George Duncan

George A. Duncan, age 91, of Columbus, Nebraska died Tuesday February 12, 2002 at the Columbus Community Hospital. Funeral Services are 10:00 a.m. Thursday February 14, 2002 at McKown Funeral Home Chapel in Columbus with Reverend Adrian Atkins officiating. Burial will be in the Ulysses Township Cemetery in Ulysses, Nebraska. Visitation is from 9:00 a.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral home.

George Allen Duncan was born August 23, 1910 in rural Flush, Kansas to James B. and Elsie R. (Marts) Duncan. He grew up in the Westmoreland and Havensville, Kansas area where he attended high school. He then attended Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. After college he returned to farm with his father in Howards Ridge, Missouri. On November 20, 1949 he married Marjorie Sealy, They celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2000. The couple moved to Nebraska in 1952.They adopted their son Lester Gary Duncan from Korea in 1956. During the following years George worked as a hospital orderly at Clarkson, University and Methodist Hospitals in Omaha. He continued his work at the St. Vincent Nursing Home in Omaha until his retirement. He retired to Ulysses, Nebraska in 1976 and resided there until moving to Columbus in 1997. He served as an elder in the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Columbus and Seward.

He is survived by:

Wife: Marjorie Duncan of Columbus, NE
Daughter-In-Law: Debbie Duncan of Lenox, IA
Brother: Joseph (Faye) Duncan of Georgetown, TX
Sister: Ruth Shockey of Riverside, CA
Granddaughter: Christine Duncan
Grandson: Gene Allen Duncan
Niece: Dixie Voss of North Bend, NE
Several other Nieces and Nephews

He was preceded by:

Father: James B. Duncan
Mother: Elsie R. Duncan
Son: Gary Duncan
Brother: Orville Duncan
Brother: Theodore Duncan

Memorials may be directed to the Seventh Day Adventist Church