Duane Arthur De Young, 56, died Feb. 28 in Dallas and was buried March 8 in Castlewood, S.D.
He was born in Watertown, S.D., and grew up in Hamlin County where he graduated from Hamlin High School in 1975. He attended Dakota State University in Madison and transferred to Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, where he graduated with a major in music.
Duane married Debra Huisman and has a son, Devin. He taught for two years and then opened L&K Clothing in Orange City, Iowa. He later lived in Minneapolis, Chicago, Toledo and then Dallas, where he worked at Tiffany & Co.
He is survived by his partner Jose Soto, son Devin and wife Megan, grandson Carson De Young, parents Arthur and Barbara De Young, siblings Gary, Gina Adamson, and Jodi De Young and a host of relatives and friends.
A memorial service will be held at Cathedral of Hope on March 22 at 11 a.m. Donations may be made to Resource Center where he volunteered.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition March 21, 2014.