CHATFIELD, Minn. – Duane C. Strain, age 88, of Chatfield, a drywall finisher known for his ambidextrous taping, died at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. He belonged to IUPAT unon. Hid work took him many places. He was instrumental in Mayo expansion and worked on several military bases in the Midwest and West Coast. in 1945 he contracted polio and spent time in an iron lung. He was the last survivor of his ward. He had a love for the outdoors. Because of his father, who was a bootlegger, he knew all the back roads in Winona County and thereabouts and always knew “a better way” to get wherever you were goingHe was an avid bowler, baseball player and stock car driver. He was named the King of Hobby Stock Cars in Fountain City one year.
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