LANCASTER—Esther Leora (Rech) Duncan passed away, peacefully in her sleep, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, at the age of 106. 

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Jan. 12, at 11 a.m. at the Lancaster Congregational Church, 225 S. Madison St., Lancaster, with Rev. Mark Dieter officiating. Burial will be in Blake’s Prairie Cemetery, Bloomington Township. Family and friends may call on Friday from 9 a.m. until time of services at the church. Martin Schwartz Funeral Home & Crematory in Lancaster is assisting the family. Online condolences: www.martinschwartzfuneralhomes.com. 

For complete obit see the Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 issue of the Grant County Herald Independent