John W. Durham September 27, 1937 - - - October 10,1965 John Durham, 28 a Moorhead school teacher and former Brainerd resident,was accidentally shot and killed in a duck hunting accident near Brainerd early sunday morning. The sheriff's office said that Durham was shot in the head with a 12 gauge shotgun when he stood up in a duck boat just as his brother-in-law, Carney Shipman, 20, Brainerd, fired at a duck. The accident happened about 6:30 a.m. in a slough five miles south and one mile east of Brainerd, Mr. Durham's wife was Shipman's sister. John was born in Brainerd Sept. 27, 1937, and gratuated from Washington High School here. He recieived his collage degree at Concordia College and taught in the Aitkin school system before accepting a job at South Junior High School in Moorhead. He was a member of the Minnesota Education Association. He is survived by his wife, Edith; two sons, Steven and Michael, both at home; his mother, Mrs Stella Durham, Brainerd; two brothers, Richard and Eugene, both of Minneapolis, and his grandmother, Mrs Mary Jane Erickson, Brainerd. John's wife is expecting a third child. Funeral Services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the First Congregational Church the Rev Gerald Huff officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call at the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home from 5 p.m. today untill 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Church.