- Pioneer druggist succumbs at 85, Pioneer Regina druggist.
Albert Duncan, 85, of 3047 Quinn Drive, died at his home Monday after a lengthy illness. Funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p m. In First Presbyterian church with R. M. Shields officiating. Burial will be in the family plot at Regina Cemetery. Bom at Almonte, Ont., Mr. Duncan served his drug apprenticeship under his brother Hugh, at Vankleek Hill. Ont. He graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1899 and opened a small drug store in Merrickville, Ont. In 1903, Mr. Duncan married the late Jennie Jakes of Merrickville and later the same year came west to Regina. He opened his first drugstore In a shack on Scarth street in partnership with W. M. Rea. A few months later it was moved into the Strathcona block. In 1907, Mr. Duncan bought the Medical Hall building, 1747 Scarth street, and operated a store there until 1939. He built the Duncan block In 1919 at the comer of Albert street and Dewdney avenue and opened another store, still maintained by his son, James A. Duncan. Mr. Duncan, owner of the gravel pit at Pilot Butte, supplied all the sand and gravel in the construction of the Legislative buildings. HONORED In 1957, he was honored by the anniversary of the founding of the Pharmacentical Assocoation, Always interested in agriculture, Mr. Duncan made frequent trips to his farms at Fillmore and Stoughton. , Mr. Duncan was a .member of First Presbyterian church. He is predeceased by six brothers, five of .whom were also pioneers In western Canada. Robert was an early farmer at Pilot Mound, Man.; William was one of the founders of the Beaver Lumber Co., Regina; James was city Caxton Press representative; Hugh operated a drug store in Edmonton; John homesteaded at Stoughton and his younger brother, Edward, remained in Almonte. Mr. Duncan was also predeceased by his wife in 1915 and a son, Kenneth.in 1911. He is survived by one son, James Albert, 3047 Quinn drive; one daughter, Mrs. T. H. Wood, 3002 Albert street; one sister, Mrs. Agnes Holden, Calgary, and two grandchildren.
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The Leader-Post
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
11 Aug 1959, Tue ? Page 3
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