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Duaine L. Bollwitt, 78, of Monticello, died Dec. 19, at Monticello Nursing and Rehab after a lengthy struggle from the results of a stroke.

Public graveside services will be Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 4 p.m., in Monticello Sacred Heart Cemetery. Masks are mandatory for attendance and social distancing.

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Duaine was born June 19, 1942, in Ewing, the son of Victor and Mabel (Urban) Bollwitt.

He attended Wheeler County Schools and enrolled in a two-year tech school in Kansas City, where he met the love of his life, Josephine Valadez. Their faith was strong from the very beginning when a farm boy...