ELLINWOOD — Ruth Lorraine Duncan, 97, died Sept. 27 in Irvine, Calif. Born Dec. 18, 1912, in Ellinwood, she was the daughter of DeWitt and Florence M. Johnson. She was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and Long Beach Junior College in Long Beach, Calif. On June 12, 1937, she married Charles Duncan Jr. in Long Beach, Calif. He died Nov. 18, 2005. Formerly of Ellinwood, Dartmouth, Great Bend, Long Beach, Calif., and Indian Wells, Calif., she was a homemaker and piano teacher. She was a violinist with the Desert Symphony Orchestra.

Survivors include a daughter, Lorraine Schmidt of Santa Ana, Calif.

Funeral services were Saturday at Kimple Funeral Chapel in Ellinwood, with Bishop Greg Perez officiating. Burial was at the Lakin-Commanche District Cemetery in Ellinwood. Memorials are suggested to the Humane Society of the United States, in care of the funeral home.