William Alonzo Duzan

William Alonzo Duzan, passed away Tuesday February 7^that the age of 83. Bill was born in Indianapolis on August 17 1932, he was theson of Floyd and Daisey Duzan and had three brothers; Jack, Hobart & Jim whoproceed him in death. They also had one surviving baby sister, Wanda.

The Duzan family lived on the near Northside of Indianapolisand Bill attended Arsenal TECHnical High School. Afterwards he served with theUnited States Army during the Korean conflict as a Military Police Officer.

Although married for a short time Bill had one daughter JillDuzan Willey whom he was a devoted and loving father for the remainder of hislife. He had two grand children, Amanda Brie Willey 32 and Noah Thomas 28 whomhe adored. Bill enjoyed many years ofcompanionship with his close friend Vicki Cox, living on the south side ofIndianapolis. Bill and Vicki enjoyed traveling to many states and differentcountries as well as working together on the remodeling of the lake house onWhite Lake in southern Indiana. Theyalso enjoyed the annual White Lake Pig Roast and Horseshoe competitions withtheir family and friends.

Vicki, Bill and Jill shared countless enjoyable vacationstraveling the United States by car in an effort to “See it all”; evident by thelarge number of Tea cups and saucer sets, souvenirs of Old Faithful, The SaintLouis Arch, Mt. Rushmore, The Badlands, Carlsbad Caverns, The Salt Flats and arodeo in Cheyenne to name a few. TheseSouvenirs can be found in Vicki’s family room cabinet quietly protected by agang of small Raisin Men. In Bill’s desire to keep his girls comfortable on oneof their long car trips during the 60s, he purchased a Allstate (Swamp) autowindow air conditioner to keep them cool, at least for the most part.

Bill worked at Western Electric for a few years beforemoving on to the Indianapolis Ironworkers Local joining his brother Jimmy inthe construction of our highest downtown buildings. Although Bill spent hisentire life living in Indianapolis he deplored the winter cold and took most ofthe winter off hibernating in his home and workshop. He only ventured out onSundays to spend that time with his little girl.

Bill was a kind, gentle and patient man who lived a simplelife working hard, always willing to lend a hand to anyone that needed it.