Lucille Smith, 86, Luverne, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.
Services were Saturday, Sept. 22, at First Presbyterian Church in Beaver Creek. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Lucille Nuffer was born to Alfred and Elizabeth (Taubert) Nuffer on Dec. 5, 1914, on the family farm in Martin Township near Hills. She attended Luverne High School and graduated in 1931. She continued her education at Westmar College in Le Mars, Iowa. Upon completion of her education she worked in the office of Nelson Brothers Department Store in Luverne until 1939. She then moved to Washington, D.C., where she was employed as a senior typist in the Civil Service for the U.S. Housing Authority. She returned to Luverne in 1941 and worked at First National Bank in Luverne for a number of years.
She married Henry Smith on Feb. 12, 1949. Following their marriage they lived and farmed near Hills for 33 years. Mr. Smith died Feb. 28, 1982, in Mesa, Ariz. In June 1985 she moved to Luverne. She entered Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center Feb. 5, 1999.
Mrs. Smith was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Beaver Creek where she held offices in Sunday School, Presbyterian Church Women and served as an elder. She enjoyed singing, traveling and keeping scrapbooks.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Rhonda Smith, Luverne; three grandchildren, Laurie Dahlquist and her husband Adam, Erica Smith and Chad Smith, all of Luverne; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Gerrit and Inez Smith, Luverne, Marvin and Charlotte Park, Flandreau, S.D., and Frances Caulde, Healdsburg, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Henry, an infant daughter, Grace, one sister, Lillian Kongslie, and one brother-in-law, Ben Smith.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.