Obituary of Annie T. Duncanson

Ann T. Duncanson, 89, of Jamestown, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017, in the St. Vincent Health Center, Erie, PA. An area resident since 1966, she was born February 11, 1927 in Manhattan, NY, a daughter of the late James and Margaret Hughes Toner. She was a graduate of the Cathedral High School in New York City. She was a communicant of the former St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Sinclairville and most recently Holy Apostles Parish in Jamestown. She also attended St. Mary of Lourdes Catholic Church, Bemus Point with her family. She will be remembered as a loving and caring mother and grandmother who was known as an accomplished seamstress, making wedding dresses for several members of her family. Surviving are her five children, Gregory (Patty) Duncanson of Jamestown, NY, Mark Duncanson of West Ellicott, William F. (Sandra) Duncanson, IV of Bemus Point, NY, James (Emma) Duncanson of Jamestown, Ann (Kenneth) Crossley of Bemus Point, NY, 11 grandchildren, Matthew (Jennifer Grandinetti) Duncanson, Michael (Amanda Crossley) Duncanson, Lillian Scholeno, William F. Duncanson, V, Elizabeth (Matthew) Gillaspy, Alexander Duncanson, James Duncanson, Emilia Duncanson, Sara Crossley, Patrick Crossley, Clare Crossley, two great grandchildren, Michelle A. Gillaspy, Mason S. Duncanson and two sisters, Josephine Walton of NY, Mary Mandeville of CT. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, William F. Duncanson, III whom she married June 18, 1949 and who died April 23, 2010 and a brother James Toner. A Concelebrated Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 17, 2017, in St. Mary of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Bemus Point. The Rev. Todd Remick, pastor and the Rev. John Kuhlmann, former pastor will be celebrants. Inurnment will be in the Holy Cross Cemetery. Visitation will not be observed. Memorials may be made to Choose Life of Jamestown, 560 West Third St. Jamestown, NY 14701.