Edward "Eddie" Duran

DURAN, Edward “Eddie” Eugene

Eddie Duran was born on January 21, 1960, and passed into the fullness of everlasting life on January 24, 2024. A proud and lifelong Santa Fean, Eddie graduated in the class of 1978 from Santa Fe High. In September of 1983 he married the love of his life, Karen Vigil, with whom he went on to build a wonderful family and numerous friendships. Eddie served his community as Captain and Battalion Chief with the Santa Fe Fire Department, his origins as a Fire Fighter/EMT Paramedic, retiring in 2005 after 22 1/2 years of service. After retiring, he served for 7 years as Nurse Coordinator with Santo Niño Regional Catholic School. Suffice it to say, Eddie never really retired, as he continued to do various jobs, big and small, for friends and family wherever there was a need. Eddie loved people and was always ready to put a smile on their faces by telling a joke or two, no matter if it was good or bad. However, there is no one that he loved more, nor was there anyone that he was prouder of than his own family. Eddie is survived by his mother, Mary Ruth, his beloved wife Karen, his two daughters, Amy Vigil-Pecherski, and her husband, James, Jacqueline Kate Crespin, and her husband, Justin, one son Kenneth Lucas Duran, and his partner, Mark Childers, his “adopted son,” Happy Johnson, 5 grandchildren, Lucas James Pecherski, Mason Alexander Pecherski, Athena Taylor Pecherski, Mariah Kate Johnson, Hailey Lailani Johnson, Sebastian Reyes Crespin, and his fur grand-baby Isaiah. Eddie is preceded in death by his father, Frank Duran, and grandson, Evan Kaspor Pecherski. Services are planned for Wednesday, February 21st, at The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, 131 Cathedral Place. A Rosary will be recited at 9:30 a.m. followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Committal will follow immediately after at Santa Fe Memorial Gardens, 417 Rodeo Road. A reception, in celebration of Eddie’s life, will be held following the Committal in the La Terraza Room at La Fonda on the Plaza, 100 East San Francisco Street. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Santo Niño Regional Catholic School.