DuWayne Hurkes Obituary (1953 - 2022)

DuWayne Henry Hurkes, 68, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2022, at his home. Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 AM at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. DuWayne was born on December 5, 1953, at Bismarck, to Thomas and Harriet (Blue Dog) Hurkes. He was raised and educated in Bismarck and graduated from Bismarck High School in 1972. As a young boy he liked to fish and hunt with his brothers. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam war. He worked at Jim's Readymix with his brother Dennis Hurkes, he then went to work with his brother Phil on towboats in Puducah, KY working up and down the Ohio River. He then moved back to Bismarck, where he worked at Dakota Skies Bingo as a maintenance manager. That is where he met his wife Cynthia (DeCoteau) Hurkes. He retired in 2002, and DuWayne and Cynthia married on March 4th, 2003. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia (DeCoteau); four daughters, Tia Hurkes, Mandan, Crystal Cody, Nashville, AR, Jessica Sanders, Sallisaw, OK, Jessica DeCoteau (Joseph Vivier), and Jennifer DeCoteau (Sonny Schulz); four sisters, Karen Zidzik, Youngstown, FL, Gloria Hurkes, Rapid City, SD, Margie Lincoln, Mandan, and Caroline Hurkes, Bismarck; five granddaughters, Justice, JaeLeigh, Jerrika, Tylee and Kaylee; four grandsons, Jayce (Spud), Driver, Jaxon, and Kiefer; one great-grandson Kyzer Henry; and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Harriet; siblings, Philip Hurkes, Dennis Hurkes, and Marie Richey.