Susan Maa Palmer
1883 - 1932 (48 years)
Generation: 1
1. Susan Maa Palmer was born on 6 Jun 1883 in Meadville, Linn County, Missouri; died on 2 Jun 1932 in Meadville, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 4 Jun 1932 in Botts Cemetery, Meadville, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Note on Find a Grave:
First name spelling incorrect on tombstone. Should be Mae rather than May.
Fractured Skull Results in Death
Mrs. W.H. Duncan Dies of Injuries Sustained In Fall
The Funeral from the Home Near Meadville Tomorrow - Interment in the Ogan Cemetery.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning, as Mrs. W.H. Duncan, who resides five and one-half miles northeast of Meadville, in clay township, was weighing up some feed for her chickens, she accidently fell, striking her head either on the cement floor or on some machinery in the building, forming a fractur of the skull. Shortly after the accident she was found by her husband, W.H. Duncan, and some members of the family, lying on the cement floor in an unconscious state and taken to the house, form which condition she never rallied and passed away about 10:30 o'clock. A doctor was called immediately following the accident, but before he could arrive Mrs. Duncan had succumbed. She was conversing with the family about ten minutes before the accident happened but none of them were present at the time. The fatal accident was a distinct shock to her many friends throughout the neighborhood and the county, as she had been in exceptionally good health up to this time.
Susan Mae Palmer, daughter of J.P. and Kate Palmer, was born on June 6, 1883, on a farm near Meadville, educated in the public schools, and on January 24, 1903, she was married to W.H. Duncan of Clay township. Besides the husband and her parents she leaves the following children to mourn her passing: Mrs. A.J. Brooks, of Beloit, Wisconsin; Edith Velma Duncan of Chicago; Stanley E., Miss Verna Kate, Glenn Rogers and Ralph at home. She also leaves four brothers, Phillip, Pemp, John and Joseph, and one sister, Mrs. Vern Gudget, all of Meadville, and three grandchildren.
The funeral conducted by the Rev. Ben Huddleston of Carrollton, will be from the home tomorrow afternoon at 2;30 o'clock, and interment, under the direction of Hunter & Rollins, undertakers of Brookfield, will be made in Ogan cemetery near Meadville.
Linn County Budget-Gazette, Brookfield, Missouri. Friday, 3 June 1932.
Name:
daughter of John Pemberton Palmer and Kate Beck
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1932/1932_00020450.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33206012/mae-susan-duncanSusan married William Haden Duncan on 24 Jan 1903. William was born on 14 Mar 1879 in Meadville, Linn County, Missouri; died on 13 Oct 1976 in Marceline, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Botts Cemetery, Meadville, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Glenn Roderick Duncan was born on 21 Mar 1918 in Meadville, Linn County, Missouri; died on 30 Jun 2009 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.