Services for Elmer Ellsworth Duncan, 95, Ada, are 10:30 Saturday, September 29, 2007 at the First United Methodist Church, Dr. George Warren will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Duncan passed on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at local nursing home. He was born the second of six children on February 11, 1912, in Carroll County, Arkansas to Fredrick and Virgie Annie Brittain Duncan. His family moved to the Worstell community, near Ada, early in his life. He married Emma Walker on October 31, 1930 at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death in 1988. Mr. Duncan worked in the oil field. He has worked in several locations, ranging from Bebee and Chandler, Oklahoma, to Stafford, Kansas and Denver, Colorado. Driving exploration and restoration of oil wells caused him to travel to several surrounding states before his retirement in the 1970s. Mr. Duncan took time after retiring to whittle over 200 wooden chains. On one of his many trips, he found a hawk's nest in Colorado, which is displayed at the Agri-plex. He loved hunting, his dogs, and hardly ever missed a day fishing. He and his family have traveled to much of the United States, including Alaska and the Panama Canal. Later in his life, after the passing of Emma, he moved to the Ada Baptist Retirement Village. During his time there, he at the age of 87 met and married Lois Watson Holmes. They both lived there until Elmer was moved to a nursing home a short time ago. Those who preceded him in death include siblings, Delbert, James and Paul Duncan and Thelma Golden. Survivors include his wife, Lois Duncan, of Ada. A daughter, Edwina Ann Van Dalsem and her husband Carl, Kemp, TX with their children: Michael Van Dalsem, Parker, CO, and Laura Hardy and her husband David, Plano, TX; and great grandchildren, Kelly Randall and her husband Jon, Durant, OK; and a great-great grandson, Jacob Randall. A son, Larry Duncan and his wife Karen, Littleton, CO, with their children: John Duncan and his wife Heather, Lakewood, CO, and Deborah Moquin and her husband Alan; and great grandchildren, Christopher, Cole, and Shanna Moquin, Thornton, CO. Step-children: Ron Holmes and his wife Sarah, Pontotoc, OK, their children and grandchildren; and Carole Blassingame and her husband John, Ennis, TX, their children and grandchildren; and a sister, Opal Wallace, of Midwest City, OK. Bearers are David Golden, Jerry Duncan, John Duncan, John Binkley, Chris Moquin and Michael Van Dalsem. Honorary bearers will be Keith Wallace, Gavin Jensen, Fred Duncan, Glen Golden, Ron Holmes and John Blassingame. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada