Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 22, 2024, at Abounding Joy Lutheran Church in St. Cloud, Minnesota, for Kirk T. Duea, age 53, who passed away Sunday, March 17, 2024, at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. The Rev. Brandon Foster will officiate and burial will be at Christ Church Cemetery in Minden Township. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, and one hour prior to the services Friday at the church.
Kirk was born Dec. 21, 1970, in Lakewood, Ohio, to Terrance and Jo Ann (Bonovsky) Duea. He grew up in Frederic, Wisconsin, and moved to Sartell, Minnesota, in 2002. Kirk proudly served our country in the U.S. Army. He married Danita Primus on Feb 17, 2024, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in St. Cloud. Kirk worked in security for the Monticello Nuclear Plant for over 24 years. He enjoyed music, especially Elvis Presley, Elton John, Billy Joel and the Beatles. Kirk also enjoyed WW II re-enactments, traveling, golfing, brewery tours, biking, kayaking and time at the cabin up north. He visited most of the major league baseball stadiums, he only had five left.
Survivors include his wife, Danita of Sartell; parents, Terrance and Jo Ann of St. Joseph, Minnesota; brother, Benjamin (Aimee) of Sartell; grandma, Louise Baribeau; nieces and nephews, Tatum, Kilee, Kendra and Carly; mother-in-law, Nancy Primus of Little Falls, Minnesota; in-laws, Lori (Mike) Grover of Warroad, Minnesota, Carrie (Michael) Zupko of Flensburg, Minnesota, and Jason (Marie) Primus of Sartell; and nieces and nephews, Thomas, Kaylee, Claire, Evan, Liam, Sienna and Landry.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents and an aunt.
Obituary, guest book and video tribute available online at williamsdingmann.com.
