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Daniel Duran Obituary

DANIEL DURAN

Jan. 5, 1977- Nov. 4, 2006

Daniel Duran, 29, of Calexico, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2006 as a result of a car crash in Julian, CA.
Daniel was born January 5, 1977 in El Centro. He graduated from Calexico High School in 1995 and attended the Art Institute of Colorado in Denver, CO in 1996. He worked as a reserve firefighter at the California Conservation Corp. Daniel then worked as a dispatcher at Gold Cross Ambulance and received his Emergency Medical Technician certification from Imperial Valley College. While working for Gold Cross, Daniel attended the Imperial County Reserve Academy graduating in 2000.
Daniel went on to work for the Imperial Fire Department, Seeley Fire Department, San Diego Forestry, Descanso Station, Palomar Ranger Station and currently worked at the Pine Hills Station in the Cleveland National Forest where he was recently promoted to lead firefighter. He was passionate about being a firefighter and had a great love for his family especially his daughter.
Visitation will be Sunday, November 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Hems Brothers Mortuary in Calexico.
Mass will be officiated by Father Ruben Valenzuela Monday, November 13, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Calexico, commencing at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery in Calexico.
Daniel is survived by his parents, David Duran and Epimenia Robles; daughter, Daniella Duran; sisters, Anna and Jessica Duran; grandmother, Luisa Huerta; nieces, Camilla, Leila and Xiola and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Danny we love you and miss you very much. I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart).

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Published by Imperial Valley Press Online on Nov. 10, 2006.

Memories and Condolences
for Daniel Duran

29 Entries

susan martinez

October 25, 2007

Hey Danny, well its almost been a year since you passed away, and the pain is still there. I don't think it'll ever go away! I love you cuz, and miss you as well, so do the boys. You will always be my light that never goes out! You keep rocken crazy frog

Rosemary Martinez

October 14, 2007

Danny It's been a year since I saw your smiling face and sometimes I still can't believe it's true. I think of you all the time. At least i have that last great memory of you at Anna's wedding. You where so funny. I can still see you with your arms up in the air saying bye with that little boy smile of yours. I love and miss you cousin.

ARMANDO MENDOZA

July 25, 2007

HEY PRIMO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I WROTE. AS YOU KNOW ALOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST TIME I WROTE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR WATCHING OVER ME THE NIGHT I GOT STABBED. I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT IT WAS YOU AND MY PADRINO THAT KEPT ME SAFE THAT NIGHT AND THE REASON WHY I WASN'T TAKEN THAT NIGHT! GRACIAS PRIMO. I WILL NOT WASTE THIS CHANCE YOU GAVE ME. PLEASE WATCH OVER ALL YOUR FAMILY HOPEFULLY YOU CAN BRING COMFORT TO YOUR SISTERS, MOM AND DAD SOMEDAY. YOU ARE DEARLY MISSED AND LOVED BY ME AND ALL YOUR FAMILIY. I LOVE YOU PRIMO. DESCANSA EN PAS!

ARMANDO MENDOZA

May 24, 2007

I'M JUST SITTING HERE TONIGHT, WONDERING WHY YOU LEFT, BUT I KNOW SOME ONE CALLED YOU TO DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS UP THERE MY BROTHER, BUT IT STILL HURTS PRIMO. I KNOW I WILL SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN AND WE CAN SHARE STORIES OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH BUT UNTIL THAT DAY I WILL MISS YOU PRIMO. PLEASE LOOK OVER ALL OF US LIKE YOU ALWAYS DID. I LOVE YOU PRIMO GUIDE ME IN THE RIGHT WAY

Anna

February 5, 2007

Today is my birthday, my first one without you and you won’t be here to tease me about getting old. I pray we can see each other again someday, I also pray that I can see you in my dreams so that I can talk to you and you can talk back to me. I feel lost without my baby brother, why did God have to take you from us? You with your beautiful heart. Sometimes I feel like there is no color in my life, like there is no laughter in my heart without you!! I’ll never stop loving and missing you. I hope you have found the peace you deserve.

Anna Duran

January 27, 2007

Danny, will I ever be the same again? I miss you more each day.

Raymee Castillo

January 25, 2007

Dan the Man, Hey brother, I miss you. Winter work is not the same without you. This year you turned thirty.
Now I understand why you were such a quiet guy--you did not have to talk to express kindness, knowledge, and respect because they were all in your actions.
I will always remember you as 'Dan the Man', 'BandAid', 'Section 8', and most importantly--my friend...Gracias por todos los consejos...

