Lucille V. Carlson, 88, of Traverse City, passed away Jul 4, 2011, at Munson Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.
Lucille was born in Detroit on Jan 13, 1923, the daughter of Darrell and Anna (Donathan) Campbell.
Lucille graduated from Kalkaska High School in 1941. She was on the Cherry Festival Queens Court representing Kalkaska also in 1941. She moved to Traverse City and worked at the State Hospital as an attendant where she met and married Clarence Carlson ( a baker) on Dec 26, 1941. Together they raised their family of one daughter and two sons.
While Clarence was in India serving his country during WWII, Lucille moved to River Rouge with her parents and worked in the factories on the war effort.
While there she played professional women's softball.
Lucille and Clarence returned to Traverse City in 1945 where they worked and raised their family.
She was on the board of Asgard and was a past president of the Women's Auxiliary of the Cherryland VFW Post 2780.
Lucille loved to watch Tiger baseball and was a big sports fan of all her grandchildren and went to many sporting events.
She was an avid hunter and in her last year of deer hunting bagged two deer with one shot at the age of almost 80.
She is survived by her daughter, Carol (Al) Shively of Fife Lake; her sons, Glenn (Virginia) Carlson of Cedar and Rolland Carlson of Traverse City; five grandchildren, Chris (Shelly) Shively, Karen (Jon) Beasley, Glenn (Sarah) Carlson, Jesse Carlson, Nick (Amanda) Carlson; and eight great grandchildren, Christian and Ethan Beasley, Ryan and Remington Shively, and Ames, Adeline, Maeve and Briggs Carlson; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Lucille was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Clarence, and brothers, Doyle on Nov 16, 2004 and Russell on Jun 13, 2011.
Visitation was held for Lucille on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 from 4 to 8 pm at the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
Funeral services were held on Fri, Jul 8, at 11 am also at the Funeral Home with a visitation held one hour prior.
Pastor Kim Hough served as officiant.
Burial took place at the Grand Traverse Memorial Gardens.
