MANHATTAN -- Dale L. Duncan, 84, Manhattan, died Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1999, at a Manhattan hospital.
Mr. Duncan served in the Navy in the South Pacific during World War II, and was discharged in 1946 at the rank of lieutenant junior grade. He transferred to the Kansas National Guard and was administrative assistant from 1952 to 1958. He later transferred to the Army Reserve in Manhattan and became the commanding officer. He retired in 1968 at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Duncan also had worked in civil service in Wichita for several yers and the late 1940s and 1950s, he was the sales manager for the Smith Motor Co., and later the Bredenberg Swanson Dodge Plymouth dealerships, both in Manhattan. He served as postmaster for Manhattan from 1958 until he retired in 1975. In 1970, he was appointed to the Post Office Management Selection Board where he served as chairman in 1971 and 1972. He was named Outstanding Postmaster for the Wichita region, which covered a three-state area, in 1970.
He was born on Feb. 22, 1915, on a homestead near Hale, Colo., the son of Edward Ellsworth and Lettie Ellen Speer Duncan. He was raised in the St. Francis community and he graduated from St. Francis High School in 1934. He was the 1934 Kansas state champion wrestler while a senior at St. Francis. He later earned a bachelor's degree in physical education at Kansas State University where he also was a Big 6 Conference champion wrestler. He had lived in Manhattan since 1943.
He married Cora Alice Young on Nov. 4, 1939, at St. Francis. She survives.
Other survivors include four sons, Patrick L. Duncan, Michael S. Duncan and Timothy D. Duncan, all of Manhattan, and Terry E. Duncan, Springfield, Ore.; a brother, Glenn E. Duncan, Tyndall, S.D.; three sisters, Verda Smull, St. Francis, Doris Dallon, Bristol, Conn., and Lora Lee Swetnam, Greenbank, Wash.; 10 grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home in Manhattan.
Burial with full military honors will be at the Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan.
Relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church or to the Shriner's Burn Hospital, and sent in care of the funeral home.
Mr. Duncan served in the Navy in the South Pacific during World War II, and was discharged in 1946 at the rank of lieutenant junior grade. He transferred to the Kansas National Guard and was administrative assistant from 1952 to 1958. He later transferred to the Army Reserve in Manhattan and became the commanding officer. He retired in 1968 at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Duncan also had worked in civil service in Wichita for several yers and the late 1940s and 1950s, he was the sales manager for the Smith Motor Co., and later the Bredenberg Swanson Dodge Plymouth dealerships, both in Manhattan. He served as postmaster for Manhattan from 1958 until he retired in 1975. In 1970, he was appointed to the Post Office Management Selection Board where he served as chairman in 1971 and 1972. He was named Outstanding Postmaster for the Wichita region, which covered a three-state area, in 1970.
He was born on Feb. 22, 1915, on a homestead near Hale, Colo., the son of Edward Ellsworth and Lettie Ellen Speer Duncan. He was raised in the St. Francis community and he graduated from St. Francis High School in 1934. He was the 1934 Kansas state champion wrestler while a senior at St. Francis. He later earned a bachelor's degree in physical education at Kansas State University where he also was a Big 6 Conference champion wrestler. He had lived in Manhattan since 1943.
He married Cora Alice Young on Nov. 4, 1939, at St. Francis. She survives.
Other survivors include four sons, Patrick L. Duncan, Michael S. Duncan and Timothy D. Duncan, all of Manhattan, and Terry E. Duncan, Springfield, Ore.; a brother, Glenn E. Duncan, Tyndall, S.D.; three sisters, Verda Smull, St. Francis, Doris Dallon, Bristol, Conn., and Lora Lee Swetnam, Greenbank, Wash.; 10 grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home in Manhattan.
Burial with full military honors will be at the Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan.
Relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church or to the Shriner's Burn Hospital, and sent in care of the funeral home.
MANHATTAN -- Dale L. Duncan, 84, Manhattan, died Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1999, at a Manhattan hospital.
Mr. Duncan served in the Navy in the South Pacific during World War II, and was discharged in 1946 at the rank of lieutenant junior grade. He transferred to the Kansas National Guard and was administrative assistant from 1952 to 1958. He later transferred to the Army Reserve in Manhattan and became the commanding officer. He retired in 1968 at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Duncan also had worked in civil service in Wichita for several yers and the late 1940s and 1950s, he was the sales manager for the Smith Motor Co., and later the Bredenberg Swanson Dodge Plymouth dealerships, both in Manhattan. He served as postmaster for Manhattan from 1958 until he retired in 1975. In 1970, he was appointed to the Post Office Management Selection Board where he served as chairman in 1971 and 1972. He was named Outstanding Postmaster for the Wichita region, which covered a three-state area, in 1970.
He was born on Feb. 22, 1915, on a homestead near Hale, Colo., the son of Edward Ellsworth and Lettie Ellen Speer Duncan. He was raised in the St. Francis community and he graduated from St. Francis High School in 1934. He was the 1934 Kansas state champion wrestler while a senior at St. Francis. He later earned a bachelor's degree in physical education at Kansas State University where he also was a Big 6 Conference champion wrestler. He had lived in Manhattan since 1943.
He married Cora Alice Young on Nov. 4, 1939, at St. Francis. She survives.
Other survivors include four sons, Patrick L. Duncan, Michael S. Duncan and Timothy D. Duncan, all of Manhattan, and Terry E. Duncan, Springfield, Ore.; a brother, Glenn E. Duncan, Tyndall, S.D.; three sisters, Verda Smull, St. Francis, Doris Dallon, Bristol, Conn., and Lora Lee Swetnam, Greenbank, Wash.; 10 grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home in Manhattan.
Burial with full military honors will be at the Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan.
Relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church or to the Shriner's Burn Hospital, and sent in care of the funeral home.
Mr. Duncan served in the Navy in the South Pacific during World War II, and was discharged in 1946 at the rank of lieutenant junior grade. He transferred to the Kansas National Guard and was administrative assistant from 1952 to 1958. He later transferred to the Army Reserve in Manhattan and became the commanding officer. He retired in 1968 at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Duncan also had worked in civil service in Wichita for several yers and the late 1940s and 1950s, he was the sales manager for the Smith Motor Co., and later the Bredenberg Swanson Dodge Plymouth dealerships, both in Manhattan. He served as postmaster for Manhattan from 1958 until he retired in 1975. In 1970, he was appointed to the Post Office Management Selection Board where he served as chairman in 1971 and 1972. He was named Outstanding Postmaster for the Wichita region, which covered a three-state area, in 1970.
He was born on Feb. 22, 1915, on a homestead near Hale, Colo., the son of Edward Ellsworth and Lettie Ellen Speer Duncan. He was raised in the St. Francis community and he graduated from St. Francis High School in 1934. He was the 1934 Kansas state champion wrestler while a senior at St. Francis. He later earned a bachelor's degree in physical education at Kansas State University where he also was a Big 6 Conference champion wrestler. He had lived in Manhattan since 1943.
He married Cora Alice Young on Nov. 4, 1939, at St. Francis. She survives.
Other survivors include four sons, Patrick L. Duncan, Michael S. Duncan and Timothy D. Duncan, all of Manhattan, and Terry E. Duncan, Springfield, Ore.; a brother, Glenn E. Duncan, Tyndall, S.D.; three sisters, Verda Smull, St. Francis, Doris Dallon, Bristol, Conn., and Lora Lee Swetnam, Greenbank, Wash.; 10 grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home in Manhattan.
Burial with full military honors will be at the Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan.
Relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church or to the Shriner's Burn Hospital, and sent in care of the funeral home.
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