Obit: Duncan, Clara Louise #2 (1873 – 1943)
Surnames: Duncan, Ringle, Halder, Johnson, Jackson, Curtiss, Griswold Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 11/18/1943 Duncan, Clara Louise (23 Dec. 1873 – 8 Nov. 1943) Mrs. M. H. Duncan, 69, mother of Myron G. Duncan, superintendent of the Clark County Asylum, Owen, died Monday, Nov. 8, the result of a heart ailment. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, Nov. 11 from the Ritter & Deutsch Funeral Home, Wausau, at 2:00 o’clock, and there were a large number of Owen and Clark County people, friends and relatives, who attended the services. Mrs. Duncan, the former Clara Louise Ringle, was born in Wausau, Dec. 23, 1873, and was married at Wausau, Oct. 7, 1896, to M. H. Duncan, who preceded her in death, March 21, 1936. Mrs. Duncan was the first matron of the Clark County Asylum, Owen, which position she held for 23 years. She and her husband came to Owen in 1920 at the time of the construction of the Clark County institution. For 10 years prior to coming to Owen, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan had charge as superintendent and matron, respectively, of the Marathon County Asylum at Wausau. A member of the Order of Eastern Star, Marathon County Chapter No. 123, a member of the Equitable Reserve Association, and the Maccabees, Mrs. Duncan is survived by her son, Myron G.; by a brother, Valentine Ringle, Wausau, by five sisters, Mrs. Aurora Halder and Mrs. Martha Johnson, both of Wausau; Mrs. Antoinette Jackson, Antigo; Mrs. Pauline Curtiss, Los Angeles, Calif.; and Mrs. Hedwig R. Griswold, Owen.
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