Rex. B. Lucas
Rex Burton Lucas, son of Elmer and Winnie Haag Lucas, was born May 12, 1917, in Bremer County, Iowa. He received his education in the Sumner Schools, graduating from Sumner High School in 1935.
On June 28, 1940, he was united in marriage with Laura Jeanne Treloar at Sumner. The couple made their home in Sumner for many years. Rex worked for the Butler-Bremer County REC for thirty years, retiring in 1982. He was a diligent volunteer in the construction of Faith Evangelical Church, dedicated in 1976. Following his retirement, he worked part time as a truck driver for GMT Corporation in Waverly.
Following Jeanne’s death in 1998, he moved to Wickenburg, Arizona and loved living on the desert, panning for gold and hunting for rocks in an area known as box canyon. Rex returned for summers to Wabasha, Minnesota, where he enjoyed watching eagles and river barges on the Mississippi River.
He moved back to Waverly in 2003, and became a resident of Shell Rock Assisted Living in May of 2007. Since an accidental fall in May of 2008, Rex has been a resident of Allison Health Care Center in Allison, Iowa. His death occurred there on Monday, February 16, 2009. He was 91 years old.
Rex is survived by one son, Jon W. Lucas of Polson, Montana; two daughters, Ronna J. Hoppenworth of Slater, Iowa and Jill (Larry) Graening of Waverly; four grandchildren, Mitch R. Hoppenworth, Darcy Graening Knights, Jared Graening, and Shawneen Schmitz; fourteen great grandchildren; and one great great grandson.
In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by one grandson, Mike Hoppenworth; one daughter-in-law, Bonnie Lucas; one sister, Joan Appleby; and one brother, Leon Lucas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, February 23, 2009 at Faith Evangelical Church, Sumner, Iowa conducted by Rev. Luke Hettinger. Inurnment will be at Wilson Grove Cemetery, rural Sumner. There will be no visitation, but friends may register at the church for one preceding services on Monday.
