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The Columbian, Vancouver, WA., August 21, 1939, page 1 & 2

DEATH CLAIMS VETERAN JUSTICE EDGAR C. DUNCAN

Camas, Aug. 21 (Special)-- After an active life as a public official, Justice of the Peace Edgar C. Duncan died at the age of 69 here Saturday night. He had been ill for the past several months and only a few days before had asked for an indefinite leave of absence as Justice of the Peace and a Camas police judge.
W.L. (Bill) Daily was appointed officially last week to fill the post of police judge but official action has not yet been taken by the council. The post of justice of the peace must be filled by appointment by the county commissioners.
Judge Duncan came to Camas with his family from Trout Lake 20 years ago. He had served there as a Klickitat county deputy sheriff, as clerk of the school board and as a Grange secretary for a number of years.
He was elected Justice of the Peace for Camas and Washougal in 1930 and held that position, as well as that of Camas police judge ever since.
Judge Duncan was a master mason for 46 years, having joined the lodge in Troy, O., where he was a charter member and later grand master of the lodge. He also was a life member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was a member of St. John's Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan; two sons, Clifford Duncan, Seattle, and E. Carlton Duncan, Camas; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Stewart, Trout Lake, Wash., Mrs. Martha Mapes, Quilcene, Mrs. Helen Craig, Camas, and Mrs. Vesta Carpenter, Harrisburg, Ore.
Funeral services will he held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Stoller's Funeral Chapel in Camas, with interment at Trout Lake, Wash., with Masonic committal service.