Snodgrass, Lucille - 1918-2009

ALLEN, BROOKS, CARLETON, COWELL, JOHNSTON, PARKINSON, REES, SEARS, SNODGRASS, WILSON

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 6/2/2009 at 07:15:48

Lucille B. Snodgrass, known to her friends as “Lucy”, died at age 90 at the Monarch Wing of Skiff Medical Center on May 27, 2009.
Lucille Brooks was born in July 1918, in Burgess, Ill., to Rolla W. and Mary E. (Parkinson) Brooks. Her family moved to the Kellogg and Newton areas soon after that. Lucille graduated from Newton Senior High School in 1935 and received her Normal Training from NHS a year later. She taught in rural schools in Jasper County for six years. Lucille worked for the Maytag Company for 25 years, retiring in 1984. She was an active member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church for 60 years. Lucy was a dedicated volunteer for many organizations throughout her life. She loved to dance and looked forward to dances in the surrounding area.
She was the proud mother of two daughters, Joyce Carleton (Edward) of Plano, Texas, and Joan Cowell of Kansas City, Mo. Lucy’s five grandchildren are Stacy Sears (Andrew) Wilson of Omaha, Neb., Todd (Molly) Cowell, Tanya (Will) Rees, and Brad (Tracy) Sears of the Kansas City area and Megan Sears of Denver, Colo. Her 12 great-grandchildren are Taylor, Morgan, Josh and Madison Cowell, Katie Rees and Claire Johnston, Zach, Colin and Carly Wilson, Reid, Aidan and Paige Sears.
Lucille was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Virginia Allen; and her brothers, Benjamin and Verne Brooks.
Funeral services will be Saturday, May 30, at 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Newton.
Friends may greet the family from 6 until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to First Lutheran Church or Hospice of Jasper County are being accepted.
The family would like to thank her many friends, the staffs of Newton Village, Nelson Manor and Hospice of Jasper County and Pastor Vrankin for their love, kindness and excellent care.
Source: Newton Daily News; Friday, May 29, 2009