{"id":2258,"date":"2025-02-18T06:39:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2025-02-18T06:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:40:20","slug":"maurine-grace-friese-lugar-97-of-stewardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/2258-maurine-grace-friese-lugar-97-of-stewardson\/","title":{"rendered":"Maurine Grace (Friese) Lugar (97) of Stewardson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Maurine Grace (Friese) Lugar, 97, of Stewardson, Illinois, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2025, at the Lutheran Care Center in Altamont, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Born on May 8, 1927, in Stewardson, Illinois, to Walter Harold and Florence Caroline (Buesking) Friese, Maurine&#8217;s life was a testament to the enduring values of faith, family, and friendship. A lifelong resident of Stewardson, Maurine was a 1945 graduate of Stewardson High School and a devout Christian, baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, where she remained a dedicated member throughout her life. Her professional years were spent as a teller at Shelby County State Bank, where she worked for a decade, known for her warm smile.<\/p>\n<p>On August 6, 1948, Maurine united in marriage with her beloved husband, Kenneth Lugar, marking the beginning of a loving partnership that would last for 60 beautiful years until his passing on July 3, 2009. Together, they created a legacy of love, embodied by their three children, Christine (Tom) Bailey of Sullivan, Kevin (Tammy) Lugar of Mattoon, and David (Lisa) Lugar of Effingham; six grandchildren, Jeremy (Michelle) Bailey, Alexander (Molly) Bailey, Spencer (Maggie) Bailey, Heather (Michael) Johnson, Dustin Lugar, and Hillary (Phillip) Sweeney, and nine great-grandchildren. Maurine was a beloved sister to Zelma Shouse, Nelda McCoy, and Janet Friese, as well as a dear sister-in-law to Beverley Friese, Linda Friese and Ruth Rothrock. Her family was a source of immense pride and happiness, and she nurtured these relationships with care and devotion.<\/p>\n<p>Maurine was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Kenneth, her sisters Maxine Doeding and Carol Glenn, her brothers James and Ronald Friese; her brothers-in-law, Lowell Shouse, Donald Doeding, Ronald McCoy, Dean Glenn and Darrell Rothrock.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside services to honor and celebrate the life of Maurine Grace Lugar will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at Stewardson Cemetery, with Pastor David Weaver officiating. Prior to the service, friends and family are invited to gather for the visitation from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the graveside service at Brummerstedt Funeral Home in Stewardson. Brummerstedt Funeral Home in Stewardson is assisting the family. Family and friends are invited to share a story or light a candle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lockartgreenfuneralhome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maurine died on Tuesday, February 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maurine Grace (Friese) Lugar (97) of Stewardson - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/2258-maurine-grace-friese-lugar-97-of-stewardson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maurine Grace (Friese) Lugar (97) of Stewardson - 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