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Lucile Wanda Broekemeier, 98, of Oviedo, Fllorida passed away on November 14, 2019. Lucille was born August 13, 1921 in Ohatchee, Al., to John and Mayflower Wheat. She was one of give children. Following graduation from High School she moved to San Francisco, Ca. to live with relatives and worked at Kress in San Francisco and then Berkeley as a Telephone and Telegraph “test operator.” In 1943 she joined the WAVES station in San Diego and in 1945 volunteered to serve overseas at the Naval Air Station, Puunenne, Maui. She met Lt. Allen (Brock) Broekemeier, a pilot, and accepted the marriage proposal of the wonderful “shiny shoed” Lt. With honorable discharges they married and in 1946 moved to the San Francisco Bay area where Lucille encouraged Brock through a U.C. Berkeley engineering degree became a mother. They have two daughters: Susan (Rev. David Parsch) and Sharon (Col. Robert Fullenkamp). They have been blessed with 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Lucille loved being a housewife and mother. Her “gifts” included flower arranging, baking, cooking, sewing and painting, taking classes in oil and watercolors. She was a V.B.S. teacher, Girl Scout Leader, active in their church’s Altar Guild and L.W.M.L. Her home was an open space full of love for family, neighbors and exchange students. Lucille and Brock were members of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mountain View, Ca., where they lived 53 years prior to moving to Lutheran Haven in 2008. During her 5 years in the Haven Nursing home nurses remember her ready smiles and always her words of thanks. She was happy for Brock’s visits at lunch and dinner and would always hold her hand out to him and they would shake hands with a laugh and a kiss. She loved her Lord and family dearly and died hearing “Jesus loves Me” and I see Jesus” sung in her ear. A Celebration of Life Service ( Memorial) for Lucille Broekemeier will be held at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 2021 W. State Rd. 426 Oviedo, Fl. 32765 on Saturday, Novemeber23, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family appreciably requests memorials be made to The Lutheran Haven Benevolent Fund or Hospice Vitas and sent to: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 2021 W. State Rd. 426 Oviedo, Fl. 32765

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Lucille Wanda Broekemeier

August 13, 1921 - November 14, 2019