Services
service
November 12, 2016
Saturday
10:30 AM
First Lutheran Church - Dows
Obituary
Lucille A. Andersen, age 86, of Dows passed away Monday, November 7, 2016 at the Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center in Clarion.
Funeral services was held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at First Lutheran Church in Dows with Pastor Grant Woodley officiating. Burial took place in Fairview Cemetery in Dows.
Lucille Ardelle, daughter of Joseph and Rena (Evans) Echelberger, was born on December 21, 1929. Lucille was raised in Dows. She attended and graduated from Dows High School in 1948. After graduating high school, Lucille worked as a secretary for the superintendent at school.
On June 18, 1952, Lucille was united in marriage to Borge Andersen at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. The couple made their home in the Dows area where they also farmed. Borge and Lucille had two daughters, Jean and Beverly. Lucille worked at the Coulter elevator for a short time when they were first married.
Lucille went on to work as the bookkeeper at the Dows co-op and then the Dows Creamery. Later on, she worked for the Dows school board for 17 years. For a period of time, Lucille worked at the First Lutheran Church. All while working, Lucille also helped Borge on the farm. She served on the golf course board and election board.
Lucille taught herself how to paint with oil, watercolor, and acrylic paints. Many of her paintings are around the area. She enjoyed crocheting name doilies for friends and family. Lucille was a great historian about Dows and wrote numerous articles about Dows history for the newspapers. Most of her life, she volunteered around Dows.
She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren and attending any activities they were involved in. Lucille enjoyed making wedding and birthday cakes. She also repaired antique dolls.
Lucille is survived by her two daughters Jean (Duane) Swanson of Hampton and Beverly (Allen) Lange of Dows; three granddaughters Terri (Jeff) Nelson of Ames, Amy (Jim) Schultes of Templeton, Erica (Bryce) Reynolds of Ames; and four great-grandchildren Emma and Ally Nelson and Collin and Tyson Schultes.
She is preceded in death by her husband and parents.