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Obituary index
 Eugene
Lucas
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[August
11, 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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