The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-10-30
Mrs. VIM. Duncan
Taken By Death
PROMINENT REDWOOD CO.
RESIDENT SUCCUMBS
TO PNEUMONIA

Funeral services Tor Mrs. Will
liam Duncan of Milroy who died
last Tuesday morning were held
on the lawn of her mothers
home at Springfield at two
o'clock Friday afternoon, Rev.
Bayne, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church at Marshall read
ing the service. Interment was
made in the Springfield ceme-
terry.
The death of Mrs. Duncan
was the result of pneumonia
from which she suffered only a
few days before her death.
She, with Mr.. Duncan, at
tended the district meeting of
the United War Fund Workers
which was held at Redwood
Falls October IL and was then
in good health. However it is
possible that she caught cold on
this trip and never recovered.
Her death coming so suddenly
was a terrible blow to the men,
bers of her family and to the
friends to whom she had meant
so much.
Mrs. Duncan was in the very
prime of her life, being only
thirty-nine years of age. She
was born at Sleepy Eye Decem-
Der IA, 1879, and moved to
Springfield when a girl of eleven
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John B. Schmid. She made her
home there until her marriage
in 1913 to William Duncan, Jr.,
Of Milroy. Since her marriage
she has resided at Milroy. She
is survived by her husband, her
two daughters, Marion and
Gretchen, her widowed MOTHER
three sisters and seven broth
ers. The youngest brother is
now in France with the National
Army.
Mrs. Duncan was a member
of the Congregational church in
Marshall and also a member of
the Order Of the Eastern Star,
Springfield Chapter. Since the
beginning of the present war
she had been intensely interest
ed in all phases of service for
the boys and had been an i'm
portant factor in all the splen-
did work done in Redwood
County for the American Red
Cross. She was Vice-chairman
of the Redwood County Chapter
as well as chairman of the Mil
roy branch, branch which has
won the commentator of the
entire Chapter for it's wonderful
work.
Besides her official duties Mrs.
Duncan has seconded her hus-
band in all the splendid work
which he and others of the Mil
roy district have done-a work
SO big and so we'll done that Mil
roy has become a symbol in Red
wood County for the energy and
willingness to accede to any of
the wars demands on Ameri-
cans. In all this work, Mr..
Duncan, as the banker of the
village, was naturally placed as
a leader and in all he did he re-
ceived the inspiration and assist
ance which his wife was so cap
able of giving, In spite of de-
mands made on her time by her
many friends Mrs. Duncan al
ways had time, ability and will
lingness to carry on work need
ed for the welfare of the soldier
boys or for the betterment of
her own community.
Mrs. Duncan possessed great
charm and will always be re-
membered as woman who
made friends through her gra-
cious good fellowship. But she
had something infinitely greater
than charm that quality found
only in those who live unselfsh-
ly and with the idea of helpful
ness to humanity ever upper
most in their minds. Big heart
ed and sunshiny, loving and low
able, with the true idea of SER
vice which made her life a con-
slant and unconscious prayer,
Mrs. Duncan will long be re-
membered by all who came in
contact with her as one who led
| the way cheerily and as though
! life were entirely worth while