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Alvin Dugar Obituary
Alvin B. "Al" Dugar, 91, of Rockford passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Born June 4, 1925, in Chisholm, MN, son of Alvin B. and Estelle (Anderson) Dugar, Al moved to Rockford in 1941, graduated from East High School, and served in the Army from 1943 to 1946. As a rifleman in the 95th Infantry Division, he served in England, France and Germany, receiving the Purple Heart (November 16, 1944). Graduating from Northwestern University in 1950, he worked for 28 years at Woodward as a product engineer. On October 19, 1957, Al married his beloved Frances M. Lange. He was a member of Court Street Methodist Church and Tebala Shrine. Al is survived by his wife of 59 years, Fran; Fran's sister, Honey (Jim) Tooley; niece, Darlene (George) Brushaber; nephew, Dale Johnson; nephews, Gary Schlehuber, Jim (Teresa) Schlehuber, Michael (Chudar) Schlehuber and David (Kathy) Tooley; nieces, Nancie (Larry) Brown and Karen Schlehuber. Al was preceded in death by his parents; nephew, Larry Schlehuber; one brother; and three sisters.
Memorial service to celebrate Al's life will be 2 p.m. Thursday, December 15, 2016, at Sunset Funeral Home, 8800 N. Alpine Road in Machesney Park. Internment with Military Honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Shriner Children's Hospital, 2900 Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607. Condolences may be sent to www.sunsetfhmemgardens.com
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Kent Mallquist
December 15, 2016
My wife Marti and I looked forward to seeing Al play with the reunion band at Northwestern University football games. Never could figure out how he could lug that Sousaphone on the field. As a fellow graduate of Northwestern he and I would talk about the University at our Jester meetings. We had a lot of fun together
Ron and Linda Kling
December 12, 2016
So sorry Fran and family. Al and I played in the Drum and Bugle Corp for many years and became good friends. We will all miss him.
Tom Runge
December 10, 2016
Al was a good man and was a fellow Shriner. He will be missed. I am sorry for your loss.
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