Adela Anna Lucht, 101, of Glencoe

Adela Anna (Stoeckmann) Lucht, 101, of Glencoe, died Sunday, May 29, 2016, at Grand Meadows in Glencoe.

 

Funeral services were held Friday, June 3, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glencoe with the Rev. Robert Nowak officiating. Marjorie Hemmann was the organist. Soloist Julie Stiles sang “Amazing Grace.” Congregational hymns were “Just As I Am” and “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”

 

Honorary casket bearers were Orlin Engelke, Dennis Kohls, Gary Stoeckmann and Augie Miller. Casket bearers were Scot Lucht and Laurel Lucht.

 

Interment was in the First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Glencoe.

 

Adela Anna (Stoeckmann) Lucht was born Jan. 15, 1915, in Hamburg, the daughter of Ernst and Maria (Proehl) Stoeckmann. She was baptized as an infant on Jan. 24, 1915, and was confirmed in her faith as a youth on March 24, 1929, both by the Rev. Heinrich Bouman at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hamburg. She received her education in Hamburg.

 

On Oct. 27, 1946, she was united in marriage to Elmer Lucht by the Rev. Wohlfeil at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hamburg. They made their home in Glencoe. Their marriage was blessed with three children, Roger, Sharlyn and Janice. The couple shared over 52 years of marriage before Mr. Lucht’s death on Jan. 14, 1999.

 

Mrs. Lucht started working on farms, cleaning and babysitting when she was 10 years old. During World War II, she worked at University Farms (now the University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus) serving meals to sailors until she became employed at the St. Paul Ford plant. There, she was a Rosie the Riveter, making airplane parts for World War II. She also worked at Lindy’s restaurant in Glencoe and Green Giant in Glencoe, Fingerhut in Gaylord and, in 1965, at Telex Corporation in Glencoe, from which she retired. She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glencoe, active in the Ladies Aid and Altar Guild. She also was a member of the Senior Citizens Club and various card clubs.

 

She enjoyed traveling in the United States, took pleasure in her gardening, dancing, music, playing cards, bingo and word puzzles. She loved to visit with everyone, though talking with her sisters happened often.

 

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Susan Lucht of Glencoe; daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Jim Mowry of Mora; stepgrandchildren, Joele Mowry of Tuscan, Arizona, and Jim Mowry of Eveleth; sisters, Erna Panning of Norwood Young America and Marie Hebiesen of Glencoe; sister-in-law, Margaret Lucht of Braham; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernst and Maria Stoeckmann; husband, Elmer Lucht; daughter, Sharlyn Adela Lucht; and siblings, Hulda Kohls, Laura Engelke and Ernie Stoeckmann.

 

Arrangements were with the Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel of Glencoe. Online obituaries and guest book are available at www.hantge. com.