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Thank you everyone for your messages. Keep them coming, they are very healing to us
Love, Evie
Evelyn Grauten
April 05, 2015 | Lb


Long Beach, California
1930 - 2015
Edwin Ray "Duke" Ellington Born March 17, 1930 in Long Beach, CA, to Merwin and Kathleen (Christopher), Duke passed peacefully on March 11, 2015 after a bout with cancer. Duke grew up in Long Beach spending his free time bodysurfing (before the breakwater) and riding his horse, Gypsy....
Read MoreThank you everyone for your messages. Keep them coming, they are very healing to us
Love, Evie
Evelyn Grauten
April 05, 2015 | Lb
I'll always have fond memories of the times I spent with Duke, one of the most easygoing and interesting people I've ever known. I remember the old white '59 Chevy panel truck (a former Helm's Bakery truck, I think) he drove all through the 1970s, usually with his little dog, Lad, riding shotgun. One summer he took us all on a long camping trip in western Canadahis three daughters, Teresa, Cindy, and Evie, and their friend, Melissa; his youngest son, Jim; my teenage sister, Janet; and me, all...
Tim Gallagher
April 01, 2015 | Ithaca, NY
Rest in Peace, Duke. You will be missed.
Simone Luttrell
Whitefish, Montana
March 30, 2015
Thanks for good memories of a fine person. EW
March 29, 2015
Love you Grandpa Duke. Thank you for being so wonderful!
Brigitte Ellington Croul
March 25, 2015 | CA
Wishing Edwin peace. Our condolences to his wonderful family.
Pam and Eric Taylor-Lamont
March 25, 2015 | Bolton, MA