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Edwina Olsen Duncan ’38

Edwina Olsen Duncan ’38, May 29, 1997, in La Habra, California. After graduation from Reed, she attended the University of Washington Graduate School of Social Work and pursued a career in social work for about 10 years. She married Robert Duncan ’38 in 1941. For most of her life, she was a homemaker. In later years, she was active with the Fullerton, California YWCA, took adult education classes, and traveled in the U.S. and abroad. Her known survivors include a son; a daughter; a sister, D. Valentine Olsen Erickson ’43; a brother, Theodore Olsen ’39; and a grandchild. Her husband died in 1979.

Appeared in Reed magazine: November 1997

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