[M] #52419 Duane L. Lantz ( Lois Gertrude Mechling • William Henry Harrison Mechling • Benjamin Franklin "Franklin" Mechling • Christian Mechling • Jacob Mechling • John Jacob Mechling • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )

Duane was born 1 Sep 1943 in Colliers, West Virginia. He died 5 Aug 2012 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Cross Creek Tent Presbyterian Church, Colliers, West Virginia.

Duane was a life-long member of Cross Creek Tent Presbyterian Church. He received his B.S. with honors from West Liberty State College in 1965, and completed his M.B.A. in Business Administration at West Virginia University in 1979. He was a senior accountant at Price Waterhouse from 1965 to 1971, until he joined the administrative team at Washington and Jefferson College. Duane worked first as an accountant, then as the Director of Financial Affairs. He also served as an instructor for the college's Economics and Business Department and the W & J Evening Program. He was promoted in 1979 and served as the college's Vice President for Business and Finance, CFO until his retirement in 2000. In 2001, he was appointed Vice President Emeritus of Business and Finance. Duane retired to his farm in Saltsburg, joined the Herb Society, completed the Penn State Master Gardener Program, and dug a two acre pond. He bought goats, geese, chickens, fish, and many plants. Duane became active in the life and mission of Southern Indiana County Parish (Ebenezer, Jacksonville, and Tunnelton Presbyterian Churches) where his wife, Susan, served as Pastor. Duane tutored children after school in her churches' tutoring program. This moved him to become a certified foster parent. Duane loved art and opera, antiquing, gardening, and dreaming up large projects that he could (preferably) supervise. He, along with his wife Susan had bred and showed Birmans (Sacred Cat of Burma) when they lived in Washington.

Duane (relationship status suppressed while one person possibly living) #52420 Living.

(Information suppressed while possibly living)

Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 10 Oct 2010.

Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 15 Jun 2013.

Line Generation: 10

Relationship: Sixth Cousins One Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