Nancy Jane Lucas

Born September 29, 1939, in DuBois, PA, Nancy was the daughter of the late Delbert Edmund Shenkle and Dorothy Anna Thomas Shenkle. She graduated from DuBois Area High School.

Nancy’s faith was central to her life, and she found great joy in teaching and sharing God’s love with others. She served as a teacher’s aide at First Baptist Christian Academy for more than 15 years, taught Sunday school for over 30 years at First Baptist Church, Wilmont Baptist Church, Sunshine Baptist Church, and Capstone Baptist Church, and taught Awana for more than 15 years at First Baptist Church and Sunshine Baptist Church. Through her years of service, she touched the lives of many children and families, leaving a lasting legacy of faith and love.

Throughout her life, Nancy also worked as a janitor for Kohlhepp’s, at Brockway Glass, and as a manager at Winkey’s. In her free time, she enjoyed reading her Bible, completing word searches, visiting with friends and family, crocheting blankets, and creating various arts and crafts. She treasured time with her loved ones and shared her caring spirit through the many things she made and the relationships she nurtured.

Nancy was a devoted wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be dearly missed by her family and all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 30 years, Lloyd A. Lucas, Sr. and her son Lloyd A.” “Butch” Lucas, Jr. She was also preceded in death by her brothers Delbert Edmund “Boots” Shenkle, Jr., Robert Lee Shenkle, John Thomas Shenkle, Sr., William Stone Shenkle, sisters Dorothy Jean Shenkle, and Bonnie Lynn Shenkle D’Antonio. Sisters-in-law Lois I. Trude Shenkle, Niece Clever Shenkle, Ruth Ann McNeely Shenkle, Nancy Eileen Davis Shenkle, Nancy Jo Hawkins Shenkle and brothers-in-law Ferdinand A. D’Antonio, and Michael D. Maczaczyj. Also, a niece Debra Lynn Shenkle Daugherty.

She is survived by her children, Heidi (Leighton) Terwilliger of Andover, NH, Raymond Lucas, and Edward Lucas both of Bennington VT; 2 sisters, Betty Shenkle (Robert) Curry and Laura Dawn Maczaczyj, both of DuBois, PA; three brothers, Fredrick Raymond Shenkle and Richard Dee Shenkle of DuBois, PA. and Earl Eugene (Jan) Shenkle of Lynchburg, VA; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and extended family members.

A celebration of Nancy’s life will be held on November 14, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. at Capstone Baptist Church, 1034 Water Street, North Bennington, VT. A second celebration of life will take place in DuBois, PA, in April 2027, with details to be announced.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Nancy’s memory to BCNE Disaster Relief Ministry at https://onrealm.org/bcne/-/go?page=donor-form&givingFormUrl=DRMemorial

Nancy’s life reflected her deep love for Jesus and for those around her. Though she will be greatly missed, the faith she shared, the lives she touched, and the love she gave will continue to live on in the hearts of all who were blessed to know her.