death of DL Capt. Stuart “Stu” Duerson, age 74
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~ IN MEMORY ~
USAF veteran, DL Capt. Stuart “Stu” Duerson
April 5, 1951 ~ March *5 , 2026
Stuart Truax Duerson joined Delta Air Lines 09-21-1979 and was based SLC. He is survived by a son, daughter, grandchild, and three brothers.
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Stuart Truax Duerson
Oconomowoc Enterprise (WI) - Thursday, March 5, 2026
Stuart Truax Duerson, Oconomowoc Senior High School Class of 1969, passed
away in Greenville, South Carolina, in *early March 2026 at the age of 74. He
is survived by a son, daughter, grandchild, and three brothers.
He earned a chemistry degree from the United States Air Force Academy and
served as a USAF pilot flying the C-9 Nightingale Ambulance airplane in the
United States and Europe. He continued an aviation career with Delta Airlines,
retiring as a 767 Captain.
He is known for his numerous interests, mischievous smile, jokes, pranks and
puns. Unhappy with his father's smoking habit, he placed a prank
"load" in one of his father's cigarettes. While at a meeting with
other councilors that included some from Stu's High School, the pack of
cigarettes was shared. Suddenly there was a "pop." The unfortunate
smoker held a partial cigarette in his mouth with the tip blown up. There was a
moment of silence, then another voice simply said, "Your Son?" Yep.
That is Stu.
He was an avid movie watcher and collector with thousands of movies in his
collection. He was quick with a quote from a movie to make a point or bring
smile.
Celebration of Life and burial will be on the Pacific Coast later this year.
His request to his children was, "Don't do it like the Big Lebowski."
Oconomowoc Enterprise (WI) - Thursday, March 5, 2026