Pictured are Drs. Jane and Gene Duremdes at Bluefield University’s Alumni Awards in 2004.
Bluefield University mourns the loss and celebrates the legacy of Dr. Generoso Duremdes, a champion of rural healthcare and Christ-centered education.
Countless lives have been touched by the service and generosity of Dr. Duremdes and his family. Since 1992, he and his wife, Dr. Jane Duremdes, have sponsored the annual Duremdes Christian Emphasis Week on the Bluefield University campus. These are spiritually formative weeks for students, creating more opportunities to hear God’s word, worship, fellowship, pray, and evangelize. Historically, a significant number of students have committed their lives to Christ during this event, with 55 students professing faith in 2025 and as many as 150 professing their faith in 2010.
Mary Duremdes and Dr. Generoso Duremdes pray over the 2025 Duremdes Christian Emphasis Speaker, Markus McFolling.
Dr. Duremdes served on Bluefield University’s Board of Advisors for eight years, and in 2004, he and his wife were named Honorary Alumni. At BU, the pair has financially supported student missions, scholarship funds, and the construction of the Science Center. They also established the Drs. Generoso “Gene” and Janelle “Jane” Duremdes Endowed Scholarship for residents of Mercer County, West Virginia attending Bluefield University, first available in 2008.
At Princeton Community Hospital (PCH) in Princeton, West Virginia, Dr. Duremdes served for over five decades as a physician, earning the endearing nickname “Dr. Dad.” His remarkable career included many feats, such as performing the first laparoscopic gallbladder surgery in southern West Virginia, serving as the inaugural cancer liaison physician for the PCH Cancer Committee, and playing an integral role in the hospital’s first accreditation.
A native of the Philippines, Dr. Duremdes helped create opportunities for surgeons there to pursue education, and his family received the Distinguished Philanthropist Award from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in 2021. Dr. Duremdes, along with his wife, son, and daughter-in-law, launched the Duremdes Family Travel Award in 2022, which allowed international physicians to attend the ACS’ Clinical Congress.
Bluefield University is grateful for the contributions of Dr. Generoso Duremdes, both local and worldwide. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Duremdes family as we reflect on a life well lived.