Lucille Opal (Tripp) MUENCHOW

MUENCHOW, TRIPP, ZUEHLKE, PARISH, GRZESKOWIAK, BURKE, ELFRING, RINGEISEN, HEMINGSEN, SMITH, MARKS, MILLS, CRONEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/26/2015 at 16:07:48

September 30, 1928 ---- September 22, 2015

SEAFORTH, MN - Services for Lucille Muenchow, 86, of Seaforth will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Nelson-Hillestad Funeral Home in Redwood Falls with burial at a later date. Visitation will be from noon-2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Arrangements are with Nelson-Hillestad Funeral Service of Redwood Falls. She died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, at Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center.

Lucille Opal Muenchow, the daughter of Milton F. and Clara (Zuehlke) Tripp, was born Sept. 30, 1928, in Kanawha, Iowa. She spent her youngest years in Kanawha and then moved with her family to Clinton, Minnesota. Lucille received her elementary education in country school and graduated from Clinton High School in 1944.

On Dec. 5, 1948, Lucille married Clifford A. Muenchow. They made their home in Ortonville before moving to Belview and later Seaforth. Although she was first and foremost a wife and mother, Lucille also worked as a clerk at Ben Franklin. She loved reading, going to auctions, gardening, and going on trips. Lucille enjoyed solving cryptograms and puzzles.

Survivors include her daughters Linda Parish of Seaforth, Ardell (Mark) Grzeskowiak of Marshall, and Vikki (Gordon) Burke of North Redwood; grandchildren Pam Elfring, Janielle Ringeisen, Anthony Hemingsen, Daniel Smith, Joseph Marks, Colton Burke, and Jaden Burke; 15 great-grandchildren; and sister Lela Mills of Hot Springs, South Dakota. Lucille was preceded in death by her husband Clifford in 2001, daughter Karen Hemingsen, brother Bill Tripp, and sister Millie Cronen.

Blessed be her memory.

September 26, 2015
Marshall Independent -- Marshall, Minnesota