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Durda, former NY-NJ port publicist, dies at 63

Durda, former NY-NJ port publicist, dies at 63

   Catherine Durda, 63, former manager of communications of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, died May 13 of ovarian cancer.

   Durda retired from the port authority in 1996. At the time of her death, she was president of CMD Communications, Marketing and Development Inc., in Fairlawn, N.J.

   A wake will be held today 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. at the John J. Fox Funeral Home, 3000 Concourse at 201st St., Bronx, N.Y. A funeral mass will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday in Saint Philip Neri Church, Bronx, with burial to follow in St. Mary’s cemetery in Tuckahoe, N.Y.