Lucille Marie Weisheit McClendon of Caddo Mills, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, July 1, 2016.
Lucy was born in Ireland, Indiana on September 15, 1935 to Harry and Zenobia (Hacker) Weisheit. She grew up in a close family with 4 brothers and 2 sisters on a farm in rural southern Indiana. She graduated from Ireland High School in 1953. After graduation she began a career she dearly loved as a nurse in Jasper and Indianapolis, IN. She traveled to Dallas for a post-graduate nursing course and decided to make her home there while working at Baylor University Hospital. She was introduced to John F. McClendon of Mesquite, TX in 1966 and they married on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1967. That day she also became the proud mother of David Brooks McClendon (age 9). Together they had two more children, Kara Lucetta and John Patrick. She left her life of service in nursing to a new career of service as a wife and mother.
Throughout her life, Lucy was active in the Lutheran church. She dearly loved serving others through the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, sewing quilts, making soap and health kits, serving meals to the bereaved and the less fortunate, leading Bible studies and serving in various offices of the organization. She also enjoyed being a Braille Team worker, Sunday School and VBS teacher, choir member, Altar Guild member, White Rock Center of Hope volunteer and other various activities through the years. Lucy was always serving others.
Lucy and John retired to the country in Caddo Mills, TX in 1990 and loved raising cattle and chickens and tending a large garden. They were active in The Chosin Few, John’s Korean War association, and enjoyed traveling to the conventions and meeting regularly with their new found friends.
Lucy is survived by her son David McClendon, wife Becky, and their children Joey, Jeremy, Jennifer and James of Forney, TX; her daughter Kara Jander, husband David, and their children Bryan and Katie of Mesquite, TX; her son Patrick of Caddo Mills, TX; her sister Lavalla Breitwieser of Jasper, IN; her sister Shirley Fuhrman of Dubois, IN; and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members. She was preceded in death by her husband, John; her parents, Harry and Zenobia Weisheit; and her brothers Albert, Kermith, Allen, and Kasper Weisheit.
Visitation will be Friday, July 8th from 6-8 pm at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home in Greenville, TX. A graveside service for Lucille McClendon will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 10:00 am at Memoryland in Greenville, TX followed by a memorial service at Our Savior Lutheran in Rockwall at 12 noon. In honor of her life of service, memorials may be made to the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.