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Please know that Lucille was such a joy for me to know these past 15+ or so years. She always had an abundance of energy and seemed to be on a mission in life to get things done and to go places. I will surely miss her popping in during the summers in Chautauqua to say hello. My condolences to her entire family and friends.
Susan Bauer
I was so sorry to learn of Lucille’s passing. My late husband Richard and I shared her friendship and hospitality when she lived in her Warren, PA cottage. She was such an energetic, positive, generous and interesting person! Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the Celebration of Life. My condolences to Lynn and the rest of her family.
Ellen Butkus
Lucille and I met at Chautauqua. We happened to sit next to each other at a lecture. We started chatting and over many summers, we didn’t ever stop.
Together, we did Chautauqua things: we ate, walked, celebrated her summer birthday and attended and discussed exhibits, lectures and performances. Lucille generously provided me with real estate advice, and proudly bragged about and showed me pictures of her beautiful and accomplished family. We discussed her cancer and mine, as well as everything else.
I very much miss her good heart and her good brain. July 8 will always be a special day for me.
Her friendship was one of the blessings in my life. My heartfelt sympathy goes to her family and friends.
Joan Alexander
A life force of giving care and vision wrapped around a heart of gold. May she rest in peace.
Jack Wolf, Pittsburgh
My wife Marjorie and I are deeply saddened by Lucille’s passing. In some ways, we still cannot believe it. To us, she seemed almost larger than life — so full of energy, knowledge, kindness, generosity and love. We knew her for only a few years as our next-door neighbor in Calistoga, but we will always cherish the time we spent with her over food and wine and deep in conversation about life. Our world won’t be the same without her.
John Green
It was a blessing to know Lucille and share many happy times together. Rest in peace my friend.
Judi Heustein
One of her favorite poets was Hafiz who wrote:
Even
after all this time
the sun never says to the earth
“You owe me”
Look what happens
with a love like that
It lights up the whole sky
Lucille lighted up the whole sky.
Bill Untereker
I first met Lucille at a Church supper, each of us with a small child on our lap. I loved her right away. Besides being the family realtor she was always a true friend. When I divorced my first husband and had to move off island, Lucille stored my furniture for a long time, until I was able to take it. I always visited her at the office whenever I could get back, and we had good phone conversations. It was my good fortune to have had one of those with her the week before she passed away. I will miss her forever, but will also always feel lucky to have had her in my life. My deepest sympathy to her family and her many friends.
Alice Bernhard-deRham (formerly Jacobson)
I don’t remember a time when I didn’t know the name “Lucille Jordan“. My parents were fearless New Yorkers, also Unitarian’s, who moved us to South America in the early 60’s. My father, Kirk Raab, met Lucille through Tom Lazor when my father returned to United States for his annual October jaunts on Nantucket at Eel Skin Inn. My mother, Astri, met Lucille when we returned to live in the US in 1973.
When Lucille‘s name came up in my parents’ conversation, it was always with a smile. I knew that whoever this person was, she was someone who without fail made my parents smile.
I eventually met Lucille. By then, I had become an adult and had started attending the Unitarian Meeting House when we were on island. I soon learned why Lucille’s name was spoken with a smile. What passion she exuded, regardless of the subject matter! Whether chatting on Madaket Beach, or at coffee hour after church, or at a chance encounter at Wagon Wheels, or on Zoom at height of Covid, we could always count on Lucille providing an unvarnished perspective, often different from anyone else’s, and nearly always right on the money.
Lucille was a vibrant and important part of life on Nantucket, I miss knowing that I might run into her somewhere unexpected. Lucille was the real McCoy, I am so sorry she is gone.
Kristina Raab Strand and Brad Strand
As lucillelace on Instagram, Lucille posted the most beautiful abstract designs full of color, life and whimsy. She gave each watercolor illustration a name, from “wildflowers abound” to her final entry entitled “departing” in June 2023. I’ve returned to lucillelace this week to treasure her creativity and vibrant character as we celebrate her life. The illustrations she left behind would comprise a beautiful book of memories. Craig and I are fortunate to have enjoyed her friendship at the Unitarian Meeting House on island.
Linda Spery
I just wanted to say that Lucille’s service has really stuck with me today . And I think it’s because all the selections for the music and readings were so uplifting and worthwhile. And also, because I realized there are so many things about Lucille I didn’t know . I was not a close friend . I just was in the community with her all these years . My special affiliation with her is that she was the founder of Children’s House, recruited Ben to be a student and I’m on the board there now. I just learned so much about her, like the many different ways she Interacted with people and lifted them up. Just wanted to say that.
Kathy Butterworth
My friendship with Lucille goes back prior to the forty years that I haved lived on Nantucket year-round. I met Lucille when I was just a summer person, and we became instant friends. She visited us and stayed at our home in Lexington, MA prior to the time that we moved to Nantucket permanently. We had many “adventures” together over the years, some of which I dare not repeat, and I missed her very much when she moved off the island to be closer to Ehren and his family. We managed to get together whenever she was back on Nantucket. Her last and final visit to Nantucket was a very sad one for me. I spent a lot of time with her in her final days going over multiple documents, and I realized that she had made some overwhelming decisions that were very painful to me.
Lucille was an amazingly bright and accomplished woman, and did so much for our community. She was definitely “ahead of her time” in many aspects of her life, which was one of the many things that I admired about her. I will always be grateful for the many years of friendship that I had with her.
Rhoda Weinman
Lucille was my Chautauqua friend for many years. She attended many of the classes I taught on Carl Jung. What a delightful afternoon I spent with her at her summer home on Conewango Creek. Lucille was so fun loving. She had Soul! It was always fun to be with her.
My life was enriched having her as my friend.
Kaye Lindauer
I’m among Lucille’s Chautauqua friends. I arranged for her obituary to be printed in the Chautuaqua Daily in 08/24. We all miss her. Thx very much for this wonderful website, inc the pictures and speeches.
Joan Alexander