Violette "Vicky" Inez Cook Lucas, 98, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2018 in Grapevine, Texas. Service: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 14, in Laurel Land Memorial Chapel of Fort Worth. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Laurel Land Funeral Home.
Vicky was born July 21, 1920 in Krum, Texas to John and Alma Monshcke, the youngest of three girls. She lived in and around the area until she left to attend South Dakota State Teachers College in Aberdeen, South Dakota. After a brief teaching stint, she moved back to Fort Worth and took a job as a Draftsman with the Texas Highway Department. It was during this time that she met and married her beloved husband, Edgar Lucas. She left the Highway Department when her first son was born in 1954, returning back to work in 1968, for a total of 27+ years of proud service to the State of Texas. She retired in 1985 and enjoyed time with family, especially during the holidays. She was a longtime member of Southcliff Baptist Church and the Early Bird Sunday School Class.
She was preceded in death by Edgar, her husband of more than 65 years, in 2013. Survivors: sons, Edgar C. "Chip" Lucas, Jr. and Timothy C. Lucas and wife, Dianna; grandsons, Matthew Lucas, Zachary Lucas and Oliver Peck; granddaughter, Miya Lucas.
