Lucille Rita Dols (Rumpza) passed away at Abbot Northwestern Heart Hospital on August 3, 2018, at the age of 75.
Funeral Mass will be held at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth, Minn. on Aug. 18 at 11 a.m., Father Peter Klein officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Blue Earth.
Lucy was born April 24, 1943, to Jacob and Valeria Rumpza. She attended grade school at St. Joseph Catholic school in Grenville, S.D., and graduated high school from Webster, S.D. in 1961. She married Jim Dols in June of 1964, having four wonderful children.
They moved to Grand Marais, Minnesota when Jim accepted a job as a Minnesota State Patrol officer. While raising their children, Lucy also worked as a waitress and domestic violence advocate before taking her final occupation as a U.S. Customs/ Inspections officer (U.S./Canadian border). When both retired, they moved to Blue Earth and spent their winters in Leesburg, Fla.
Survived by sons, Mike (Amy), Chris, Steve (Mandy), six grandchildren and two great- grandchildren, sisters, Marcy (Orvis) Jorganson, Adeline Tracy, brother, William (Marietta) Rumpza, and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Preceded in death, son, David, husband, Jim, parents and in-laws, five brothers and four sisters.
Lucy will be missed and forever in our hearts.
Leave a Reply