Journal, 15 Feb 1940:.

   BIRTHS: DURGEE-- To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Durgee, 5 W Oneida ST this village, at the Lee Memorial annex, Fulton NY on Friday February 9, 1940, a son, James Edmunds

4. ↑ (Obituary)
   Syracuse Herald-Journal, 17 Mar 1989:.

   JAMES E. DURGEE James E. Durgee, 49, of 20 South St., Marcellus, died Thursday at his home after a long illness.

5. ↑ (Obituary)
   Syracuse Herald-Journal, 17 Mar 1989:.

   JAMES E. DURGEE James E. Durgee, 49, of 20 South St., Marcellus, died Thursday
   Services will be 7:30 p.m. Monday at the First Presbyterian Church of Marcellus,