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NORTH TONAWANDA, Feb. 8 - Sergeant Richard Duerr, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Duerr, 28 Munroe street, has been missing over Germany since January 10, a
War department telegram informed his parents today. The parents believe he was on his 15th mission as a turret gunner aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress when the ship failed to retuen to its base. he wrote the family on January 9 from an Eighth Air Force base in England that he had just completed his 14th mission. A native of this city. Sergeant Duerr graduated from the local high school In June of 1943. He enlisted in the Air Forces in November of that year. He received his wings at Las Vegas, Nevada, in May 1944 and went overseas in September of the same year. He won the Air Medal on his sixth mission.
Richard D. Duerr, age 97, of North Tonawanda, December 8, 2022, in the VA Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Richard served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II. He was a ball turret gunner on a B-17 and was shot down during the Battle of the Bulge and taken prisoner. He served as Lt. Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol and was a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association. Richard loved to fly. He was the husband of the late Jean (nee Broecker) Duerr. Dear father of Michael (Beth) Duerr of Sanborn, Lynn Jelodardezfooli and Scott Duerr both of North Tonawanda and Brian Duerr of Pendleton; grandfather of five grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. He was the brother of the late Robert Duerr and the late Donald Duerr. Uncle of many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the FRETTHOLD FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1241 Oliver Street, at Ward Road, in North Tonawanda on Tuesday from 4 - 8 PM. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday at 10 AM from St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1135 Oliver St., North Tonawanda. Interment in St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church. Guest register available at frettholdfuneralhome.com

Richard married BROECKER, Jean Elizabeth on 6 Oct 1951 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Jean (daughter of BROECKER, Raymond August and MCGUIRE, Edna Mary) was born on 3 Nov 1931; died on 18 Jul 2019 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ROGERS, Beth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/21/1979

Miss Lynn Jean Duerr
and Shahram Jelodar-
Dezfooli exchanged
marriage vows Saturday,
July 28, 1979, in Will
Rogers Park, Oklahoma
City, Okla, with the Rev.
Fred Schumacher of
Messiah Lutheran
Church officiating.
The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Duerr of
Rumbold Avenue, North
T o n a w a n d a . The
bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Aziz
Jelodar-Dezfooli of
Abadam, Iran.
Attending the couple
were Maria Garcia and
Mansor Jabalamely.
The newlyweds will be
at home in Oklahoma
City.

Lynn married JELODAHR-DEZFOOLI, Shahram on 28 Jul 1979 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FITZGERALD, Kelly. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]