Marion F. Durn

Marion Frances Durn, age 89, died Monday, November 25, 2019. She was born on April 2, 1930, in New Orleans, to Marion and Frank Durn. 

Marion was the oldest of three children, and was raised in Amite, Louisiana. After graduating from Amite High School, Marion and her family moved to Beaumont, Texas where she enrolled in and graduated from Lamar Tech, with a four-year degree in Medical Technology. Marion went on to enlist in the United States Navy and served ten years in the WAVES. She later went to work as a Laboratory Technician at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, where she was employed for over thirty years. 

Survivors include her nephews, Bernard Perricone and his wife, Pam, of Mauriceville and Stephen Perricone and his wife, Tana, of Beaumont; nieces, Susan Holt and her husband, Sal, of Comfort and Julie King of Baton Rouge; great-nieces, Kristen Perricone, Elizabeth King, and Catherine King; and great-nephews, Stephen Perricone, Jr., Cole Perricone, Joshua Broussard, Jacob Broussard, and Gerrit King.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Marion and Frank Durn; sister, Evelynn Perricone; and brother, Frank Raymond Durn. 

She will be remembered for her long membership at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Beaumont and her involvement in the church’s choir, Daughters of the King, altar guild, and various other groups and organizations associated with St. Mark’s. She also enjoyed being a member of the Interfaith Choral Society and the Beaumont Civic Opera. 

The family would like to extend their gratitude to the staff of Oakridge Assisted Living for their attentiveness and loving care provided to Marion while she was a resident there. 

Memorial Contributions for Ms. Durn may be made to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 680 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, Texas 77701.

A gathering of Ms. Durn’s family and friends will be from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Sunday, December 1, 2019, at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont. The family will greet friends and acquaintances at a short reception at 10:00 a.m., Monday, December 2, 2019 in the Cloister Room at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, with her funeral service to follow in the chapel at 11:00 a.m., with her interment to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont.