James McDonald Duff (1941)
DUFF, GUYE, JACKSON, LYTTON
Posted By: Ida Morse
Date: 6/10/2007 at 20:40:41
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, November 5, 1941J. M. DUFF DIED AT ADEL ON TUESDAY
Member of Pioneer Family in Jefferson Township Succumbs
J. M. Duff, former Madison County resident, died in Adel Tuesday evening, Nov. 4th after an extended illness. Mr. Duff who was 70 years of age was the youngest and last surviving member of the Arthur Duff family, pioneer residents of this county. Mr. Duff left Madison County about fifteen years ago.
Brief services for J. M. Duff will be held at the United Brethren church near North Branch, Thursday, Nov. 6th at 10 a.m. and burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Duff had never married, and his brothers and sisters have preceded him in death. He is survived by four nephews and a niece, all of Winterset, Arthur Lytton, Clyde and Harold Guye, Thornton Duff and Mrs. Leslie Jackson.
_________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, November 20, 1941
Page 4, Column 5Last Rites Held For James Duff, Age 70
James McDonald Duff, 70 years of age, died Monday night, November 3, in Adel where he had been residing the past few years. His death followed an extended illness.
Mr. Duff who had never married, was a pioneer resident of Madison county, leaving here about fifteen years ago. He was the son of Arthur and Eliza Duff and was born in Madison County in 1861.
He was the youngest and last surviving member of the Arthur Duff family, all his brothers and sisters having preceded him in death. He is survived by four nephews and a niece, all of Winterset, Arthur Lytton, Clyde and Harold Guye, Thornton Duff and Mrs. Leslie Jackson.
Services were conducted at the grave Thursday morning at ten o’clock by the Rev. Charles E. Courtney, pastor of the United Presbyterian church of Winterset. Burial was made in the McDonald Cemetery.
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