IRVINE, Calif. — Ruth Lorraine Duncan, 97, died Sept. 27 at Irvine, Calif. She was born Dec. 18, 1912 at Ellinwood, the daughter of Florence M. and DeWitt Johnson. She married Charles Duncan, Jr. on June 12, 1937 in Long Beach, Calif. He died Nov. 18, 2005.

She was a homemaker and piano teacher, formerly of Ellinwood, Dartmouth, Great Bend, and Long Beach and Indian Wells, Calif. She was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and Long Beach Junior College in California. She was a violinist with the Desert Symphony Orchestra.

She is survived by daughter Lorraine Schmidt of Santa Ana, Calif.

The service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Kimple Funeral Chapel in Ellinwood. The officiant will be Bishop Greg Perez. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Burial will be at Lakin-Comanche District Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the Humane Society of America.