| Show eriq concan SOR M S OR LONG atil ril 1 known horseman and veterinarian eri answers final summons sunday morning j 1 duncan well known moab died sunday morning at 12 30 celock after a long illness alnee mr duncah wae was it sufferer from a complication of and for the past three wicks his condition wae was critical bat pd lender hope hopes bad had been held out far for bin buk recovery rc Overy for a week prior to death tind the news ot of his palling passing did not sot onie unexpectedly to hil his many inerd throughout this lection section mr fr duncan wae was 66 year years of age JU he had hid been a resident of moab for seventeen yeara years and during most of this time operated a livery business and feed barn here lie ile was a practical veterinarian and a lover of and bad iad a wide acquaintance among ong stockmen throughout the west he wan was a man of sterling honesty and nd was held in the highest esteem by a wide circle of friends funeral services wire were held tuesday afternoon from the ward meeting house the service MUS were opened ly by a selection from the choir 1 I need thee every hour after which the invocation was rendered by C L christensen bishop W D hammond ammond II was the first speaker hi hn theme be 1 wr the salvation of the dead and the lope hope of the hereafter counselor W R mcconkie followed with a brief address in which he referred to his acquaintance with mr air duncan ing the many amiable traits of character of the deceased neighbor the aoud ackom my mf god to thee ilee after which the benediction was offered by J 11 johnson at the cemetery the choir bang sant god B with thee till we meet neet again and the grave was dedicated by J H johnson J T duncan was bom at liberty day clay county missouri april 25 1857 his father was the captain of a ot of volunteers olun teerA recruited for service with the union army in the civil war warl captain duncan was killed by a traitor in his own ranks while the compani pr was marching to join the arm am of t general price the death of captain duncan duman left a widow and four children mr duncan when eleven years of age went to iowa to live with an uncle here he spent several years and aw it was here that he tint first became the owner of a race horse in 1874 he came west vest and worked as a horse ban man and cowboy in all of the western states excepting california and ner ney ads in 1893 he was married at baton raton new mexico two soils on elvan eivan and nd wendell being bom born to this onion union the mother and the two boys preceded mr dunean duncan to the grave mr duncan came to moab in 1906 accoo lamed by hia his two sons tons both of whom ea here in 1910 mr duncan married bliss mary murphy of moab who survives bun lum he is also survived by five krand children the sons of elvan duncan a brother scott duncan and t a aister sister mr mrs 31 E brassfield both of f boiman dolman montana A host of friends mourns the death of f J T duncan he was a man inin who trade and held friends his was a ira erous kindly nature and hia his honesty ani integrity earned for him the aspect of all the community extends sincere sympathy to the bereaved widow |
