James P. Duggan, age 71, of Glenwood
Way, Butler, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 10:30
p.m. in the Butler Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family.
Born January 29, 1938 in Brooklyn, New
York, he was the son of the late James T. Duggan and Marcella Fox
Duggan.
Mr. Duggan was a member of Saint
Andrews Roman Catholic Church in Butler. He was a graduate of
Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York and he attended
Fordham University. Mr. Duggan was a salesman, representing many
companies and traveling several states, retiring in 1980. Mr. Duggan
was a hospital volunteer through the American Red Cross where
received volunteer of the year two times. He belonged to his
neighborhood Hull Plan Poker Club. He loved playing poker and he
loved sailing.
Mr. Duggan is survived by his wife,
Jean Stephenson Duggan, whom he married on September 27, 1958; two
daughters, Nancy Ellerman and Debra Graf; one brother, Peter Duggan;
two sisters, Marcella DeBenedictis and Susan Purcell; seven nieces
and two nephews.
Friends will be received at the
Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler,
Pennsylvania on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m.
Services will be held at the St.
Andrew's Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at
10:00 a.m. with Father James Salberg of St. Andrew's Roman Catholic
Church officiating. Interment will follow in North Side Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests contributions be made to the Butler Chapter of the American
Red Cross, 312 Mercer Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001.