Rose Ethel McCracken, 79, of Joplin, Mo., died Thursday, May 20, 2021 at Galena Nursing Center after a yearlong illness.
Born May 21, 1941 in Miami, Okla., Rose was the daughter of Joseph Holland Duncan and Rubye Clara (Durham) Duncan. She was a 1959 graduate of Miami, Okla. High School. She worked for Bruce Williams’s Laboratories of Joplin, Mo. for some time before beginning her career in the Tru…