Lucille I. Luehmann
August 11, 1930 - April 17, 2020

"To the Lucille\'s family...Deepest sympathy to you all...We kept Lucille in the cake business ...She made many cakes for the family...Birthday\'s wedding. anniversary....They were always so good and decorated so very pretty...Rest in Peace Lucille... Margaret Beech..."

"I knew Lucille from her open class entries at the Winona County Fair. When I first started helping, she brought what seemed like a hundred entries. Every baked item you could imagine. As time went on the entries dwindled. My favorite memory is what must be one of her last years exhibiting. On Sunday night she came to pick up her salt and pepper shaker collection. I had a golf cart so I offered to take her and her entry back to her car. She commented on the way that she never got back to the fair to even get herself any mini donuts. I stopped at the Tom Thumb stand and got her two bags to take home. It warmed my heart to see the smile on her face. She will be missed."

"Bill & Julie Klug, Georgetown, Tx April 21, 2020 I\'m so sorry to hear Lucille passed away. I have so many memeries of her baking. Dick and I alway got the cake tops that she cut off to make the cakes flat. I worked for Dick and Lucille for many years I think I was only 10 or 11 years old when I started. When Lucille would go to cake shows she would go over and over how to take care of her cats, I had to be able to repeat word for word what cat got what before she would leave. I really didn\'t realize how much that I had learned working on the Luehmann\'s farm until when I was about 35 years old, someone asked my how do you know how to fix so many things. Dick would tell me, \" you can\'t break it because it already broken\" when I was working on something that I was not quite sure how to fix. Lucille and Dick were good people. They came to my wedding in 1988 in California and Lucille got to cut the cake because she would never cut a cake that she decorated. I got to sample lots of Lucille\'s fair baking she would ask me is this one better than another, they were all so good it was hard to say. Rest In Peace Lucille. "

"Lucy is my great Aunt and I remember her beautiful cakes. I requested she make my graduation cake in 2001. And she did! It had a basketball on it. I also most recently remember her hand written Christmas letters. She always shared what she was up to and commenting on my little boys and how they?ve grown. Those stopped a few years ago, but I still have them! She always was up for a conversation when I seen her! You?ll be missed Great Aunt Lucy! "

"My sympathies to her family and friends. Lucille made my beautiful wedding cake back in 1982. I will always remember her kind words and passion for life, her church, and her Lord. Rest In Peace. John and Jane Clobes"

"ALLAN EDGAR LUEHMANN Memories. Mine started many years ago when my Grandfather needed a housekeeper at the farm after my Grandmother passed away. He hired Lucille and she moved to the farm north of Lewiston, where my Dad grew up. I visited the farm for extended times during various summers as did some of my cousins. We helped Richard and learned a lot about farming and Lucille was there to cook, bake, collect eggs, help with typical farm chores and still allow time to play games with us. The relationship between Lucille and Richard grew and they eventually got married. A Happy Day. They continued to work hard together and worked through challenges and set backs. Lucille, in addition to becoming known for her baking skills, followed her desire to travel, which helped get Richard out and about as well. Over the years I must admit that our communication became less and less. Shame on me. We would look forward to receiving Lucille?s annual Christmas letter, while Richard was alive and on going until a couple of Christmas?s ago - hand written, didn?t leave much out and lengthy. You were a good person Lucille. Sorry it takes times like this and posting like this to trigger reflection time. God Bless and Rest In Peace, and give a hug to Uncle Richard."

"I first met Lucy mowing the lawn shortly after Richard had passed. She was having trouble with the ditch pitch and I stopped to help her out. We became great friends. She told me the story of Richard having to sell the cows after his cancer and of the house he built for her because he was going to do all that he could for her in his time left. HE DID...God bless you Dick. She rented the land to her neighbors the Sauers. This provided an independent lifestyle. Her neighbors were there for her and you know who you are. God bless you too! She loved being there with her memories and loved keeping up on the news. I delivered her papers on the rural route. Lucy made delicious Norwegian cookies and baked cakes including a few of mine. She was on KTTC news and was proud of her cake families. She loved the COUNTY FAIR and had many ribbons that she had won including some for her SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS. We took trips together to South Carolina to witness my brother\'s reenlistment, to Gatlinburg TN to see the SALT AND PEPPER MUSEUM we went to the Grand Ole Opry to witness HEAVEN ON EARTH. We went to the BIG WU in Morristown M.N. to camp and see the BIG WU PETER ROWAN and LEON RUSSELL. At the campground she was a bit of a celebrity as not many eighty year olds were given a fireworks show on their birthday. You can say she loved to travel. When my van broke down and I needed a vehicle to finish my paper route she was there. She was included in as many family events as I could fit in for us. Including Lutefisk dinners at St. John\'s Kasson, Marigold days in Mantorville and weekly dinners at my parents house. Camping in Wisconsin with my cousins and Wisconsin Dells. We took the famous DUCKS tour and the Tommy Bartlett Water Show. We not only lived together but we also nearly died together on Whistle Pass Drive and County Rd 25 in Lewiston. Thank God her seat belt was on and mine was off. She just got a scratch and I was Mayo One flown critically injured. There is a STOP sign there now instead of a YIELD. With the insurance companies check we went shopping for her new car and she picked the Dodge Journey. She gifted it to me when she moved to Lewiston Senior Living where she broke her hip on her birthday. MY WORST FEAR REALIZED. This led to the world pulling us apart from our usual visits and outings. Bonnie put her in Sauers Senior Center and was in tough shape to the point that she didn\'t answer her phone. Visited her a few times and was looking to make a reunion when this CCP-VIRUS allowed people contact. Asked my sister Kathy (Whom also is Lucy\'s honorary sister) how the Senior living areas are doing and she dropped the BOMB. My friend is gone......MAY THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN LUCY."

