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Eugene Lucas
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[August
09, 2008]
MOUNT PULASKI -- Eugene C. Lucas, 83,
of Ashland, Mo., formerly of Elkhart, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at
12:07 p.m. at Bluegrass Terrace in Ashland. |
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Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at
the funeral home, with Jeremy Thomason officiating.
Burial, with military rites, will be in Mount
Pulaski Cemetery.
Mr. Lucas was retired from farming in the Elkhart
area.
He was an Army paratrooper during World War II.
He was born June 7, 1925, at Carlinville to Andy
and Bessie Cox Lucas. He married Ruth Worth in
Springfield on June 28, 1947.
He is survived by his wife, of Ashland, Mo.; two
daughters, Lynnette (and Randall) Yaeger of
Hartsburg, Mo., and Charlotte Pisarek of Troy, Mo.;
one son, Leslie Lucas of Lincoln; one sister, Wilma
Febus of Mount Pulaski; five grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren; and several
step-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Doug Lucas;
two grandsons, Shawn Lucas and Michael Heyen; two
brothers; and two sisters. |
He was a member of Logan County Farm Bureau, Logan
County Dairy Association, Cronin Brothers Veterans
of Foreign Wars in Lincoln and American Legion Post
263 in Lincoln.
Memorials may be made to the Humane Society of
Logan County or the American Diabetes Association.
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