Gael Maxine Duran Obituary

We are sad to announce that on February 1, 2022, at the age of 72, Gael Maxine Duran of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, born in Lead, South Dakota passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, Gordon Carl Mathisrud and Maxine Gael Mathisrud (Nelson); her brother Daniel Thornton Mathisrud; her friends, Dodie Cassell, Beverly Gierke, Paula Jungerberg, Pam Carlisle, Robert, Lavonne Bigelow of Stansbury, UT., Garrett, Judy Schwartz of Renton, WA and Kathy Scrivner of Seattle, WA; her son Michael Gordon Duran, MD; her granddaughters, Natasha Duran of Collegeville, PA, Emilie Duran of New Castle, WA and Genevieve Duran; her daughter-in-law Alina K. Szypula, MD (Stephen Matichak) of Collegeville, PA; her stepgrandson Franklin S. Matichak of Collegeville, PA; her sisters-in-law, Nancy Feikins Mathisrud of Franklin, TN and Diana Mathisrud of Lead, SD; her niece Carmen Baba (Justin) of Franklin, TN; and her cousins, Jon, Jerilyn Mathisrud of Mendota Heights, MN, Sharron Nelson of Silvana, WA, Ed Webb of Stanwood, WA, Terri Hawkins of Lansdale, PA, Paula Jungerberg of Eau Claire, WI, Dodie Cassell of Augusta, WI, Nancy and Brian Leonard of Issaquah, WA..

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Kitty Cottage Adoption Center, 317 W Johnson Hwy, Norristown, PA 19401 https://www.kittycottage.org.