W. DUANE DOUGLAS

MARBLE HILL -- W. Duane Douglas, 71, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Oct. 17, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Nov. 1, 1926, at Luray, Kan., son of James Frederick and Cora Opal Bean Douglas.

Douglas was an Army veteran of World War II.

He was a retired high school teacher, having taught in Southern Illinois for more than 30 years.

He was a member of Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson and a member of the Men's Club of the Church. He was also a member of the Patton Lions Club.

Survivors include two sisters, Berniece Warner of Marble Hill and Edna Cowan of McPherson, Kan.

Friends may call at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill today from 4 to 8 p.m.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer will officiate. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Amherst Cemetery in Luray, with the Russell, Kan., VFW military rites.