Re: [Chrysler300] Duane DeButts

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All:
Thanks, Elizabeth, for posting the sad news about Duane---better known as  
D.  He and I go back a long way ----fall of 1959, to be exact.  We  were 
seated alphabetically in a College Algebra class at Michigan State.   It is 
ironic that our meeting involved the alphabet, as it was he who  introduced me 
to the "alphabet series" Chrysler 300s.  He was also a  part of that 1968 
trip when four of us Michigan boys ended  up in Louisville, KY at the Dupins 
where we discovered there existed other  300 "Nuts" besides us!  (They had 
three 300s!)  The 300 Club of today  grew directly out of that first 
encounter.  Elizabeth (Dupin) Wieland was  present then as well.  D was with me the 
first time I ever drove a  300---the "C" that I purchased in 1963.  D was my 
best man  when Carol and I married as I had been for him when he and Donna 
tied  the knot.  So, a lot of years and a lot of Chrysler 300, family and  
friend experiences between us.  D, as Elizabeth mentioned, has been  ill, and 
not involved in Club activities for some time, so it is  likely many of you 
are not aware of his contributions.
He was a good and loyal friend, and he will certainly be missed by all  
those who knew him and received help and advice on their car problems.
Yes, I also hope he is playing some great jazz on his beloved baritone sax  
somewhere up there.
300ly, Gil Cunningham
 
 
In a message dated 8/12/2013 2:52:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I'm very  sorry to hear of Duane's passing, Elizabeth.  Thank you for
letting us  in the Chrysler 300 Club know.  Twenty years ago my son was in
Ann  Arbor working on his doctorate and asked me how he could find a good
and  honest person to work on his car. I looked in the 300 Club roster and
found  Duane, and just like that we had a great guy to work with!

My  sympathies to you and to his family ------

Keith  Boonstra

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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Elizabeth  Wieland 
<jedsbostons@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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>
>
> It is my sad duty to report the passing of our  friend, auto encyclopedia
> and fellow 300 Nut Extraordinaire Duane  DeButts.  Duane has been ill for
> some time.  He passed away  this morning at 71 years of age.  I think it's
> fair to say he is  probably up there with his sax and in some garage 
working
> on his  beloved old cars.
>
> Services will be held for Duane on September  15, 2013. Time to be
> determined , at JANOWIAK FUNERAL HOME, Ypsilanti,  Michigan.
>
> Elizabeth Wieland
>
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