Duane Glenn Wallert

Duane Wallert, age 87, of Canby, Minnesota, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, at the Clarkfield Care Center in Clarkfield, Minnesota. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, at the First Presbyterian Church in Canby. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Houseman Funeral Home-Birk Chapel in Canby. Visitation will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at the Canby City Cemetery. Houseman Funeral Home-Birk Chapel of Canby has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Duane Glenn Wallert was born on December 23, 1937, to Ernest Carl Wallert and Olga Ida (Wentzlaff) Wallert in Arlington, Minnesota. His family moved a number of times, living in Gibbon, Redwood Falls, Ivanhoe, and finally settling on a farm near Canby. Duane graduated from Redwood Falls High School in 1955. He met his wife Charleen in Canby and they were married June 21, 1959, at First Presbyterian Church in Canby, where they were members until his death. In 1963, they welcomed their only child, Angela. 
Duane started out his career of truck driving at the age of 15, driving with his dad and then eventually owning his own pair of semis. He worked out of the Hormel buying station in Canby for many years, going to farms to pick up pigs, loading them in the semis, then driving in the evenings to packing plants in Austin, Minnesota, or Fremont, Nebraska. Over the years he also drove gas truck, hot oil truck, rafter truck, and helped by driving tractor for a few local farmers. After retiring from truck driving, he enjoyed driving school bus and had many stories to tell of all the kids he got to interact with every day. 
Duane’s pride and joy was caring for his yard, where he had fruit trees and grew a large vegetable garden each year. He loved canning and freezing what he grew but also made many bottles of wine, which he would serve to family and friends brave enough to try it. 
It seems no matter where you went in Canby, everyone knew “Dewey” and had received one of the peppermints he carried with him. He was always up for bantering with the people he interacted with and teased the ones he liked the best. When friends and family would leave a visit, they would always hear, “Come again!” as he enjoyed the company of those around him.
Duane is lovingly remembered by his wife, Charleen of Clarkfield; daughter, Angie (Mark) Templin of Pipestone, Minnesota; grandson, Daniel (Hailey) Templin of Apple Valley, Minnesota; granddaughter, Katelyn (James) Uthe of Harrisburg, South Dakota; four great-grandsons: Elias, Simon, Gideon and Malachi Templin; three great-granddaughters: Mackenzie, Lydia and Selah Uthe; and sister-in-law, Beverly Kindt. 
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Lowell Wallert; and sisters, Karen Anderson and Florene Ningen.