Lucille Lillard Bagby

1913 - 2002  (88 years)

• Name	Lucille Lillard Bagby
  Born	1 Oct 1913	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 May 2002	Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan
  Buried	Park Cemetery, Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan
  Person ID	I277	Rossville
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Rufus Allison Lillard,   b. 22 May 1883, Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas ,   d. 31 Oct 1947, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Nellie May Martin Lillard,   b. 8 Oct 1892, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 29 Jan 1977, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 84 years)
  Married	21 Apr 1907	Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
  Documents		Marriage- Martin, Nellie-Lillard, Rufus Rufus Lillard and Miss Nellie Martin formerly of this place were married at Hutchinson April 21.
  Family ID	F98	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eugene Bagby,   d. 1985
  Children	1. Sally Bagby May
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2014 18:57:59
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Bagby, Lucille Lucille Bagby Lucille Bagby. 88, Marquette, MI, died at Marquette General Hospital Tuesday, May 21, 2002, after a brief illness. She was born October 1, 1913, in Rossville, the daughter of Ru¬fus A. and Nellie Martin Lillard. She had lived in the Marquette area for 12 years. After graduating from high school in Rossville, Lucille went to work in Topeka, where she met her husband of 42 years, Eugene Bagby. During World War II she worked briefly in California in the I aircraft industry until her husband I was sent overseas, then settled in Iowa to care for her daughter and await her husband’s return. After the war, she moved with her fam¬ily to California where she lived until her husband’s death in 1985. She held many varied jobs — nanny, housekeeper, ceramics packer, laundry presser and home¬maker. She was a strong advocate of human rights. In 1989, she moved to Marque¬tte to be near her daughter and family. There she served as an RSVP volunteer, and crocheted lap robes for those in wheelchairs. Lucille is survived by her daughter, Sally May, Harvey, ML her sister, Phyllis Graves, Ross¬ville; two grandsons; four great¬grandchildren: a nicce. Martha Rezac, Silver Lake; a nephew, Robert Graves, Topeka; and nu-merous grandnieces and grand- nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband: a sister, Mary Wood; and two brothers, Glendon “Bud" Lillard and Henry “Hank" Lillard. A graveside service was held Saturday in the Park Cemetery in Marquette, MI, under direction of the Canale Tonella Funeral Home of Marquette. Memorial donations may be made to the Humane Society of Marquette County, 84 Snowfield Road, Negaunee, MI 49866.