Lucille Ramona Flaugher

On the last day of her life Lucille was singing and dancing before suddenly fading away in the early evening, not alone. She is now dancing with the angels among all those whom she loved and is very much missed by those loved ones she left behind.

Lucille Ramona Hemminger was born in a small town in rural Michigan, Edmore, the youngest and now last of eight children. She felt blessed that she was born with a “veil” over her face, a highly auspicious sign of divine blessing, that she escaped death after pneumonia and a hornet attack as a small child and rose from “a barefoot farm girl” to have enough to assure her future. Her father raised a variety of crops. As she grew older, she helped manage the pickers. The road is still not paved, and the remnants of the one room school are there still. Her future father-in-law Thad taught there. She caught the eye of his son Lawrence Leroy Flaugher, on leave, a WWII soldier. She was a beauty, a runner-up as Potato Queen.

They married on August 8th, 1948, moved to Pittsburgh and had two children. After they moved to Wisconsin in 1960, they had their last two.

Larry, an accomplished engineer, started a consulting business. (Larry passed Nov. 9th, 2010.) Lucy helped him. She also spent several years as a market researcher and many more years helping with the election polls.

Along the way she learned to be a very good flower arranger and cake decorator, loving to make creations for her family.

Lucille is survived by her children: Marlane Drake, Wayne (Julie), and Scott. Grandchildren: Amy Holtz (Mike), and Willem Flaugher. Great-grandchildren: Riley (Kenzie) Holtz, Sidney Holtz, and Jason’s children, Keeley (Alan) Krubsack, and Ashley (Brady) Smith. She is preceded in death by her husband Larry, son Steve, son-in-law J Madison Drake and grandson Jason.

A Hemminger by birth, there are relatives scattered about the nation, among them, Marie and Geraldine in MI, Kenneth in Montana, Roselie in CA, and Daniel in FL.

I Love Lucy! I love you more! That was often heard at Discovery Commons in Brookfield where Lucy lived from March 2nd, 2026, till her passing.

The family thanks her caregivers, especially Moline, for shining a light on her bright spirits. She is missed by so many!

A service celebrating Lucille’s life will be held at Wisconsin Memorial Park, July 3rd. Visitation 12:30-2:30, service, interment on the third floor of that beautiful building.

In lieu of flowers, you might send a donation to the Alzheimer's Association or Doctors Without Borders.