Ruth Duncan, age 78, of Slater, died Saturday, December 25, 2021, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 29, at Slater City Cemetery, with Rev. Cliff Cato officiating.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, December 28, at Weiker Funeral Home in Slater.

Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association, in care of the funeral home.

Born December 28, 1942 north of Slater, she was the daughter of the late Charles Otto Blum and Ila Sands Blum.  On August 11, 1962 in Marshall, she married David L. Duncan, and he survives of the home.

Also surviving are two sons, Donald Dwayne Duncan and his wife Teresa of Perry, Kansas, and Daniel Dexter Duncan of Slater; four grandchildren, Tyler, Daniel, Aubrey, and Kyle; and a sister, Bettye Pittman of Slater.  She was preceded in death by a sister, Frances Hager.

Mrs. Duncan was a 1961 graduate of Slater High School.  She began her career in the Warsaw School System, where she was a Second Grade Teacher’s Assistant.  She later was the Slater High School Secretary, and was a Teacher’s Assistant at the Slater Head Start Center.  She later worked as a Social Service Designee, earning her Child Development Associate Degree as a teacher.  She went on to become the Activities Director at Big Bend Retreat, earning her Activity Director Coordinator Degree, her National Activity Director Coordinator and Social Services Degree, all while working on receiving her Minister’s License.  She ministered for many years with the Bethel Evangelistic Association.  She retired from GE Energy in Slater.  She found time to volunteer at Big Bend Retreat, Slater Ministerial Alliance, AARP, Community Church Women, taking pictures for Slater Main Street News, coordinating many Slater Singspirations, and coordinating many blood drives.  David said she was the most organized person he had ever seen.