Lucille M. Shields

Lucille M. Shields, 96, of Limestone, passed away Thursday (April 10, 2014) at her home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday at Clancy-Gernon-Hertz Funeral Home in Kankakee. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Kankakee, with the Rev. John Peeters officiating. Entombment will follow at All Saints Mausoleum in Bourbonnais. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family's wishes. She was born February 26, 1918, in Chicago, the daughter of James A. and Marion Black Tracy. Lucille was an amazing woman. She withstood many tragedies and hardships in her life and dealt with these with dignity, grace and determination. She married her first husband, Maurice A. Dubuque, in November, 1939. He passed away in 1948 from injuries sustained in a crash dive during World War II. At that time, Lucille was 30 years old and raising two daughters, ages three and one. In September of 1950, she married Robert E. Zander, a wonderful man who quickly became a wonderful dad to her two daughters. Tragically, he died in 1959 while on a family vacation. Lucille had to continue to raise and provide for her daughters and also care for her father-in-law. She married again in 1961 and was widowed again in 1971. Surviving are two daughters, Maureen Dubuque, of Limestone, Donna L. and Randy Gott, of Round Mountain, Texas; two step-daughters, Charlene and Bill Wilkie, Barbara Skubis; two grandchildren, Tracey L Spohn, of Leander, Texas, Noreen E. and Brandon E. Dooley, of Katy, Texas; four great-grandchildren, McKenna Dooley, Shaylen Dooley, Autumn Lucille Spohn,Brooke Spohn; nieces, Irene and Richard Loschetter, Darlene Coffing, Yvonne and William Laugel; great-nieces and great-nephews, Joellen and Mark Banias, Lisa and Joe Geusic, Bradley Loschetter, Richard T. Loschetter; and one great-great niece, Jennifer Geusic. In addition to her husbands, Lucille was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Emily (Adolph) Loschetter, Dorothy (William) Vogel; her brother, James Tracy; great-nephews, Christopher Loschetter, Robert (Arlene) Loschetter, Richard Loschetter; and dear friend, Jo Osmond. Lucille worked as an executive secretary most of her life. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She dearly loved her family and her little Pug, Buttons. She volunteered over 27,000 hours in her lifetime, 17,000 of those hours were at Palos Community Hospital and many of those were as the hospital's gift shop manager. Upon moving to Limestone, she began volunteering at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee; and then for many years at the Kankakee County Historical Society Museum, first as a volunteer and later as the museum's volunteer coordinator. She was a devoted and loyal friend to many. Lucille loved her summer cottage at Bass Lake in Indiana and enjoyed the lake for nearly 40 years. Through her declining years, she rarely complained and each and every morning she thanked God for granting her yet another day. Lucille will be greatly missed but never forgotten by those who loved her so very much.

Lucille M. Shields

February 26, 1918 - April 10, 2014