Lucille Marie Simonsen

Lucille was the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Lang) Soukup. She attended country school in Stark Township and also St. Mary's School in Sleepy Eye. She worked on the family farm with her parents helping with chores, fieldwork and caring for her nieces and nephews. She met her husband Maurice and married on June 1, 1950 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye with Fr. Albert Blatz officiating. They farmed together on the Simonsen family farm in Eden Township. Lucille loved gardening, fishing at Lake Amelia, playing the harmonica, crocheting, knitting, quilting, embroidering and doing crafts. Lucille and Maurice raised seven children. Lucille is survived by daughters Rose (Don) Suker of Lakeville, Minnesota; Sharon (Tom) Hirsch of Sleepy Eye; Janet Huiras of Sleepy Eye; Marie (Tryg) Fredrickson of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Diane (Dwight) Sommer of Sleepy Eye; Julie and domestic partner Donald Fontowitz of Pacifica, California; son Lynn (Holly) Simonsen of Sleepy Eye. Grandchildren: Gene (Vicki) Suker; Greg (Sarah) Suker; Dan (Nicole) Hirsch; Charlotte (Ryan) Wheeler; Jacob (Dana) Hirsch; Gabe (Megan) Hirsch; Aaron (Erin) Hirsch; Michael Hirsch; Jessica Huiras; Andy (Stephanie) Huiras; Jorge Fredrickson; Jamie Sommer; Shawn Sommer and Noah Simonsen. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Maurice, sister Lorraine Pelzel and husband Art, brother Sylvester Soukup and wife Connie, brother Elmer Soukup and wife Hildegard, and brothers Victor Soukup and Harold Soukup, first granddaughter Gracie Gene Suker. Also, in-laws Laura Simonsen, Alice Simonsen, Donald Simonsen, Bernard Simonsen and wife Mary and Clarence Simonsen. Lucille is survived by her brother Edward Soukup and wife Pat and in-laws Ruth Simonsen, Beverly Simonen and Vange Simonsen. She has thirteen great grandchildren. Lucille loved her large family and their gatherings and she will be greatly missed by everyone. The family requests contributions in lieu of plants and flowers to St. Mary's Catholic School tuition fund and the Divine Providence Community Home. Visitation 1 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Thursday, June 27, 2019 Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye Chapel 301 - 3rd Ave. S.W. Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, United States 56085 Visitation 2 9:00 am - 10:00 am Friday, June 28, 2019 St. Mary's Catholic Church-Sleepy Eye 636 1st Ave. North Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, United States 56085 Service Information 10:30 am Friday, June 28, 2019 St. Mary's Catholic Church-Sleepy Eye 636 1st Ave. North Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, United States 56085 Interment Information St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery 720 3rd Ave. N.E. Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, United States 56085