Mrs. Mary Belle Duckworth 74, died Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Whitson, 1511 South Jennings.  She had been ill for several months.

Mrs. Duckworth was born June 12, 1871 in Chariton, Iowa. She received her education in Chariton and later moved to Coffeyville.  She came to Bartlesville 16 years ago.  Her husband died on March 26, 1936.  She was a member of the First Methodist Church.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Moore funeral residence.  Immediately following the services, the funeral cortege will leave for Independence, Kan., where interment will be made beside her husband's grave in the Mt. Hope cemetery.  The body will lie in state until the time of the services.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Whitson, 1511 Jennings and Mrs. H. H. Ehrman of Chanute, a son, Roy Duckworth of Coffeyville, a brother, Fred Abell, Des Moines, Iowa and a sister, Mrs. Ella Lewis of Newton, Iowa."

MRS. MARY DUCKWORTH INTERRED HERE MONDAY.  Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Belle Duckworth 74, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Whitson in Bartlesville were held Monday afternoon from the Moore Funeral home at Bartlesville at 2 o'clock with the Rev. W. L. Broome, minister of the First Methodist church officiating. Interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery at Independence, beside Mr. Duckworth who passed away in March 1936.  The Potts Funeral Home assisted with arrangements here. Survivors include one son, Roy Duckworth of Coffeyville and two daughters, Mrs. Roy Whitson, Bartlesville and Mrs. Harry H. Ehrman, Chanute.

Contributed by  Juanita Alloway