Garry Duncan

Garry S. Duncan, age 76, of Portland passed away on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born in Tennessee on Nov. 28, 1948, the son of Garland and Ruth (Woods) Duncan. 

He was married on Sept. 6, 1969, to Charlene Yaney who survives. 

Garry was an electrician with IBEW Union in Muncie. He attended Fairview United Methodist Church, was a volunteer with the food bank and enjoyed bowling and spending time with family.

Surviving are his wife Charlene; two sons, Shawn Duncan of Portland and Billy Duncan (wife: Molly) of Denver; one daughter, Edith Teegarden (husband: Aaron) of Ridgeville; three brothers, Buford, Stanley and Perry Duncan; four sisters, Ruth Ann Newton, Linda Case, Lois Cruze and Brenda Guffey; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by a brother, Larry Duncan; and a sister, Willie Mae Rowland.

Funeral services will be Friday, Oct. 3, at 2 p.m. in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with burial in the Gravel Hill Cemetery in Bryant. Visitation will be Friday from noon to 2 p.m. 

Memorials can be made to Fairview United Methodist Church or St. Judes Children’s Hospital.

Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.