"I met Lucy shortly after Richard had passed. They had just finished building a new home next to their original home on the farm. One day while delivering her Post Bulletin or Winona Post I witnessed her struggle with the high ditch mowing pitch. I stopped to help her out and we became great friends. When ever I needed help she was there whether it be to just talk or use her car to finish my paper route. This woman has been through the depression of hard times and respected hard work. The same things I could relate too. We complained about the softness and selfish culture of American society how cell phones were taking the HEART out of the family. We went on vacation to South Carolina and made a stop in Nashville on the way. She bought us tickets to the Grand Ole Opry and we were a little late so they golf carted her to the top and when I returned from parking the Van they carted me up too. SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.. Driver respected the way I dropped the ladies off first. LUCY felt like a queen. As she is really King Richard\'s Queen of Lewiston. She also got to stop in Gatlinburg to see the salt and pepper museum. She collected hundreds. County fair ribbons to prove it. SHE LOVED THE COUNTY FAIR. We became great friends and she was invited camping with cousins annual trip, weekly family dinners at my parents house and birthday parties. We got into an accident on Whistle Pass drive and County Rd. 25. A day we will never forget. I was thrown out the bungee corded door and she was seatbelted in or this obituary may have come much sooner. I was thrown from the t- boned hit and spin of the van. Was airlifted by Mayo One and had to live with my parents and learn to walk again. She got a scratch on the back of her leg. I remember calling out to her with one lung collapsed, \"Luceille. \" she replied crying, \" I\'m ok.\" That changed our lives. I moved to Mantorville and didn\'t get east much. The scratch got infected and she had a nurse come to the house for treatment. Many years later she sold the farm to a relative and her sister Bonnie put her in the Lewiston Senior home. From there she broke her hip on her birthday of all days and was brought to Winona Health. From there on to Saur Home because rooms were hard to find. I tried talking her into Rochester or Kasson but she is stubborn as myself and that kept her in Winona. So we missed each other these past years alot. She gifted me with her Dodge Journey that She bought with the accident insurance check. I being license less let my niece use it to keep her 3 babies safe when her van became unsafe for the road. I never told her that because I promised her that I would not sell it. I kept my promise and still own it but regret not having one more vacation trip with her. Did however take her to the Big Wu in Morristown M.N. around her birthday in August to see Peter Rowan and set off a fireworks show in her honor. One of many many great memories I will cherish forever. Lucy was a good Christian and I believe she is in the book of life. Will see you Lucy again and MAY THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN....."

"Sorry for your loss. Lucy was a very pleasant lady to work with at the Sauer home. She loved doing exercises with me and the other residents. Lucy loved listening to the Carol and Rich show, when they performed at the nursing home. She always had two special requests for us to play, they were, Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie, a polka, and the song Lucille. May she rest in peace."

"I am so sad to learn of Lucy\'s passing away. She was always so sweet and so kind to everyone. I will miss seeing her."

"I got to know Lucille when I took her to her many Dr. Appointments. She also made our wedding cake "

"Lucille was a talented baker, she won so many usually 1st place Champion, or Blue ribbons at the county fairs.Took so much pride in her baked goods. My sisters and I would go pick strawberries at her farm in our childhood years, she called us her strawberry princesses! She made my stunning n delicious Wedding cake in 1981! Still remember going thru her thick sample book trying to decide which one she would make for us! I brought both up to her in t he past year n she still remembered those stories! You have gone to your Heavenly Home Asleep in Jesus sweet Lucille."

"So sorry to hear this. Lucille was a friend and neighbor of ours for 25 years! She was a great lady that loved to bake! We will miss her dearly! Pete & Wendy McMartin"

"So glad my mom, Verleine and I had the opportunity to spend the morning with my God Mother a few months back! She was a special lady, very talented in her cake decorating and photography! She will be greatly missed!"

"Lucy was a sweetheart always kind words to say I knew her from Sauer as my husband was there and has passed also Deepest Sympathy Patti Jonsgaard"

"Ohhhhh.... Lucille made beautiful Care Bear, Strawberry Shortcake, and First Communion Cakes for my children. She loved to hear stories of the children and was so grateful for the time we would spend together. She had an amazing talent! My sympathies to her family. Mike and Becky Kanz"

"We are sorry to hear of the loss of my aunt Lucille. I remember well going to the farm with my parents and visiting Richard and Lucille. After Richard\'s passing whenever we would see Lucille she would always share stories of her cake baking and bring out pictures to show. She was very proud of her work and deservedly so. Our sympathy goes to all. Bruce Luehmann"

"I will miss seeing Lucy each tome I?d go see mom at Saure. Her smile. I?d always make her smile and giggle while there bringing up memories of the pass. Blessings to family. Knowing she has now received her crown of life. "

"So sorry to see all our friends leave so suddenly through this whole thing. I will miss Lucy. When I?d go to see mom I?d always make sure I would see Lucy before I?d leave Saure. God bless. Know she has now received her crown of life. "

"I am so sorry to hear that Lucille has passed away. My sympathy to her family, She was a talented lady. Pat Hoppe"

"So sorry for your loss Bonnie and family. She was quite the lady. She made my wedding cake in 1981. Also was a good customer, and acquaintance. Laurie Clobes"