December 27, 2000

EMMA DUNCAN

PUXICO, Mo. -- Emma R. "Etta" Duncan, 76, formerly of Puxico, died Monday, Dec. 25, 2000, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Ill. She was born in Puxico, Oct. 30, 1924, daughter of Ila and Laura Waller McClure. She lived in Puxico until 1949 when she moved to South Roxana, Ill. She returned to Puxico in 1979 and moved back to Illinois in 1996...

PUXICO, Mo. -- Emma R. "Etta" Duncan, 76, formerly of Puxico, died Monday, Dec. 25, 2000, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Ill.

She was born in Puxico, Oct. 30, 1924, daughter of Ila and Laura Waller McClure.

She lived in Puxico until 1949 when she moved to South Roxana, Ill. She returned to Puxico in 1979 and moved back to Illinois in 1996.

She married Gene Duncan on Nov. 30, 1942. He died April 18, 1986.

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Survivors include a daughter, Rose Ann Hayes, of South Roxana, four grandchildren and two great-grandsons.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, a son, four brothers and two sisters.

Service will be held Thursday at noon in the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Puxico, with the Rev. Marshall Link officiating. Interment will be in Puxico Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday after 10 a.m.

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