OBITUARY: Robert Charles Durfee, 1941-2021
Robert Charles Durfee, 79, of Fairhaven, passed away on January 16,
2021, surrounded by his family, after a valiant fight against
Alzheimer’s. He was born to Bradford and Agnes Durfee on June 9,
1941, in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Bob attended
school in Fall River, graduating from Durfee High School in 1959. He
had joined the Navy prior to his graduation and upon completion of
his basic training, became the sailor who never set foot on a ship,
working on heavy equipment as a “Sea-Bee” with duty stations in
Port Huaneme and Okinawa, before ending his Naval career at
Centerville Naval Base in Ferndale. Upon his discharge in 1963, he