Marylinda (Jeffries) Duncan (1928 - 2007)

Born 14 Apr 1928 in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States

Wife of Harley F. Duncan — married 1951 in North Carolina, United States

Died 29 Jan 2007 at age 78 in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot, Ohio, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Dresden, Ohio One Place Study.

"Marylinda Duncan of 446 South Hazel Street, Upper Sandusky, OH, was born April 14, 1928, in Newark Ohio to Herschel and Minnie (Carpenter) Jeffries. Marylinda died at her residence on January 29, 2007 at 7:00 a.m..

She graduated from Newark High School in 1946 and attended Olivet Nazarene College in Kankakee, IL before moving to North Carolina in 1949.

She married Harley Duncan in 1951 and together they pastored Fayetteville (NC) Church of the Nazarene. Between 1953 and 1980 they pastored Churches of the Nazarene in Topeka Auburndale, KS, Mound City, MO, Dresden, OH, South Point, OH, coal Grove, OH, Elyria, OH, Columbus, OH, and Ridge Chapel, Carey, OH.

Mrs. Duncan was a talented singer and pianist. Rev. and Mrs. Duncan retired to Upper Sandusky, Ohio in 1986 where they have enjoyed gardening, canning, freezing, sharing their produce and visiting in the community.

Mrs. Duncan was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband and their 5 daughters.

Visitation will be held Thursday, February 1, 2007 from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. at Stombaugh-Batton Funeral Home and 1 hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Funeral Service will be Friday, February 2, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at the Ridge Chapel Church of the Nazarene, Carey, OH with Rev. Matt Doerle and Rev. David Flack (son of former Dresden pastor) officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Upper Sandusky, OH."^[1]

Marylinda's husband began his pastorate at Dresden Church of the Nazarene (OH) on 1 August 1958. They left the Dresden church on 27 February 1961.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Marylinda Duncan," https://www.stombaughbatton.com/obituary/877237.
2. ↑ Dresden Church of the Nazarene 50th Anniversary Bulletin, 17 August 1997.

• Living in Newark, 1940: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWFJ-ZXF : 9 January 2021), Marylinda Jeffries in household of Herschal Jeffries, Newark, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-33, sheet 4B, line 71, family 100, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3099.
• "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKY8-7H5 : 30 June 2021), Marylinda Duncan, 2007.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1P-6Q66 : 9 June 2021), Mary Linda Jeffries Duncan, ; Burial, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot, Ohio, United States of America, Oak Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 147086606, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.