Stella VerJean Lucas, 86, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 6:28 am, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on April 15, 1936, in Dungannon, Virginia, to Kelly Lane and Sadie M. (Moore) Estep.
Stella first married E.C. Darnell in 1952; he died in 1991. She then married Mathew Lucas, Jr. in Roann, Indiana on November 27, 1999; he died November 9, 2012. She worked 14 years at General Tire in Wabash and retired from the Wabash City Sewage Department. Stella was a member of the Wabash Free Will Baptist Church, and former member of the Wabash Women’s Bowling League. She enjoyed singing, making quilts, sewing, playing the piano, and looking at Facebook.
She is survived by her daughter, Donna (Johnny) Sisco of Roann, Indiana; six grandchildren, Mike (Lori) Sisco, Scott Green, Joe (Amanda) Sisco, Tim (Angela) Sisco, Tanya (Bill) Cooley, and Brent Darnell, all of Wabash; 11 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; brothers and sister, Bill Lane of Marion, Indiana, Dan (Judy) Lane and Joan (Thurman) Hill; both of Wabash. She was also preceded in death by her parents, son, Randall Darnell, four brothers and one sister.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm, Monday, July 18, 2022, at Wabash Free Will Baptist Church, 1056 Erie Street, Wabash, with Pastor Bill Crank officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 2-5 pm Sunday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash.
Preferred memorial is Wabash County Cancer Society..
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