Rick Marinelli

January 17, 2007

To friends and family of Dan Duran.
I met Dan when he first joined the Forest Service. Dan did a good job and excelled and promoted to AFEO. I was proud and happy to offer him the promotion. I did not know Dan on a personal level but I did get to know him pretty good at work. He was a good employee, worked well with others, got the job done, did not complain and worked hard. I think about Dan and Frank and how things lead to that terrible night and I keep faith in God and know Dan is in a better place and working for God now. We can be thankful for the time we knew him. The Forest Service lost a good employee and the Cleveland Forest lost a friend. I pray for Dan's family. God bless them and give them strenght to get trhough this.

Dania Canizales

January 16, 2007

Danny,
Although it had been a very long time since I last saw you, I will always remember you, & cherish the memories we shared like when we partied together, with My cousin Angie & Ivan. I also remember you staying the night at my house in S.D to take a border patrol test I believe..... A LONG TIME AGO..... and can't forget the silly emails you wrote me every morning that had me laughing out loud in the quite library @ school, Well all I know is that they definately made my day.... Mr OrdinaryD....
MAY YOU REST IN PARADISE DANNY, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, MEMORIES OF YOU, THAT NOT EVEN TIME COULD ERASE WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER.......
Love Always,
Dania Canizales

After a long hard day of work, he got us all home safely.

Carrie Bowers

January 14, 2007

I was driving through the Cleveland today and couldn't believe I'd never see you again. It doesn't seem fair that such a great person should have to go. You were loved by so many people that I can't help but feel you should've been exempt. As invincible as I know you sometimes felt. I think about you everyday and miss you a ton. It's so sad to think that we'll never make any new memories and never have any new conversations. I love and miss you very much.

Armando Mendoza

January 5, 2007

Hey cousin it me again dropping by to wish you a happy birthday and to tell you that i love you and miss you primo. I know that you just left us but I still can't get over that fact that you are gone and never will, but i will always remember you for that beautiful person that you were and I know that you and my padrino are watching over us everyday. Please give us the strength to go on primo. Happy Birthday Danny Boon!

Our last dance. I close my eyes and I'm with you.

Anna Duran

January 5, 2007

Today is your birthday little brother. It’s been 2 months since you went away and everyone is trying to make some kind of normal out of these past couple of months. I had you in my life for almost 30 years, which may seem like a long time but it really isn’t when we could have had so much more time together. You had so much to live for. I can still hear your voice inside my head and see you acting silly in my mind. I remember our last dance when you told me you loved me, thank you for that. I wish I could say I’m doing okay but that wouldn’t be true. My most troubling part of your death is reliving that fateful night and imagining what you must have gone through. If you can, be sure to send some strength my way. Please walk with me through the rest of this journey as I thought you always would. You were my brother, my strength, and my pride. I’m trying to go on but it’s so hard, almost impossible, life just isn’t right without you! It broke our hearts to lose you, but you did not go alone, a part of each of us went with you. Someday I just hope that you are there waiting for me to see you again. It saddens me to know that Leila will not remember you when she’s older, but I will make sure she knows her Uncle Danny. I worry about Daniella, she lost her rock, her guide, her role model. Her mother is none of those things. Why did she have to lose her Daddy that loved her so very much??? If I ever see her again, I will remind her how much you loved her. I love you little brother more than you will ever know and miss you with what heart I have left. I hope that one day we can see through the darkness of this moment to the remaining light of tomorrow. Happy Birthday my sweet Danny Boy, goodbye for now.

Chavela Adams

January 5, 2007

Danny today would have been your birthday i wish i could give you a big hug & kiss. I am having a really hard time with you not being here with us anymore. I know we didn't see each other very much but when we did it was fun. I miss your smile my little cousin. I know you are in a better place but I wish you were still here with us. Danny boy you are a true hero to this family, you showed us what being a hero really means. I am very proud to say that I am your cousin. One more thing please tell Memin that I miss and think about him all the time. I know you two are having a great time in heaven. I know we will see each other soon. love your cousin chavela

MONALISA CHAVEZ

January 1, 2007

HEY DANNY I KNOW WE DONT KNOW EACH OTHER THAT MUCH BUT I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU. YOUR MOM MUST BE PROUD.YOUR A GREAT ROLL MODEL TO ALL OF US.I LOVE AND MISS YOU.LOVE MONA

javier cano

January 1, 2007

Danny ,I will never forget the good times we had , ill always remember growing up as lil kids . I remember one christmas you got the nintendo with super mario brothers you were so excited ,we played all that night and into the morning. I remember we would always draw and play with the star wars action figure,you were always nice to me and treated me real nice ,we never once fought and you know it, except the bb gun incident where i was cleaning your bb gun rifle and you had you finger on the tip and i accidently shot it ,your mom rushed you to the emergency and i was scared even though it was an accident. I remember when you stayed with us in el centro and you were in jr high and i was in high school ,you had all the girls after you , i will always remember ....primo and you know i love you......and as long as we have all these memories in our heart and in our mind your legacy will never die....no one can take that from us......i know your in a better place resting....and waiting ....for the day .....when you will see us again........love you my brother.......

