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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Deke, Lucille
Lucille Deke, 101, of Traer, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Sunrise Hill Care Center in Traer. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at Overton Funeral Home in Traer. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Traer, with burial at the Buckingham Cemetery.
She is survived by one son, Dean Deke of Cedar Falls; two daughters, Sandra (Gary) Dierks of Traer and Shirley Blasé of Woodbridge, Va.; five grandsons and eight great- grandchildren.
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