Cyril Durfee Obituary (1917

Cyril Moroni "Cy" Durfee, 97, died September 11, 2014 at his daughter's home in Cedar City, Utah. The funeral will be held Saturday, September 20 at 12:00 in the Grantsville 7th Ward building on West Street. Viewing will be one hour prior to the service at 11:00. Cy was born September 3, 1917 in Grantsville, Utah, the fifth son of seven children born to Franklin Ether and Vendla Amelia Anderson Durfee. Cy graduated high school in Idaho where his basketball team won the Idaho state championship both years he played. Cy worked in the mines and the railroad in Nevada with his older brother, Marc. While in Nevada he was drafted into the Army in June 1941. During World War II he served in Alaska and Washington as a mechanic. He also guarded German prisoners. After the war he met Enid Lue Eyre in Salt lake City. They were married in Nevada on May 5, 1947. In 1970 they were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They made their home on Durfee Street in Grantsville, Utah. He was hired at Tooele Army Depot in 1950. He became a supervisor of quality control and retired in 1982. Cy made many TDY trips all over the U.S. and overseas to Thailand and Taiwan. Cy enjoyed the outdoors and hunting and fishing. Cy's greatest love was his family. He enjoyed supporting his children and grandchildren in all their activities. He spent many hours watching baseball and football games, going to horse shows, and plays. He was proud of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The walls of his room were covered with pictures of his family. Cy led a life of service. One of the scriptures he lived by was Matthew 6:3, "But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth." He formed many life-long associations with parents and young men when he coached boys baseball teams in Grantsville in the late 1950's and 60's with his brother Lowell. The boys not only learned fundamentals and the philosophy of the game, but learned how to become young men. He served several years as a Scoutmaster for his local LDS ward. During his wife's last years, he took tender care of her, he truly showed his love and devotion for his sweet companion. He moved to Cedar City in 2007 to live with his daughter, Sherry and her husband Sheldon. His sons and daughters are grateful for their care for him in the final years of his life. Cy and his family also wish to express a special thanks to Becky, his CNA for the past seven years. Survivors include his children: Milo (Renee) Durfee, Marge Durfee, Sherry (Sheldon) Stephens, Terry Durfee, Esther (Hector) Zamora, and Tamera (John) Andersen, seventeen grandchildren and thirty-three great-grandchildren, and many nephews and nieces who truly love and respect him. Cy was preceded in death by his wife, Enid, all of his brothers and their wives, Marc (Audrey), Ken (Ida), Marion (Mary), Jay (Bannie), and Lowell (Ida), his sister and her husband Chleo (Wally) Boyer and one great-great grandson Liam Stephens. Interment will be in the Grantsville City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary.