Sally Ann Duck

Sally Duck, a thirty-nine-year resident, died at her home on Tobin Lane on the Upper Gunnison December 16, following a stroke.

Born July 7, 1931, in Rochester, New York to Charles and Margaret Shaw Brayer, Sally graduated from Fairport High School and received higher 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 Fire 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 membership in the American Legion Auxiliary, Gunnison County Pioneer and Historical Society, Gunnison Elks Ladies (is 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 her five brothers and a 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 Gunnison Cemetery Monday December 30, 11:00 am, Pastor Laura Osborne officiating.