Duerksens mark 50th
Chad Frey
cfrey@thekansan.com

Duane and Agatha (Schmidt) Duerksen were married July 26, 1970, in the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church and are celebrating their 50th anniversary this month in COVID fashion.
A 36-hour family train trip to California with children Trissa and Matthew McCabe and boys, Buhler; Chelan and Megan Duerksen and family, rural Hillsboro; and Treg and Candace Duerksen and boys, Friant, California, has been postponed until a later date. Grandchildren — Cale and Mace McCabe; Caiden, Cambry and Delaney Duerksen; and Chayce, Finn and Boden Duerksen.