Lucille F. Lance

Lucille F. Lance passed away Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, surrounded by her family. Lucille is survived by her daughters, Cheryl (Adolfo) Lujan, Daleen (Curtis) Robeson and Marcia Lance; sister, Leona Stauffer; daughters-in-law, Denise Lance and Teresa Passarelli; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jerold Sitton, John Hemphill, Marlys Lance, Pat Milinski, Vern and Bob Chistianson; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; many friends; and her very special grandchildren and all around errand girls and fix it men, Tammi and Amanda Gurule, Randy Lance, Ben Gurule and Mark Lujan. Preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Dale; son, Randy; granddaughter, Michelle Lujan; parents, Hugh and Elsie Reid; father and mother-in-law, J.W. 'Buzz' and Margaret Lance; sisters, Donna Sitton and Leora Hemphill; brothers and sisters-in-law, O.B. Stauffer, Larry Lance, Shirley Milinski and Clyde and Gwen Bush; and special niece, Allison Conley. Lucille worked as a telephone operator in Rocky Ford before moving to Trinidad where she worked at Riverside and Market Time Drug Stores and at Mode O Day Dress Shop. In 1978, she moved to Pueblo and worked for the Red Cross and for Parkview Medical Center for 30 years. Memorial service, 10 a.m. Thursday, August 24, in the Montgomery & Steward Chapel, in Pueblo. Interment, Rocky Ford Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to American Cancer Society or Sangre de Cristo Hospice, through Montgomery & Steward Funeral Directors, 1317 N. Main St., Pueblo, CO 81003, in her memory. Online condolences, www.montgomerysteward.com