Lucie A.
Dunklow-Burkhardt
Died July 5, 2019
Died July 5, 2019
Lucie was born September
6, 1939 in Lake Leelanau, the daughter of Emory C. and Celia E. (Belanger)
LaBonte. On October 2, 2010 at Immanuel
Lutheran Church of Leland, she married Jerry A. Burkhardt.
Lucie had a gift of
bringing beauty to the world around her.
She always tended beautiful flower gardens, whether it be the summertime
in Michigan or the winter in Florida. It
was a common occurrence for bicyclists to stop and take pictures of them. She also had a wonderful passion and talent
for painting, often giving personalized paintings as gifts.
Family meant everything
to Lucie. She took great pride in her
daughters and enjoyed hosting parties at the lake house for her family. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. She and Jerry enjoyed teaching them to play
euchre and would challenge them to a game at any opportunity. Her strong faith also helped her find another family and home
in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Leland.
Lucie is survived by her
children, Tina (Thom Hammontree) Dunklow, Becky (Randy) Winowiecki, and Jodi
(James) King; her siblings, Renee LaBonte, Katherine (Len) Darga, Ann Baatz,
Jake LaBonte, Martha (Gary) Neddo, Mary Jo (Dan) Darga, Caroline (Norman)
DuRocher, and Joseph (Ann) LaBonte; and her grandchildren, Randy Winowiecki
Jr., Jason Winowiecki, Kyra Winowiecki, Chloe King, Eli King, Lucas Hammontree,
and Jack Hammontree.
She was preceded in death
by her parents; her first husband, Donald Dunklow; and her brothers, David
(Marie) LaBonte, and Samuel (Nancy) LaBonte.
A memorial service for
Lucie and Jerry will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 13 at the Martinson
Funeral Home of Suttons Bay, with the family greeting friends and family at
noon. Pastor Joshua LaFeve will officiate.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be directed to Samaritan’s Closet, 25 S Lake Leelanau Dr, Lake
Leelanau, MI 49653 or http://samscloset.org.
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My prayers are with you. RIP cousin. Di LaCross Neihardt
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