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DURALL -- RICHARD B. A Remembrance Age 74, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 in Albuquerque, NM. Richard was born on June 29, 1937 in Pomona, CA and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Luella Elaine; his daughter, Dawn DuRall-Patterson (Jeff); granddaughter, Cassie; his son, Robert DuRall (Lynn); grandson, Michael; granddaughter, Kayla Novak, and great-grandson Keagan. Richard graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1956 and went on to college at Los Angeles City College, California State University Northridge and received his BA in History in 1963. He received his teaching certificate at U.C. Berkeley in 1964 and began his high school teaching career in Anderson Union High School (Anderson, CA) and Santa Maria High School Dist. (CA). The family moved to Seattle, WA where he attended University of Washington for his MA in Asian History awarded in 1971. He then taught in several community colleges in the Puget Sound area in Washington State and began teaching at Highline High School where he taught history and was the soccer coach when they won their divisional and State championships in 1982. He was active in coaching his son's soccer team for several years in the 1970's. He taught history at Evergreen High School from 1984-2002 as well as computers. Because of his computer skills he joined the US Navy Reserves in 1983 as a Data Processing Tech and served his active duty training in Yokosuka, Japan; Rota, Spain; Stuttgart, Germany; CINCPAC in Hawaii and joint Navy-Coast Guard Harbor Defense Command in Seattle, WA. He retired as a chief Petty Officer in 1999. While serving in the reserves he joined the Employers Support for Guard and Reserves (ESGR) and served as the Puget Sound Ombudsman. After retiring from the Navy and teaching, he and his wife moved to Albuquerque in 2004 where he joined the Albuquerque ESGR becoming their Ombudsman, the Navy League, the Naval Reserves Chiefs Assoc. and was on the founding Governing Council of the Bataan Military Academy. He loved to travel and he and his wife have gone to the Yucatan, Peru, Mexico, Australia, the Cook Islands in the South Pacific, Japan and China. They belonged to the "Silver Sneakers" program at the Horn branch of the Northeast YMCA. His last wishes were to be buried at sea. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Bataan Military Academy, Chief Durall Scholarship Fund, 8001 Mountain Road Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110. FRENCH 1111 University Blvd. NE. (505) 843-6333
        Published on: Sun July 31, 2011