Graveside inurnment for Mrs. Lucille Tuckel, 97, a lifelong Lawrence resident, will be 10:30 am Friday August 4, 2017, at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Tuckel died Sunday, July 30, 2017, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.
She was born September 2, 1919, to Raymond and Susie Love.
Lucille married Robert Tuckel, December 31, 1942, at the home of her parents, during a Kansas ice storm.
She spent her life caring for her family, which included growing a large vegetable garden every summer. Being the wife of a dairy farmer didn’t leave much spare time. She enjoyed taking car rides at sunset and having autumn picnics.
Lucille is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years in 2000, her parents, two sisters and three brothers.
Survivors include two children, Judy Troupe (Jeff) of Oakland, Nebraska, and Stephen Tuckel (Criselle) of Sedalia, Colorado, four grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
Judy, Jeff, Stephen, and family:
I remember your parents very well including your Uncle Ernie and everything about putting up hay on always the hottest and dustiest of days. Your mother’s dinners, not lunch, in the middle of the day on the back porch with the hum of the fan made me wish I could take a two hour nap afterwards but always had to go back outside into the heat and dust to throw more hay bales. May the souls of our loved ones meet again in the universe where time and distance do not exist but only peace and happiness through infinity.
Steve: I’m so sad to hear about your mother. I remember the ice tea while we were throwing hay.