Tori M. Durre

Chambers — Tori Mae Durre, 5 months, of Chambers, died peacefully in her parent's arms on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023 at Children's Nebraska Hospital in Omaha.

A celebration of live service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 at the Faith Community Church in O'Neill with a luncheon to follow. Pastors Doug Durre and Mike Durre will officiate. The family respectfully asks that those in attendance wear purple to support prematurity awareness in honor of Tori, Madi and all preemies. The service will be live-streamed on the Faith Community Church YouTube channel.

Memorials may be sent to the family for later designation to honor Tori's NICU stay. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting a children's book. The books will then be donated to the NICU's at Methodist Women's Hospital in Elkhorn and Children's Nebraska Hospital in Omaha.

Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill is in charge of the arrangements.

Tori was born on June 25th, 2023, in Elkhorn to the proud parents of Derek and Miranda (Schnebel) Durre. Born two minutes before her identical twin sister Madi, Tori weighed 2 lbs 1.5 oz. She gave the NICU team at Methodist Women's Hospital a delivery they will never forget. Don't let her small size fool you, Tori was ready to show us all just how strong, feisty, sweet, brave, loving and tenacious she could be. The twins were born exactly three months early due to Tori's amniotic sac rupturing, referred to as preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM), at 16 weeks.

From the start of her remarkable birth, Tori's strength and will to fight surprised everyone she met. She pushed her care teams beyond the standard level of treatment and conquered the unimaginable. However it was her sweet soul, beautiful eyes, red fluffy hair and button nose that stole our hearts. There wasn't a day that went by where someone didn't mention her full head of hair and sweet heart. This is especially true for those that were blessed with the opportunity to love, care and snuggle with her. 

Some of Tori's favorite things were hearing mommy and daddy's voices, snuggling with her twin bestie Madi, hearing big sister Lexi call her TorTee, getting spa days and head massages and staring up at her mobile. She absolutely loved it when Mom sang "You Are My Sunshine" and read "Cuddle Close Little Koala.” 

Tori's journey is being shared by doctors across the world in hopes that her story can save the lives of other babies like her. In the time we got to spend with her, Tori taught us more than we ever thought possible - and she did it without having to say a word.

Tori is survived by her parents Derek and Miranda Durre; big sister Lexi and twin sister Madi of Chambers; grandparents Rande and Jodi Schnebel of Norfolk; great-grandparents Roger and Caroline Schnebel of Madison and Marian Hayes of Emerson; aunts and uncles Matt (JoHannah) Schnebel of Norfolk, Cody Schnebel of Omaha, Doug (Rosalyn) Durre of Ord and their four children Elliana, Zanetta, Jerriah and Brielle, Michelle (Matt) McKay of O'Neill and their three children Cooper, Colby and Cash; and many extended family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her baby sibling Adin (prior to birth); grandparents Mark and Diana Durre; great-grandparents Jim and Inez Haspeslagh, Ernest Jr. and Patricia Durre and C.D. Hayes.