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Maryalice <I>Godown</I> Duke

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Maryalice Godown Duke

Birth
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Death
10 Jul 2013 (aged 87)
Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Born 10/13/1925 in Trenton, died 7/10/2013 in Lebanon. She is the daughter of Alphonse Hill Godown and Helen O'Brien Godown Matthews Bentz.

Obituary:

Maryalice Godown Duke, AGE: 87

Maryalice Godown Duke passed from this life on July 10, 2013 at Rolling Hills Care Center under Hospice care after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Maryalice was born October 13, 1925 in Trenton, NJ. She was the daughter of the late Alfonse and the late Helen O'Brien Godown Matthews Bentz. She was a lifelong resident of Hunterdon County where she attended Clinton School and Clinton High School. Her mother was the first business manager of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility. Maryalice lived and worked there before her marriage. Mrs. Duke worked tirelessly alongside her husband, F. Bennett Duke, as they built and operated Duke Veterinary Hospital in retirement. She enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, the beach, tennis and cooking. She was the backbone of her family and always supportive of her friends.

She is survived by two sons, F. Bennett Duke Jr., and David Duke and his wife Kathleen Manning Duke; her daughter: Patricia Duke Force and her husband Daniel; her granddaughters, Meredith Force Cozzarelli and her husband James, Heidi Duke, Lindsay Force Hayes and her husband Sean, Megan Duke Wells and her Husband Timothy, Lila Duke Monden and her husband Cobey; and her grandson, Graham Duke; She also is survived by her two great-grandchildren, Taytum and Isaiah Monden. She was predeceased by her husband F. Bennett Duke, Sr., and her brother, Thomas Godown.

Maryalice's Life Celebration will include visitation on Sunday, July 14th from 4:00 to 7:00pm at Martin Funeral Home, 1761 Route 31, Clinton, NJ. A Funeral Service will be held 10:00 am on Monday, July 15 at the Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Clinton, NJ.

Memorial donations may be made to American Cancer Society Northwest NJ Region, 7 Ridgedale Avenue -- Suite 103, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927 or Hunterdon Hospice, 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington, NJ 08822. For online condolences or for more information, please visit www.martinfh.com

Published in Courier News on July 13, 2013
Born 10/13/1925 in Trenton, died 7/10/2013 in Lebanon. She is the daughter of Alphonse Hill Godown and Helen O'Brien Godown Matthews Bentz.

Obituary:

Maryalice Godown Duke, AGE: 87

Maryalice Godown Duke passed from this life on July 10, 2013 at Rolling Hills Care Center under Hospice care after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Maryalice was born October 13, 1925 in Trenton, NJ. She was the daughter of the late Alfonse and the late Helen O'Brien Godown Matthews Bentz. She was a lifelong resident of Hunterdon County where she attended Clinton School and Clinton High School. Her mother was the first business manager of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility. Maryalice lived and worked there before her marriage. Mrs. Duke worked tirelessly alongside her husband, F. Bennett Duke, as they built and operated Duke Veterinary Hospital in retirement. She enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, the beach, tennis and cooking. She was the backbone of her family and always supportive of her friends.

She is survived by two sons, F. Bennett Duke Jr., and David Duke and his wife Kathleen Manning Duke; her daughter: Patricia Duke Force and her husband Daniel; her granddaughters, Meredith Force Cozzarelli and her husband James, Heidi Duke, Lindsay Force Hayes and her husband Sean, Megan Duke Wells and her Husband Timothy, Lila Duke Monden and her husband Cobey; and her grandson, Graham Duke; She also is survived by her two great-grandchildren, Taytum and Isaiah Monden. She was predeceased by her husband F. Bennett Duke, Sr., and her brother, Thomas Godown.

Maryalice's Life Celebration will include visitation on Sunday, July 14th from 4:00 to 7:00pm at Martin Funeral Home, 1761 Route 31, Clinton, NJ. A Funeral Service will be held 10:00 am on Monday, July 15 at the Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Clinton, NJ.

Memorial donations may be made to American Cancer Society Northwest NJ Region, 7 Ridgedale Avenue -- Suite 103, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927 or Hunterdon Hospice, 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington, NJ 08822. For online condolences or for more information, please visit www.martinfh.com

Published in Courier News on July 13, 2013


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55571317/maryalice-duke: accessed ), memorial page for Maryalice Godown Duke (13 Oct 1925–10 Jul 2013), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55571317, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Mindy (contributor 46796420).