Lucretia Duggan Obituary

Lucretia "Bik" Duggan, age 77, passed away peacefully on October 3rd, 2023, surrounded by her family. Bik was born June 30, 1946, to Kenneth and Lucretia Duke in Durham, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, George Michael Duggan. Bik is survived by her children, Adam Veasey Duggan and daughter-in-law Laura Schutz Duggan of Apex, NC, George Miles Duggan of Durham, NC, Debra Ann Duggan of Durham, NC, Lindsay Duggan and son-in-law Christopher Fuller of Swarthmore, PA. She is also survived by her brother, Kenneth Duke of Oak Ridge, TN; brother-in-law, David Duggan of Buffalo, NY; several nieces and nephews; and five grandchildren that she adored. Bik grew up in Durham and graduated from Durham High School in 1964. She moved to Utah to attend Brigham Young University. She then returned to Durham, where she attended Durham Tech and received her degree in Respiratory Therapy. She then worked as a respiratory therapist at Duke Hospital. She met George at church, and they were married in 1974 at the Salt Lake temple in Utah. Bik kept very busy raising their four children and went on to a second career as a preschool teacher. She taught preschool at Epworth Methodist Preschool for over thirty years, retiring in 2013. She loved spending time teaching all "her" kids and enjoyed seeing her students around town years later when they were teenagers or even in college. Bik also ran her own after-school daycare business from her home. Bik had a lifelong love of animals. There was always a new rescue showing up at her house: dog, cat, parrot, horse; nobody got turned away! She loved to ride horses and spent time at the barn as a teenager and also later in life. Her other hobbies focused on being outside. She loved planting gardens and flowers, working in the yard, and just being outside enjoying nature. Bik always enjoyed arts and crafts, especially if she was working on a project with her students or grandchildren!She was active in and served her church, the Durham Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, all her life. She served in many roles; teaching Sunday school to many more children, as a cub scout den leader, a member of her Relief Society presidency, and later in life gave her time as a temple worker. Bik was a very kind and generous person. She was always willing to help anyone who needed assistance and was a regular volunteer at church, school, and in the community. She was an amazing role model and taught many of us how to be humble, take care of anyone in need, and to love one another unconditionally. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 7th, at 1 pm at the LDS Church building on 400 Country Club Road in Chapel Hill. All are welcome to attend. There will be a visitation directly before the service at 12 pm. Instead of flowers, the family suggests that you donate to a Parkinson's Disease charity of your choice. The family would like to thank the staff of the Cottage at Spring Arbor of Apex for the amazing care and support they provided to Bik. The family is being assisted by Clements Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc. in Durham. Online condolences may be made at www. clementsfuneralservice. com.