John Ronnie Duhaime

Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory of Enterprise

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Posted by: Sorrells Funeral Home
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334-347-9598
Date: Jan 29 2018 10:53 AM

John Ronnie Duhaime passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2018 in Pell City, Alabama.   He was 92.

 

Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 31, 2018 in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory in Enterprise with Dr. Michael Mynatt and Rev. Jim Duhaime officiating.  Burial with full military honors will follow in Meadowlawn Cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory directing.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday beginning at 1:00 and continuing until service time.

 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to VFW, PO Box 311752, Enterprise, AL 36331.

 

John was born April 16, 1925, in Duluth, Minnesota, to the late Raymond and Hattie Duhaime and was raised on a farm in Iowa. He joined the army at 17 during WWII and fought with the 101^st Airborne and 82^nd Airborne.  He retired as a First Sergeant in 1967, with 24 years of service, and immediately started teaching Junior ROTC at Enterprise High School.  He was the first JROTC instructor at Enterprise High School, and coached the Rifle Team for 18 years with multiple Alabama State Championships and 6 National Championships.  He retired from Enterprise High School in 1985 with 18 years as an instructor.  He and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, moved to the Bethany area where he enjoyed sharing the strawberries and other produce from his organic garden.  He had a great love for fishing, especially salt water fishing, and is legendary in his experience and knowledge of catching speckle trout and red fish.  His greatest joy, more than gardening and fishing, was his love for his wife and sons and spending time with his grandchildren.

 

In addition to his parents, his wife of 61 years, Mary Elizabeth Duhaime, and his brother, Dale Duhaime, preceded him in death.

 

Survivors include three sons: Ronnie Duhaime (Bennie) of Enterprise, Jimmy Duhaime (Linda) of Enterprise, and John Duhaime (Kay) of Pell City; six grandchildren: Eric Duhaime (Erica) of Newton, Amy Watson (Norris) of Montgomery, Brian Duhaime of Enterprise, Emily Hammock (Chris) of Nashville, TN, Brandi Waid (Kurt) of Enterprise, and Blake Duhaime of Birmingham; seven great-grandchildren.

 

Sorrells Funeral Home and Crematory of Enterprise, (334) 347-9598, is in charge of arrangements. To sign a guest register, please visit www.sorrellsfuneralhomes.com. 

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