Juanita Purdy's Obituary
Juanita M. Purdy passed this life on July 31, 2016 in Dallas Texas. Juanita was born April 17, 1933 in Dallas and was a life long resident. Juanita was a member of the class of 1950 of North Dallas High School. Juanita is survived by her children Thomas Ducker of Kerrville, TX, Randy Ducker of Waxahachie, TX and Diana and Philip Tannery of Nacogdoches, TX. Step-children Jim & Laura Einspanier, Rod and Katy Einspanier, Mark Einspanier, David Einspanier, Scott and Sharon Kemp, Don and Joan Stout, Jim and Elizabeth Bergin, and Lawrence Purdy. Grandchildren Cori, Lara, and Nicholas Ducker, Colin and Kristina Tannery, Abby, Mary beth and Janey Kemp, Nicholas and Isabella Stout, Andrew and Sarah Einspanier, Erika and Jeff Peiser, and Bettie and Cecil Strickland. Juanita was married to Bill Ducker on January 1, 1958 and they soon bought a home in Merriman Park and started raising a family. Juanita was affectionately called the neighborhood mom, as she always seemed to have all the neighborhood children at her house. Juanita was office manager for William K Hall, and then Reed, Wells, Benson and Company for over 24 years. Bill preceded her in death in 1984. Juanita met and married Roy Einspanier in 1986. With the addition of a large Einspanier family, the house on Wakefield was soon the focal point of many marriages, births, graduations, and birthday parties. Essentially the family didn’t need much of a reason to start a party the problem was ending it. Roy preceded her in death in 2002. In 2002 Juanita met Jim Purdy through a mutual friend who thought they might like to have dinner together. That soon blossomed into love and they were married in 2004. Jim and Juanita loved to travel and they traveled a lot. They soon figured out that a home was too big and too much trouble and up keep so they were one of the first people to sign up and live in the traditions on Prestonwood. They loved the new friends they met at traditions and they had many. Jim preceded her in death in 2012. Juanita was a life long Christian. She loved life and was always the life of the party. Nothing in life was more important than family to Juanita and she displayed this time and time again. Visitation will be held Thursday, August 4 6PM to 8PM and Funeral on Friday, August 5, 11:00 AM at Restland Funeral Home 13005 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Restland Funeral Home and Memorial Park, 13005 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75243.
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