Duncan Calder Steele was born October 18, 1877 in Scotland. At the time of his WWI draft registration he and his wife were living in Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri. He died May 27, 1952 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (Missouri Death Certificate). His cremated remains were interred in Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri. Blanche Steele was the informant on his death certificate. It is not known when she died.