GRACIELA CANO

January 1, 2007

DANNY WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU I STILL CANT BELIVE THIS IS REAL. I KNOW YOUR IN A BETTER PLACE.PUT WISH YOU WERE HERE . LOVE ALWAYS YOUR COUSIN CHELA ...R.I.P. LITTLE COUSIN.. I LOVE YOU !!

susy martinez

December 18, 2006

I miss you Danny. Its still so hard for me to except. I know ur happy, & safe, no one or nothing will ever hurt or harm you again! I thank GOD I was able to see you one last time, Oct.14,2006 ur sisters wedding day. We talked,we laughed,we drank & danced, like the good old days. We shared one last cousin SHOT. I got to say BYE to you Danny. I'll never forget you you have always meant so much to me, Thank you for always being there, for understanding me instead of judgeing me.I talk about you, so those who didn't know you, know you excisted. You deserve that & more. REST IN PEACE DANNY,(keep rocken,*CRAZY FROG*)I hope & pray that one day we'll be reunited once again, till then, to me your JUST LIKE HEAVEN.
Hey keep an eye out on me, & my BOYS. By the way, the boys miss you,& love you too.

Gisselle Castillo

December 15, 2006

Danny,
I just want you to know that I love you and I will miss you with all my heart.It hurts me that I didnt have time to spend with you because I live sooo far away but you were always in my heart,thoughts,and prayers.Im really proud to say that you are my primo.God has a very nice and caring person and you will be our guardian angel!!!LOVE YOU DANNY TU LIL PRIMA GISSELLE!!!

Armado Mendoza

December 1, 2006

HEY PRIMO, I NEVER GOT TO SEE YOU AGAIN BUT YOU KNOW I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS PRIMO. YOU ARE OUR TRUE HERO. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID AS THE GREATEST FIREFIGHTER. I'LL SEE YOU IN HEAVEN WHEN I GET THERE. YOUR PRIMO. MANDO.

Nadia/Prawit Hess

November 18, 2006

Dan we want to tell we love you and we will miss you a lot. You will always be in our hearts forever. Hess Family.

Carrie Bowers

November 16, 2006

To the Duran Family,
My deepest condolences go out to you. Dan was a truly special person and touched all of our lives with his smile, his laugh, and his caring attitude. He could honestly brighten anyone's day. He was an excellent firefighter and one I always looked up to, and he was a very good friend. He will be missed greatly and I can only hope that all of our fond memories of him will somehow ease the pain of losing him. My heart goes out to you all.

Tim Gray

November 15, 2006

Dan, We worked together just this one season and you always added to and never took away from the workplace. I wish I had more firefighters like you. God now has a very strong, compassionate angel to help him. I will never forget you or how you lighted up when you spoke of your daughters. God did not make enough like you. God Bless you and your family. Your friend Tim Gray

Danny riding my scooter in Villafontana,Mexicali B.C.

HECTOR BUENROSTRO

November 12, 2006

No bond is as great as that between a parent and child. My deepest condolences are with the Duran family as you grieve. I have such great memories of us hanging out and having fun.We had some pretty exciting adventures growing up! You are DEEPLY MISSED Danny. I am glad to have met you in the 8th grade. My only regret is losing touch w/my best friend. Love you man!

Claudia Duran Gilbert

November 12, 2006

Danny was a very sweet boy full of mischevious smiles and witty surprises. I imagine that is how he continued to carry on throughout his life. I will never forget the boy that sat next to me on and off since the fourth grade. Many fond memories. My condolences to his family.
Sincerest Wishes, Claudia Duran Gilbert

Zabrina Fernandez

November 12, 2006

My thoughts and prayers go out to the Duran Family. Anna I hurt for you big sis. All your friends are here for you. I pray that you would find comfort in the Lord during this difficult time. God bless you and your family. Love, Zabrina Fernandez

rosemary martinez

November 10, 2006

its so hard to say good-by to you. I still can't believe it's true. You were such a beautiful person. Our family will never be the same, it's lost one of it's brightest stars. rest in peace danny boy

Anna Duran

November 10, 2006

I can't believe this is really happening all your beauty and glory gone. You're no longer with me, happy and alive. This is the hardest thing, I can't stop the pain. I'll never forget you and I'll always miss you but we will meet again (this just has to be true). Heaven knows I'm miserable now... My beloved little brother, rest in peace.

Yolanda Martinez-Stuart

November 10, 2006

Danny you were and always will be an inspiration to me. I will miss your smile my beautiful little cousin.

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