Dorothy I. Lucy

Almost a centenarian, Dorothy Irline Lucy, former longtime resident of Emporia, passed away on December 24, 2021 at Sunnyside Care Center in Peoria, Arizona. She was born in Olpe, Kansas on January 15, 1922 to Minnie Foerster Hitzeman and Emil Hitzeman.

Dorothy married Carl Lucy on October 29, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri where he was stationed with the U.S. Coast Guard. Later they were stationed in Sackett’s Harbor, New York.

Following Carl’s discharge from the Coast Guard in 1950, they moved to Emporia where they made their home and raised their four children.

Dorothy was a caring and generous person and a devoted daughter, sister, and wife. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Her greatest joy in life was her family. She was a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church in Emporia.

Dorothy is survived by her four children: Gary (JoAn), Seattle, WA; Jim (Michele), Peoria, AZ; Wayne (Shelly), Longmont, CO; and Janice Lucy DeRemer (Mark), Sun City, AZ, along with nine grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. Also surviving are Dorothy’s sisters, Helen Showers and Marcella Corpening; Kansas City MO, sister-in-law Thelma Lucy; Washington, MO and many dear nieces and nephews and their children.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Carl, her sister Wilma Simpson, brother Fred Hitzeman and granddaughter Micaela Lucy Ruybal.

Funeral services will be held at Roberts Blue Barnett at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, January 5, 2022.  The family will greet friends an hour prior to the service.   Interment will follow at Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Emporia.  In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to Messiah Lutheran Church or Hospice of Hope, Glendale, AZ in care of Roberts Blue Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, Kansas 66801.  You can leave online condolences at www.robertsblue.com

The family kindly requests that, regardless of vaccine status, attendees wear a mask.