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Carol Durbin Obituary

Carol Jean Durbin, 55, of Olathe, KS, passed away Friday, April 4, 2003, at Olathe Medical Center. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Gardner, KS. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens, Overland Park, KS. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday, April 7, at Bruce Funeral Home, Gardner, KS, with Rosary at 5:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Susan G. Komen Foundation "Race for Cure," in care of Bruce Funeral Home, PO Box 192, Gardner, KS 66030. Mrs. Durbin was born July 3, 1947 in Fort Scott, KS. She graduated from Fulton High School in 1964. On August 21, 1965 she married Robert "Bob" J. Durbin in Fulton, KS. After they married he was in the service, stationed in Grandview, MO. They then moved back to Fulton and then to the Kansas City area in 1968. She had lived in Olathe for 20 years. Mrs. Durbin had worked in the Accounts Receivable Dept. at Trans Am Trucking Co., Olathe, KS for 10 years. She was a member of the Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Olathe, KS. She was a loving wife and mother and was devoted to her grandchildren. Mrs. Durbin was preceded in death by parents, Thomas Oren and Nellie Frances McReynolds. She is survived by her husband, Robert J. Durbin of the home; daughters, Lisa Ann Burton and husband, Robin and Michelle Lynn Campbell and husband, Ken, all of Gardner, KS; five grandchildren; brothers, Kenneth Swickard, Stillwell, KS, Dean McReynolds, Garnett, KS, Calvin Swickard, Arcadia, KS and Terry McReynolds, Overland Park, KS; sisters, Mary Eastwood and Arlene Adams, both of Fulton, KS and Leona Walrod, Nevada, MO. (Arr: Bruce Funeral Home (913) 856-7111)

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Published by Kansas City Star on Apr. 6, 2003.

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Patti Marrs (Buchanan)

April 29, 2003

Bob my thoughts and prayers are with you. I enjoyed our talk today very much. again if you need anything please call me. and above all take care of yourself!! Love Patti

GALE BROWN

April 11, 2003

SORRY I WAS UNABLE TO BE WITH YOU AT THE TIME OF YOUR LOSS, BUT YOU WERE ALL IN MY THOUGHTS.

Tim & Vicki Brown

April 7, 2003

Our Thoughts And Prayers

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Mary Noe

April 6, 2003

Carol Jean Durbin's cousin, Ollie M. (Simons)McClelland, and family of Girard, KS, would like to send condolences to her family.

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