Daniel Sherman Duncan

Mar 5, 1934 -

Mar 2, 2020

Mr. Daniel S. Duncan, 85, passed away Monday evening, March 2, 2020, at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, surrounded by family and his wife of 66 years. He was three days shy of his 86th birthday.

Memorial services will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2020, at 3 p.m., at Peninsula Christian Center.

Dan was born in Gate City, Va., to Charles and Leta Duncan. The family moved to Hillsboro, Ore., where Dan attended school. He joined the Coast Guard in 1952 and sailed to Alaska onboard the USCGC Storis. While the boat was stationed in Juneau, Alaska, he met a girl, Bonnie Clark. They had a Coast Guard wedding on Oct. 16, 1953. After two years in the Coast Guard, Dan joined the Army and attended Military Police School. His first station was the Persidio in San Fransisco. The next assignment was Strategic Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (S.H.A.P.E.) for five years at NATO Headquarters in Versailles, France. Bonnie gave birth to their first son, Jim at Fort Lewis Military Base in 1956 and then joined Dan in France where their second son, Jerry was born in 1957. After Dan's service they moved back to Bonnie's hometown of Juneau, where Dan was hired as a city policeman. Dan and Bonnie had three more children: Ron, Rick and Kathleen. They housed four other boys over the years: Ken, Marty, Wally and Cliff.

Dan was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Oleta; sister, Helen; brother, Roger; and son, Rick.

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie; sons, Jim (Renee) of Anchorage, Alaska, Jerry (Barb) of Juneau and Ron (Tawna) of Soldotna; and daughter, Kathleen Duncan of Soldotna. He is further survived by his grandkids, Jeremy and Sabrina of Juneau, Daniel Shields and Delana Green of Soldotna, Andrea Duncan of Soldotna, Kyle and Crystal of Washington and Destiny and Noella of California. He is also survived by six great-grandchildren.