IRA & ROSE DUNCAN
By Georgia Deane
These census's are dedicated to my mother and father. Their guidance, understanding and love have always been an inspiration to me. They are pictured below.
IRA & ROSE DUNCAN -- 1924, Taken just prior to their wedding.
"My Mother"
Words can never express how much mother was loved and respected by everyone that knew her. She was a true Christian woman. Every minute of every day, her foremost thoughts were on God and her love for him. I never knew a time that she would find fault with anyone, no matter what the occasion was. This small amount of words could never do her justice. She was the nearest thing to an angel on earth of anyone whom I’ve ever known. I couldn’t begin to tell how she loved all of us, and treated each of us as though we were her only child. Never have I known so much love in anyone else’s life as she had for others. Mother loved the Lord, she loved her husband, her children and she loved music. Rosa Mae Douglass was the eleventh and last child born to her parents, Susan Catherine Waggoner and James Robert Douglass in Bonanza, Arkansas on January 24, 1900. She went to be with her Lord on June 13, 1991 in Broken Arrow, OK, near Tulsa, Oklahoma.
"My Father" He was honest, truthful, precise, stubborn,
meticulous, dependable and so prompt that you could set the clock by him.
He left home at the same time each morning, drove in for lunch at 12:05, ate,
slept for 10 minutes, got up, put on his hat, kissed mother, and went out the
door at 12:55. My father lost his mother when he was 8 years old.
He and his two younger sisters were raised by uncles and aunts, or anyone able
to cope with additional children on top of their own seven or eight children.
The loss of not knowing his mother’s love was hard on him. At an early
age, he went into the coal mines with his father. An explosion occurred,
almost killing his father, resulted in his leaving the mines and joining the
Navy. During his entire life as a bookkeeper, he was employed by only four
businesses. He deeply loved music. He played the violin and sang
tenor in a Christian quartet for several years. He never made much money, but
he never failed to pay 10% tithes to the church. The love of his life
was mother, but following close behind was having a car to drive, and he loved
to travel. With money so scarce, he could not afford a car until he was
50, but he fully enjoyed the next 38 years. Ira Dean Duncan was the
first born to James Clay and Annabell Price Duncan on December 4, 1901 in
Lafayette, CO, at a mining camp. Their primary residence was in or near
McAlester, OK. Dad passed away March 7, 1990 at Broken Arrow, OK
near Tulsa, OK where they had resided since 1929. They were married 67
years.
This picture was
taken for Mom and Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary, in June 1974
The "DUNCAN'S"
Back row, L to R,--- "Iris" Roselyn, "Edward" Lincoln" & "June" Lolita
Front row, "James" Clay, "Georgia" Dean, Rosa Mae, Ira Dean & "Carol" Ann
Mother and father both loved and sang church music always. My father’s favorite was "I’ll Meet you in the Morning". Mother loved and sang hundreds of church songs, and her favorite was "In the Garden". It will play automatically. The other songs listed require you to click on their respective names.
Words and music to "In the Garden" and others from "CYBER HYMNAL".
"LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS"
"STANDING ON THE PROMISES OF GOD"