Thursday, October 23, 2014

Remembering Coach Paul Durham and his wife, Kitty

























Katherine Kwaineen “Kitty” Chang Durham, 70, of Honolulu, died Sept. 24, 1994. Born in Honolulu, she was a former Kane'ohe, Hawaii, resident. She retired from Hawaiian Telephone Co. as a supervisor. She met Paul Henry Durham, former athletic director of the University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, and Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, during a University of Hawaii Alumni Association-sponsored tour of China. They married Aug. 14, 1981, in San Mateo, Calif. Her survivors included stepsons, Jeffrey P. and Terry J.; stepdaughter, Cathy Devine; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; brother, Benton B.T. Chang; sisters, Violet C. Hara, Lily Chang; sisters, Violet C. Hara, Lily Chang, Dorothy Chock and Pauline Au. Private Service held. Arrangements by Borthwick Mortuary. [Honolulu Advertiser Sept. 30, 1994, and Wildcatville]

PAUL HENRY DURHAM, 93, of Honolulu, died June 22, 2007. Born in Portland, Ore. An athletic director for the University and Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, and athletic director and football (and other sports) coach at Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, he was a retired University of Hawaii faculty member. Also, he was former sports editor and sports columnist for the McMinnville, Oregon, News-Register newspaper. He met Kitty Chang during a University of Hawaii Alumni Association-sponsored tour of China. They married Aug. 14, 1981, in San Mateo, Calif. She died in 1994. He is survived by sons Tony and Jeffrey, daughter Cathy Devine, Brother Donald, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m. tomorrow at Northwick Mortuary in Honolulu. Additional services to be held at Linfield College. Private inurnment in Portland. No flowers. Donations suggested to Linfield College Paul Durham Fund for the Support of Athletics. Aloha attire. [Honolulu Star-Bulletin June 27, 2007, and Wildcatville] 

More about him here:

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/1647189/Paul-H-Durham


Information here based on obituaries from the Honolulu daily newspapers cited and Wildcatville research.

Photos:

-Ted & Ann Wilson, Roy & Dorothy Helser and Paul & Kitty Durham. Photo supplied to Wildcatville by Dorothy Helser.

-Coach Paul Durham and his wife, "Kitty” (Chang) Durham, are inurned at Rose City Cemetery in Portland. Wildcatville photo of their gravestone.

-Coach Paul Durham statue (monument) was unveiled 10-18-2014 during Linfield Homecoming 2014. Rusty Rae photos during unveiling ceremony.