Brenda Joy Duncan
71, Spokane, Wash.
A celebration of life was held in Mississippi for Brenda Joy Duncan, 71, of Spokane, Wash., who passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Spokane, Wash.
Duncan was born in Pascagoula on May 28, 1952, to Dorothy and Rayford Keen. As the oldest of six siblings, she took on a motherly role and cared for her siblings. The family moved many times due to her father’s duty stations during his career with the United States Coast Guard. They eventually settled in Vancleave when her father started his second career as a mail carrier. 
She graduated from high school in Vancleave and followed in her father’s footsteps and started working at the post office. She worked first as a mail carrier then as a postal manager. She was the first female postal manager in Tylertown. She married Robert “Bobby” Duncan in 1976, and they were together for 37 years and had a daughter, Eva. They separated in 2013 and she never remarried.
After 34 years with the USPS, she retired and started working at an academy in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, for troubled youth. She then moved to Hawaii and volunteered with hospice and the suicide hotline. She became a certified healing practitioner and loved her crystals, sound bowls, drum and was working to heal herself and others.
She enjoyed music and dancing. She loved Arabian horses and Pomeranians. She was an adventurous fun soul that loved to travel. She lived in several areas in Mississippi as well as John Day, Ore., Walla Walla, Wash., Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Kapaa, Hawaii, and lastly Spokane, Wash.
She is greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Myrna Loy.
Survivors include her daughter, brothers, sister, two grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, extended family and friends.
In honor of Brenda, may we all seek to find more joy in our days and share it with everyone we meet. Donations in her memory can be made to the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery www.vanessabehan.org.
