John Christopher Ducat
John Christopher Ducat age 80, of Bath, MI passed away on May 15th. John was born July 5, 1943 in Newark, Ohio. John is survived by his wife of 52 years Carol and sons Shawn and Danny. John graduated from James Cousens Community High School (1961) and obtained a PhD in 1979 at Michigan State University. John served in the United States Army (1966-67) including time spent in the Republic of Vietnam. From 1972-2000 John taught in the Social Science Department at Lansing Community College and founded a plant nursery (Lorian Farms Nursery: 1979–2000). He was a lifelong environmentalist, fisher, and traveler. A private service was held and a celebration of life event is being planned. Donations in John’s honor can be made to the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. Arrangements are by the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.
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Cindy Burdick Denoyer
May 24, 2024 at 11:34 pmI’m so sorry for your loss. Prayers for the family.
Mark Lively
May 25, 2024 at 7:28 amI entered LCC in 1975 with no direction and certainly no love of learning or knowledge. Good fortune smiled on me and placed me in John Ducat’s Sociology class. For the first time I understood scientific method, applied it and grasped its relevance in the world. Of course, John’s passion for the environment shown through. I frequently think of him as I recycle, compost and promote conservation of our resources. Thank you Mr. Ducat for sparking my excitement for learning. Due in part to you, I went on the have a thirty year career teaching Social Studies in public schools. I can only hope I inspired students as you inspired me. I know I’m not alone in these sentiments, as several acquaintances have remarked with fondness…..”oh, you had John Ducat too”. You really were a memorable instructor. Farewell my friend.
Carl J Underhill
May 25, 2024 at 2:03 pmJohn was a member of my graduating class in 1961 from Bath High School. I always considered John a good friend. Going through school together we had occasion to share many of the same interests and activities. My condolences to his family. He will be missed.
Penny L Ducat
May 26, 2024 at 11:14 amCarol, Shawn & Danny…
Please know you all are in my thoughts and prayers. John was a wonderful brother in law to me, and I am forever grateful. My love to all of you.
~Penny
David Baur
May 27, 2024 at 4:49 pmI met John at an exercise facility and discovered that we had some common connections. John had lived in Japan and I had lived in Laos for many years. That connection led to many other common interests. Even after COVID caused the exercise class to stop, we stayed in contact with each other. I always enjoyed my conversations with John and benefitted from his book suggestions and general insights about the environment and health concerns.
My condolences to the family. My connections to John have been always been special to me.
Lu Anne Clark Cuthbert
May 30, 2024 at 7:03 amCarol, I will always remember the adventures we had in Costa Rica. Remember the army ants? And hugging the tree that was carved so much? My condolences to your family and you .
Joan Richards
September 23, 2024 at 2:32 pmI was a student of Dr. Ducat in the late nineties, at LCC. I took a class with him and was impressed by his manner of teaching and molding his students, it made me sign up for several classes with him. He was a no nonsense educator. I talk about him often as it relate to his teaching. One of Dr. Ducat’s favorite sayings was that “The rich get richer and the poor get children”. Just about a month ago I told some friends about that said saying – no kidding!
Thanks to Dr. Ducat I went ahead and completed a Master’s degree as he believed in me and encouraged me. I remain forever grateful for his support to this day. May he rest in eternal peace!