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Niagara Gazette

SILER CITY, NC — Siler City, NC - Duncan Sinclair Cruickshank III, of Siler City, North Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill. The son of the late Duncan Sinclair, Jr., and Esther Cruickshank, Duncan was born in Niagara Falls, New York.

As a young man, he made a name for himself by rescuing people in boats who had become stranded above Niagara Falls. A graduate of LaSalle High School, he attended Marquette University and then proudly served his country in the National Guard. Working at Airco Speer in Niagara Falls, as a Superintendent for more than 25 years, Duncan met and married the love of his life, Judith Arlene Webb Cruickshank.

Duncan is survived by his wife Judith of 48 years; and his sister, Jean Haseley of Lantana, Florida. He leaves behind a legacy of four surviving children: Duncan Sinclair Cruickshank IV of Siler City, North Carolina, Bruce Cruickshank and his wife, Elizabeth of Chesapeake, Virginia, Sharon Guariglia and her husband, Richard of Silk Hope, North Carolina, and Brenda Stecher and her husband, Joe of Siler City, North Carolina. Duncan also leaves his mark on this world with eight beautiful grandchildren, including Duncan Sinclair Cruickshank V.

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Duncan married WEBB, Judith Arlene about 1962. Judith (daughter of WEBB, Arthur James and MORSE, Elsie E) was born on 12 Jun 1940 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 20 Nov 2023 in Chapel Hill, Durham County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 10/29/1961

The engagement of Miss Judith Arlene
Webb to Duncan S. Cruickshank III has
been announced by her parents. Mr. and
Arthur James Webb, 91st Street.
Mr. Cruickshank. is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Duncan S. Cruickshank. Buffalo Avenue.
Miss Webb is a graduate of LaSalte
Senior High School and attended State
University College at Buffalo. She Is employed
at the New York Telephone Co.
Mr. Cruickshank is a graduate of La
Salle Senior High School and attended
Marquette University, He is employed as
a lab technician at International Graphite
Co.
A Spring wedding is planned.

1. CRUICKSHANK, Sharon
2. CRUICKSHANK, Brenda
3. CRUICKSHANK, Bruce
4. CRUICKSHANK, Duncan Sinclair IV

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Niagara Gazette jun 17, 1968
D. S. Cruickshank Dies at 57
Duncan S. Cruickshank, 57, of 5769 Buffalo St. Sanborn. Mr. Cruickshank was former operator of a sporting goods store in Niagara Falls, died at Mount St. Mary's Hospital Sunday after a six month illness. Mr Cruickshank came to this city with his family when he was three years old from Falkirk, Scotland, and live here until moving to Sanborn six years ago. He operated his sporting goods store in LaSalle for 22 years. Mr Cruickshank was an organized and past president of the LaSalle Sportsmen's Club, a member of Elks Lodge 346, the Optimist Club, the Clan of McKenzie Club and served with the Sanborn Volunteer Fire Co. The fire company members will meet for a memorial service tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Survivors include his widow, Esther, of Sanborn; a son, Duncan S. Cruickshank III, this city; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert (Joan) Stauffer, this city, and Mrs. John (Jean) Haseley of Sanborn; two brothers, Capt. George M. Cruickshank of the Niagara Falls Police Department and Charles Cruickshank of this city; a sister, Mrs. Henry (Dorothy) Rissler of Lantana, Fla., and six grandchildren. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Otto Radanz Funeral Home with the Rev. John B. Toay, pastor of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Friends may call today and Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Duncan married JOHNSON, Esther M on 15 Dec 1934 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Esther (daughter of JOHNSON, Alfred Edward and FEELEY, Katherine Margaret) was born on 20 Jul 1914 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Mar 1985 in Lantana, Palm Beach County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette
Esther Cruickshank Ex-area Merchant Dies In Florida
Funeral services have been held for former Niagara Falls resident Esther M. Cruickshank, 70, of Lantana, Fla., who once operated two local businesses with her husband, She died in John Fitzgerald Kennedy Hospital in Lantana Tuesday (March 19, 1985). Mrs. Cruickshank and her husband, Duncan S. Cruickshank Sr., ran the LaSalle Sports Shop on Buffalo Avenue until about 1964. They later operated Esther's Flower and Produce Shop on River Road in Wheatfield until retiring, They had maintained residences in Niagara Falls and Florida, "That was her whole life, the family and the business," said her daughter-in-law, Judith Cruickshank, of Wheatfield, "She worked very hard all those years." A native and longtime resident of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Cruickshank enjoyed flowers and growing things, her daughter-in-law said, She is survived by a son, Duncan S. Cruickshank III of Wheatfield; daughters, Mrs. Herbert (Joan) Stauffer and Mrs. John (Jean) Haseley of Lantana; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; a brother, Leonard Johnson of Niagara Falls; sisters, Mrs. George (Dodie) Frost of Lewiston, Mrs. William (Dot) Barber of Port Orange, Fla. and Mrs. George (Ann) Cruickshank of Lantana and Niagara Falls, She was the sister of the late Mrs. Robert (Florence) Young who had lived in Niagara Falls. Funeral services were held Friday in Lantana.

Duncan married MCGREGORE, Jeannette in 1904. Jeannette was born in 1886 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfred married FEELEY, Katherine Margaret on 29 Jan 1909 in Niagara County, NY. Katherine was born in 1890 in Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]