Millburn, Lucille Ann 1932-2024

MILLBURN, FURRY, BOLES, KALDENBERG, DOUGLAS, SHISSLER, KAZOS, HELTON, PETERSON

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Date: 2/8/2024 at 14:53:53

Lucille Ann Millburn
August 27, 1932 - January 19, 2024

Lucille Ann (LuAnn) Millburn, age 91, of Norwalk passed away peacefully at Holland Farms Assisted Living and Memory Care in Norwalk. Visitation for LuAnn will be held Saturday January 27, 2024, at 1 pm at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Colfax, Iowa. A joint Mass said in honor of LuAnn and her husband Francis, who passed away October 24, 2023, will follow at 2 pm after which there will be time for fellowship and light refreshments in the church basement. Internment will take place at a later date.

The daughter of Ernest Boles and Thelma (Furry) Boles, Lucille was born on August 27, 1932. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Carl and three sisters, Carol, Elnore, June and her son, Francis Jay Millburn and her husband, Francis Leeson Millburn. LuAnn grew up in Randolph, Kansas. After graduating from Randolph High School in 1950, LuAnn entered the United States Air Force, where she served in Washington, DC before returning to her small town where she met the love of her life on a blind date. Francis Millburn was a handsome Army soldier with a heart stealing smile stationed at nearby Fort Riley. They married in 1954 and started an amazing life together in Colfax which included the birth of five children: Kathy (Thomas) Kaldenberg, Francis Jay Millburn, Karen (Randy) Douglas, Patty (Craig) Shissler, and Matthew Millburn. Their family expanded with grandchildren: Matt and Mike Douglas; Dan, Dave and James Shissler; Austin Kazos, Sam Millburn and Mattea Millburn; Sarah Beth Helton and great grandchildren Gavin Peterson, Isaac Oltjenbruns and Daxton Douglas; Bruce, Kathleen and Marilyn Shissler; Scarlett, Lucille and Conrad Shissler. She recognized each of them as unique and loved them all.

LuAnn was active in many community and church organizations including the Colfax Jaycee Ettes, the PTA, the Colfax Centennial and Bi-Centennial Committees, GFWC LaFemme, the Colfax Chamber of Commerce, the American Red Cross, the Colfax Historical Society, the Jasper County Mental Health Board and the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Altar & Rosary.

LuAnn managed the downtown business Millburn Decorating for ten years. It was an outgrowth of her interest in interior design, which she studied in books and the multitude of magazines she subscribed to. The culinary arts and entertaining were her companion passions and she loved planning menus and delighting family and friends with her beautifully set tables and delicious foods.

LuAnn loved to travel, and Francis took her to the places she had dreamed of visiting, including Paris and Ireland. She and her daughters made memories together on trips to Las Vegas, cruises and of course, shopping expeditions which had to include Younkers and lunch. Many summer months were spent at Shell Lake in Minnesota, where she redecorated the rented cabin and accompanied Francis on the boat, fishing for northern pike.

Reading was a source of great satisfaction for LuAnn and rarely was she without a book, newspaper or magazine. Her favorite genre was biographies of strong women from history, and she wasn’t intimidated by thick tomes.

In 2021, LuAnn and Francis moved to Holland Farms in Norwalk, Iowa where they quickly became “the couple that loves each other so much”. Up until her death, LuAnn was unwaveringly polite, with some of her last words being “thank you”. She will be dearly missed by all who were fortunate enough to know her.

Memorials may be directed to the Colfax Historical Society Building Fund and AHC (Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood) Foundation “Daxton is one in a million”.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Lucille, please visit our floral store.
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Saturday, January 27, 2024
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 302 E Howard St Colfax, IA 50054
Funeral Mass
Saturday, January 27, 2024
2:00PM
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 302 E Howard St Colfax, IA 50054
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