Lucille Ambrose
Age - 97
December 7, 2023
Lucille Mary Ambrose (nee Meyers) passed away peacefully on November 29, 2023, at 97 years old.
Lucille was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and grew up on the family farm the oldest of 13 children. She married Gilbert Ambrose on October 1, 1949. She worked in the office at Nash in Kenosha. Gilbert and Lucille moved to Oak Creek, Wisconsin where she worked at Ladish until they started a family. Lucille was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother.
Lucille was often seen at sporting events, music recitals, talent shows, and parades. She enjoyed her time at the family cottage in northern Wisconsin. Lucille enjoyed traveling throughout her life. Several places she traveled were California, Texas, Alaska, Hawaii, Kentucky, South Dakota, New Zealand, Germany and wherever a quilt shop could be found.
Lucille’s passion was sewing and later quilting. She sewed everything from clothes for the children and doll clothes to curtains, upholstery, faux fur coats, her daughter’s wedding dress, and even a sail for a boat. Later, she began quilting. Every family member was a recipient of several of her quilts. Lucille’s quilts marked family milestones such as weddings, births, birthdays, graduations, etc. Several of her quilts adorn the beds and walls of the family cottage up north. Her love of quilting led her to join and become a long-time member of the Wandering Foot Quilt Guild. She enjoyed attending Giggle Guild retreats with her daughter Jane.
Lucille was an avid volunteer at church fish fries, fall festivals, and funeral lunches. She was on the St. Mary’s rummage sale committee for decades. She also delivered Meals on Wheels and volunteered for the reading program at the Cudahy School District.
Lucille is survived by her children Jane Ambrose, Mark (Ginger) Ambrose, Eileen Ambrose Steckbauer, Paul (Rene) Ambrose and daughter-in-law Margaret Ambrose; her grandchildren: Nicholas (Anna) Ambrose, Madeline Ambrose, Graham (Brooke) Ambrose, Joseph Ambrose, Gwendolyn Ambrose, David Ambrose-Steckbauer and Maija Ambrose-Steckbauer and great-granddaughter Daphne Ambrose. She is also survived by her siblings: Dorothea Ehlen, Geraldine Ehlen, Mary Schoenberg, Kathy Howe, Joan Nield, Jeanie Leffelman, Ray Meyers, Kenny Meyers, and sister-in-law Judy Meyers. She is fondly remembered by many loving nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends.
She was proceeded in death by her husband Gilbert Ambrose and son James Ambrose; brothers: Jack, Robert, Clarence, and Donald Meyers; brothers-in-laws: Louis Ambrose, John Nietupski, Edward Ambrose, Harold Schoenberg, Robert Ehlen, Robert Howe, Chuck Leffelman, Tom Nield and Gene Ehlen; sisters-in-laws: Elsie Nietupski, Thecla Ambrose, Margie Meyers, Nancy Meyers, Kathy Meyers and Dorothy Meyers; son-in-law Robert Ambrose Steckbauer and her parents John and Magdalene Meyers.
In lieu of flowers, donations to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Association or The Sewing Machine Project are appreciated.
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