She was born December 29, 1919 in Crane, MO, daughter of Raymond and Fay (Gipson) Ellis. Ida married Russell B. Duncan on October 2, 1943, in Ithaca, New York, and he preceded her in death on July 18, 2001.
Ida graduated from Crane High School, Southwest Baptist College and the University of Missouri with a B.S. degree in business Education. She taught many years in rural schools in Stone County, MO, did secretarial work in the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. and in Kansas City MO, she also worked for many years as a tax preparer for H and R Block. She was a member of chapter H.K., P.E.O., First Baptist Church and the University Alumni Association.
She is survived by one son, Robert Duncan and wife Vicki of Columbia, Seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers and one sister.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Columbia, MO
Memorials are suggested to The Food Bank of Central Missouri.