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Obituary for Duke


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday November 21, 1999

Marian Laura Carter Duke, 87, a resident of Albuquerque since 1952, passed away Sunday, November 4, 1999. She was born July 4, 1912 in East St. Louis, Illinois. She graduated from Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, in 1932, and taught elementary school before marriage. She was preceded in death by her husband, local realtor, Walter Thomas Duke; and granddaughter, Laura Elizabeth Peterson. She is survived by one son, Lt. Col. Carter Scott Duke (USAF, ret.) and wife, Col. Gail Rogers Duke (USAF); one daughter, Sandy Lethem and husband, Larry of Albuquerque; grandsons, Scott Peterson of Austin, TX and Trevor Peterson of Colorado Springs, CO; nieces, Barbara Ashcraft and family of Jackson, MS and Betty Hoisinigton and family of Rio Rancho. She will be lovingly missed by all. Cremation is being arranged by Sunrise Society, (891-8200).