Lucy K. Wakeland
WAKELAND, FREEMAN, ROBBINS, KING, LUEDERS, CAMPBELL, BEST, HARMON, SHEARON, ORTREY
Posted By: Ruth Maring - Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/4/2006 at 20:19:28
The Clinton Herald
Published: September 01, 2006 11:26 pmLucy K. Wakeland
Lucy K. Wakeland, 85, of Conway, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, August 26, 2006.
She was born December 7, 1920 in Keithsburg, Illinois, to the late John Freeman and Julia Esther Robbins.
She retired from a 30 plus year career with Clinton Garment Factory in Clinton, Iowa and Kaufmann Garment in Aurora, Illinois. She began as a factory worker and advanced over time to become a Corporate Time Study Engineer for the company. Lucy was very active in her community prior to her retirement to Arkansas. She was a member of the Eastern Star and past Worthy High Priestess of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, a Masonic affiliation. She also held a national office in the White Shrine. She was a charter president of the American Business Women’s Association and their Woman of the Year in 1965.
She and her husband, the late Mervin C. Wakeland, retired to Mountain Home, Arkansas for several years before moving to Diamond City, Arkansas, where she lived until her residency at Salem Place Nursing Home in Conway and was lovingly cared for by their staff and her grandson, Barry Lueders and his wife Velda.
She is survived by a daughter, Deanne King of Harrison; a son, Maurice Wakeland of Diamond City; six grandchildren, Barry Lueders and wife Velda of Conway, Sherri Campbell and Lisa Best, both of Harrison, Debra Harmon and Lynn Wakeland of Florida and Matthew Wakeland of Louisville, KY; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Isabelle Shearon of Clinton, Iowa and Pauline Ortrey of Monmouth, Illinois; and several nieces and nephews.
She was much loved and held in very high regard by all her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Chalmers and Clarence, three sisters, Mabel, Esteline, and Winnie, four nieces and two nephews.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 9, at 10:00 a.m. at Roller Funeral Home in Mountain Home.
Arrangements are by Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway, www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.
Lucy K. Wakeland
Conway, Arkansas
December 7, 1920 - August 26, 2006
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