Joseph (Joe) Norman Duguay was born at home in Corinth, New York, on June 23, 1940.   His parents were Frank Xavier Duguay and Marie Marguerite Guimond Duguay.  He was the fifth born, after two brothers and two sisters.  The names of his siblings are Rita Marie Duguay, Raymond Frank Duguay, Lorainne Alice Duguay, and Joseph Lionel Duguay.  He lived in three different houses on the same street in eighteen years.  At age eighteen, he graduated from Corinth High School as a member of the National Honor Society.

    In 1958, Joe moved to Middletown, New York, and attended the Middletown State Hospital School of Nursing.  Then in 1961, he graduated with a diploma in nursing and moved to New York City where he worked at New York University Medical Center.  In June of 1962, he married Joan Marie Hart. They had two children. Corrine Leigh Duguay was born on January 16, 1963. She was delivered two months early, weighing one pound and nine ounces and was in the hospital for three months after her birth.  Jeffery Scott Duguay was born exactly one year later on January 16, 1964. Joe received his Bachelors in Nursing from New York University in 1965.  Then in 1969, he graduated with a M.Ed. from Teachers College Columbia University.

    In August of 1969, Joe and the family moved to Lexington, Kentucky where he taught at the University of Kentucky for two years.  In 1972, he started working at Good Samaritan Hospital.  One year later, he set up a pediatric unit at the hospital and was the supervisor of pediatric nursing.  While working at Good Samaritan, he and Joan divorced and he later taught at Eastern Kentucky University for five years.  While working at Eastern Kentucky, he met Patricia Anne Young, and they married on March 31, 1979.  Patsy already had a son from a previous marriage named Fred, who was four at the time.

    Joe, Patsy, and the three children moved to Evansville, Indiana in 1981.  He became an evening supervisor at Deaconess Hospital and Patsy worked at St. Mary’s Hospital in Labor and Delivery.   They had one child, Matthew Paul Duguay, who was born on November 28, 1983.  For five years, Joe owned and operated a retail business, “The Tobacco Barn” in Evansville.  After closing the business in 1991, he worked as a baker at Buy-Low grocery store.  In January of 1999, Joe and his family moved to Elizabeth City, North Carolina and he is currently searching for a job.  Joe has two hobbies.  He is an avid crossword puzzle solver and loves to read Steven King books.  He also makes a great breakfast.  His specialties are omelets and French toast.