- Date Of Birth: November 12, 1935
- Date Of Death: February 19, 2022
- State: Florida
Earl M. “Duke” Stoetzer of Dunnellon passed away Feb. 19, 2022, at Cate’s Hospice House in Ocala. Duke was born and raised in Wheeling, WV and moved to Miami to attend school and work for the next 35 years. He attended the University of Miami and graduated from Florida International University. In 1991, he retired from Fla. Power & Light and with his wife Betty moved to Dunnellon. He declared this Two-River Town his final home.
Duke Stoetzer was an accomplished writer, poet, storyteller and unofficial historian. He wrote the popular weekly column “Tales of a Two-River Town” for Dunnellon’s Riverland News for more than 15 years. Over the years, he was a speaker and lecturer about the history of Dunnellon area from the Seminole wars to the 1890s Boomtown days. He also taught a series of writing classes for aspiring local writers and founded a Dunnellon Writers Group.
