OBIT: Betty I. (NEWMAN) KOUGH DUNCAN, 2008, Saltillo, Huntingdon County, PA

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Betty I. Duncan

  Betty Isabelle Kough Duncan, 1, of Main Street, Saltillo, died at 
1:33 p.m., Sunday, April 6, surrounded by her loving family at Woodland 
Retirement Community, Orbisonia.
  Funeral services were held on Thursday, April 10, at the First 
Baptist Church, Saltillo, with Rev. David Oldham and Rev. David Ford 
officiating. Interment was made in Saltillo Cemetery.
  Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Martin R. Brown 
Funeral Home, Orbisonia.
  She was born on August 30, 1926 in Clay Township, Huntingdon County, 
and she was the daughter of the late Earl D. and Hilda L. (Black) 
Newman. She was married to Ned D. Kough on June 25, 1942. Mr. Kough 
preceded her in death on May 22, 1980. She later married Harold Duncan 
on July 20, 1985. He died on June 22, 1988.
  Mrs. Duncan is survived by three daughters: Patricia Ciarrocca and 
husband, Angelo S. of Huntingdon; Connie Kough Pittenger and husband, 
Robert, Saltillo; Terri Kough Cornelius and husband, Len of Saltillo 
and one son, Gregory N. Kough and wife, Alicia, Huntingdon.
  There are 12 grandchildren: Matthew K. Ciarrocca; Katharine Ciarrocca 
DeRossi; Betsy R. Quigley; Susan D. Rohrbaugh; Erin Kough; Ryan Kough; 
Lindsey Kough; Ned. D. Kough; Isabelle Kough; Laura Slusher; Paul 
Cornelius and Megan Cornelius. Eight great grandchildren also survive 
and two brothers, Wallace R. Newman and Larry E. Newman survive of 
Chambersburg.
  Two brothers, Donald E. Newman and Douglas F. Newman and an infant 
brother, James Newman are deceased.
  Mrs. Duncan was a member of the First Baptist Church of Saltillo, 
where she belonged to the Helping Hand Society.
  She was a member of the Friends of the Southern Huntingdon County 
Library, Southern Huntingdon County BPW, Order of the Eastern Star 
Lodge # 280, Mount Union and The Marry and Join Us Club.
  Mrs. Duncan was primarily a homemaker, which she thoroughly enjoyed 
over the course of her life. She created a wonderful home environment 
for her family in a traditional way. She was a great cook and an 
excellent pie baker. She enjoyed spending time outdoors and in her 
prime she loved walking and working in the garden at "the farm." She 
enjoyed traveling and was fortunate to have traveled extensively. Of 
all things that were important to Betty, the two most important were 
her love of God and love of family.
  Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of 
Saltillo, PO Box 142, Saltillo, PA 17253.

The Valley Log, Orbisonia, Pa., April 16, 2008