HARTLAND, VT
Glennis H. Durkin, 88, a resident of Redwood City CA, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 18 at her daughter and son in law's home in Hartland, VT.
She was born in 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the daughter of Harry and Agnes (Furdek) Collins. She received her schooling in Wisconsin graduating from Riverside High School. She attended and graduated from St. Mary's School of Nursing in Milwaukee in 1948. She married Dr. Robert Durkin in Milwaukee on January 29, 1949. They moved to California in 1955 to start his new dental practice.
Mrs. Durkin was an active member of St. Pius Catholic Church in Redwood City, where she was a Lector, Eucharistic Minister, President of the Women's Club and a second mother to many of the Clergy.
She was predeceased by her husband of fifty four years in 2003. She was also predeceased by her parents, and one sister, Charlotte Laurich and her husband, Edward.
Survivors include, four daughters, Susan Frantal and her husband, Dr. Terry Frantal of Kenosha, WI, Nancy Cone and her husband, Jonathan of Hartland, VT, Mary Beth Porfido and her husband, Michael of Walnut Creek, CA, and Dr. Patricia Stepp and her husband, Matthew Crawford of Fort Collins, CO, three sons, Dennis Durkin and his wife, Stephanie of Redwood City, CA, Dr. Timothy Durkin and his wife, Elizabeth of South Lake Tahoe, CA and Dr. Robert Durkin and his wife, Paraluman of Honolulu, HI, one brother, Marshall Puckett and his wife, Gail of Albuquerque, NM, eighteen grandchildren, Melissa (Colin) Morris, Dennis (Tiffany) Durkin, Lisa Durkin, Dr. Michael (Jessica) Frantal, Amy (Samuel) Martin, Daniel (Natalie) Durkin, Robert (Shannon) Durkin, Colleen (Larry) Shannon, Hildy (Josh) Rein, Jessica (Jake) Vollebregt, Margie (Adam) Saur, Juliana and Alessandra Porfido, Heather and Olivia Stepp, Kainalu, Aidan and Matais Durkin, eighteen great grandchildren, Telyn Morris, Alex and Kylie Durkin, Matthew and Madelyn Martin, Brooke, Gracie and Madison Durkin, Julia, Camille, Natalie and Melanie Shannon, Molly and Connor Rein, Marianne and Thomas Vollebregt, Addison and Jack Saur, and several nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, April 24 at 6:00 pm at St. Pius Catholic Church at 1100 Woodside Road in Redwood City, CA. A private committal service will be held in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Los Altos, CA.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bayada Hospice at PO Box 1590, Norwich, VT 05055.
"We have lost a tremendously giving, compassionate, loving, self-sacrificing, mother. She was beyond special and a great inspiration to all who had the gift of being loved by her. She thankfully went gently into the hands of the Lord who gave her such a special task as caring for each of us, family and friends galore."
The Knight Funeral Home in Windsor, VT assisted with the arrangements.