Posted Tuesday morning

MOUNT PULASKI -- Wilbur W. Lucas, 91, of Mount Pulaski, formerly of Lanesville, died Friday, May 27, 2005, at 3 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader in Mount Pulaski, with Bill Shanle officiating.

Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery, Springfield.

Mr. Lucas was a lifelong farmer in Lanesville.

He was born April 29, 1914, in Logan County to Andy and Bessie Cox Lucas. He married Naomi Febus in Springfield on Aug. 12, 1936. She died March 29, 1999.

He is survived by two sons, Robert (and Jean) Lucas of Mount Pulaski, Richard (and Peggy) Lucas of Buffalo; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, Eugene (and Ruth) Lucas of Elkhart; and one sister, Wilma Febus of Mount Pulaski.

He was also preceded in death by two sisters, one brother and one son, David.

He was a member of the Illiopolis United Methodist Church.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or Buffalo Christian Church.