Services will be at Trinity Lutheran Church at 10 a.m. Saturday with Pastor David Schatte officiating. Interment will be in Llano Cemetery by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St.
Duane was born in Lexington, Okla., April 15, 1925, to Theodore Harris Burrows and Ella Mae Malone. Duane moved to Floydada while an infant and came to Amarillo in 1942.
He joined the Army Corps of Engineers and was in Luzon as well as the New Guinea and Southern Philippines campaigns. He was involved in amphibious landings at Sansapor, the Lingayen Gulf and Zamboanga. He was a rifle marksman, received an Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, 5 Bronze stars, 1 Bronze Arrowhead, a Philippine Liberation Ribbon, Victory Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal and 4 overseas service bars. Upon returning to civilian life he attended West Texas State University and received a BBA.
After graduation, he took art training at WT and the Denver Art Institute. Duane was married to Joan Elizabeth Travis on March 13, 1960.
He was a display designer and silk screen artist before going to work for the American Quarter Horse Journal as Assistant Production Manager and artist. He worked for the Journal 25 years. Duane had the honor of serving as Chaplain for VFW Post 1475 Golding Meddows and was awarded a lifetime membership.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Delia McNutt and Lucille Harris; three brothers, Purvey, Olan and Bruce Burrows; and a grandson Michael Jay Burrows.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Joan; his daughter, Ellen Rutter and husband Marion Ty of Clovis, N.M.; two sons, Daniel Burrows of Panama and Michael Burrows of Amarillo; a granddaughter, Angela Dooley and husband Brent of Benton, La,; and a great-granddaughter, Amelia Dooley of Benton.
He was a Christian man who was a very loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He will be greatly missed by family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, family requests memorials to Trinity Lutheran Church, Amarillo, Texas, Building Fund or Ussery-Roan Texas State Veterans Home, Amarillo, Texas.
Leave online condolences at www.griggsschoolergordon.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 18, 2011
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