WILLIAM CHARLES DUFFY

William Charles Duffy passed away peacefully at his home in Cedarpines Park on November 6, 2024. Duffy was born to Gladys and Claude Duffy on December 11,1946. Duffy was preceded in death by his parents, an older sister named Claudia, his son William Russel and daughter Tina Cearlock.

Duffy is survived by his daughters, grandchildren, great grandchildren and nieces.

In 1974 Duffy bought a little cabin and moved to the mountains. Duffy met our mother Chris, fell in love and inherited all of us kids. Duffy always loved us as his own. He was never our stepdad but simply our dad.

Duffy had an adventurous spirit and was quite the daredevil. He has been known to compete in logging competitions. I remember him doing well except for the log rolling.

Duffy loved riding his Indian motorcycle. He enjoyed going out with others although he never did join a club. He even rode it to the logging competition.

Duffy was a member of the High Mountain Gunfighters, an old west reenactment group. The group traveled all over Ca. and nearby states. Mom and Duffy would bring us kids along and it was always a lot of fun, though sometimes scary. After seeing him be set on fire and jump from a moving wagon, I didn't think it was quite as much fun anymore.

Duffy was a jack of all trades; he worked as a Culligan man. He worked at all the bars in top town Crestline. He was even in the bar scene in the movie The Hand which was filmed at The Last Chance Saloon in Top Town.

He cut and sold firewood, making sure we worked alongside him, installing his work ethic into us kids. Eventually Duffy would work for Special District 18 here in Cedarpines Park for many years before his retirement.

This tiny town and all the people here meant so very much to our dad.

Please join his family in a celebration of Duffy's life at 12:00 pm on Dec. 7 at The Hayloft 21971 Crestforest Dr (Aka Doyle), Crestline, CA 92322