Lucille Moore

Lucille Mae "Lou" Moore, age 89 of Melrose and formerly of Long Prairie, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at the CentraCare Health Nursing Home in Melrose, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 30 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose with Rev. Marvin Enneking officiating and Rev. Ken Thielman concelebrating. Private family interment will be at MN State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 29 and from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 30 at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Lucille Mae Kramer was born May 13, 1926 in Brandon, Minnesota to John B. and Magdalene (Meder) Kramer. She graduated from Osakis High School in 1943. She began working at Daytons in Minneapolis prior to attending St. Cloud Beauty School. She received her Cosmetology Degree in 1947 and began working at a beauty shop in Brainerd. On October 23, 1948 she married Donald Moore at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Osakis. In 1950, the couple moved to St. Paul where Lou worked at Field-Schlick Company. In 1951, they moved to Long Prairie until 2009 when they moved to Melrose.

Family was very important to Lou. She enjoyed the Christmas holiday and all that went with it, like shopping and baking. She enjoyed cleaning her home, going to auctions, collecting antiques, doing a variety of crafts, clogging, square dancing, and traveling.

She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, St. Mary's Christian Mothers in Long Prairie, the Long Prairie VFW, Firemen, and Hospital Auxiliaries, a board member on the Hospital/Nursing Home Auxiliary, and secretary of the Firemen's Auxiliary. Lou also taught religion in Long Prairie and was a Girl Scout Leader.

Survivors include her husband, Donald Moore of Melrose; children, Pamela (Michael) Faust of Bloomington, Claudia Moore of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Donald (Toni) Moore Jr. of Florissant, Colorado; four grandchildren, David (Kristin) Faust, Erin (Kalen) Karnowski, Emily Lucille Moore, and Kramer Moore; 2 great-grandchildren, Kaitlynne Faust and Beatrix Mae Karnowski; sister-in-law, Linda Kramer of Canon City, Colorado; and many other friends and relatives including nieces, nephews, cousins, and in-laws.

Lou was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, sisters, and in-laws, Sylvester Kramer, Evelyn (Jerry) Hughes, Ambrose (Eleanor) Kramer, Rachael (Rom) Thibault, Emerald (Ernest) Sawyer, Aubrey Kramer, Beverly Kramer; and two infant brothers.

Serving as casket bearers will be Robert Kramer, Patrick Thibault, David Faust, Erin Karnowski, Emily Moore, Jack Thibault, and Thaddeus Kramer. Cross bearer will be Molly Gonzales and scripture bearer will be Marcy Hughes. Gift bearers will be Virginia Morgan and Patty Jakovich.