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Skog, M. Lucille (1925-2016)

SKOG, PIERSON, JONES, PHILLIPS, STEELE, HENRICHS, VASKE, BRAAKS, LAWSON, DAHLSTROM, JOHNSON

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/12/2016 at 14:06:30

Lucille Skog
March 19, 1925 - May 1, 2016

Lucille Skog, age 91, of Albert City, Iowa, died on Sunday, May 1, 2016, at the Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas, Iowa.

Mildred Lucille Pierson, a daughter of John V. and Jesse (Jones) Pierson was born on March 19, 1925, in Storm Lake, Iowa. She lived her youth in the Albert City and received her education at and graduated from the Lincoln Lee Township Consolidated School. Baptized and confirmed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Albert City, she became a life-long member.

Lucille married Wendell D. Skog on December 20, 1945, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Albert City. Their union was blessed with five children: Nancy, Susan, Dale, Robert, and David Skog. For a number of years, Lucille worked as a CNA at the Pleasant View Home in Albert City. Above all, however, she treasured her family and loved hearing about all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren’s activities.

An active member of her church, Lucille participated in WELCA, played the piano for Sunday school, and played the bells for and sang in the choir. Her favorite pastimes included reading, playing cards, crocheting, going on family camping vacations, doing word search puzzles, attending balls games, and watching game shows. She, also, belonged to the “Happy Hour Club.”

Lucille’s life will always be loved and cherished by her family which includes her children: Dale (Diane) and Robert (Marty) Skog, all of Albert City, Iowa, David (Karen) Skog, of Worthington, Minnesota, Nancy (Terry) Phillips, of Truro, Iowa, and Susan (Jerry) Steele, of Waukee, Iowa; her grandchildren: Jodi (Clay) Andrew; Leasa Gamrath; Lori (Dave) Henrichs; Amanda (Jorgen) Johnson; Ryan (Rachel) Phillips; Adam (Cassie), Isaac, Jordan (Kristine), Nick, Stephen, and Tim Skog; Chris (Jennifer) Steele; Lindsay (Chad) Wierson; John (Tricia) Willeford; and Emily (Andrew) Vaske; twenty-one great grandchildren; her brother-in-law, Donald Johnson; and her sister-in-law, Doris Skog; as well as her nieces; nephews; other extended family members; and a host of friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wendell, on March 27, 2000; her brother, John Pierson; and five sisters: Hazel Pierson, Lela Braaks, Alice Lawson, Ruth Dahlstrom and Marjorie Johnson.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Albert City. Burial will follow in the Fairfield Township Cemetery in Albert City. Visitation will take place Tuesday, May 3, 2016, from 5:99 to 7:00 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Albert City. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Albert City is in charge of the arrangements.

Blessed be the memory of Lucille Skog.

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