LUCILLE H. KRAGNESS, 88, of 1610 Highland Ave., died Saturday, December 13, 1997 at the M.B. Syverson Lutheran Home. She was born October 13, 1909 to Christian and Mary Jane (Gilchrist) Duffenbach in Eau Claire, where she grew up and attended school. Lucille and her husband, Clifford, were married for sixty-two years. After retirement, they spent seventeen winters in Escondido,CA. She was a member of First Lutheran Church for over sixty years.\r\nSurvivors include her husband, Clifford; two sons, Roger (Betty) of Bethlehem,PA, and David (Linda) of Fall Creek; two daughters, Janet (Leroy) Petterson of Havre,MT, and Marian (Manley) Johnston of Dellwood,MN; ten grandchildren, Richard,Eric,Peter,Andrew and Sarah Kragness, Tanya,Lisa and Krag Petterson, Christine and Cindy Johnston; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, Russell Duffenbach of Eau Claire; two sisters, Evelyn Larson of Mission Viejo,CA, and Doris Proctor of Chippewa Falls; and many nieces and nephews.\r\nShe was preceded in death by two brothers, Eugene and Robert Duffenbach.\r\nLucille will be remembered by her family as a loving wife, mother and grandmother.\r\nFuneral Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, in the chapel at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Robert E. Esse officiating. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Lenmark-Gomsrud Funeral Home and one hour prior to services Wednesday at the church.\r\nHer family requests that memorials, please be given to M.B. Syverson Lutheran Home or First Lutheran Church.

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