Sally Duck, a 39-year resident died at her home on Tobin Lane on the Upper Gunnison Dec. 16 following a stroke.
Born July 7, 1931 in Rochester, New York to Charles and Maragret Shaw Brayer, Sally graduated from Fairport High School and received her education from the University of Rockport, a New York state college. She taught elementary school at Rochester, continuing her career briefly in Jefferson County near Denver after moving to Colorado.
Sally and her husband, John Duck, an employee of Firestone Tire Company, moved to Gunnison in 1985. Mr. Duck succumbed to cancer the next year.
Sally enjoyed everything about the Gunnison Country, fishing and camping in her Chevy Blazer pop-up camper; social interests stressed ways to benefit the community, such as memberships in the American Legion Auxiliary, Gunnison County Pioneer Museum and Historical Society, Gunnison Elks Ladies (its current secretary) and PEO, Chapter H.K. Especially important was Good Samaritan Episcopal Church. When the church ran the Opportunity Shop, providing quality merchandise at low rates for the financially disadvantaged, she was one of the volunteers.
Sally was predeceased by five brothers and one sister. She is survived by a sister, Lois Tubbs; a niece, Carol McKeever, both residents of New York; two sisters-in-law, Judy Brayer, Lakeland, Florida; Barbara Brayer, Ontario, New York; and other extended family.
Graveside services will be held at the Gunnison Cemetery on Monday, Dec. 30 at 11 a.m. Pastor Laura Osborne is officiating.
