Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Lucas, Harold Leroy February 9, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, February 10, 2005
     Harold Leroy Lucas, 76, a resident of The Dalles, died in his sleep Feb. 
9, 2005, at the home of his younger brother and sister-in-law, Mel and Pat 
Lucas. 
     He was born Sept. 20, 1928, in Miltona, Minn., the oldest of eight boys 
to Paul and Mabel (Irwin) Lucas. The family moved from Minnesota to Hood River 
in 1940, where he completed his education. After high school, he worked as a 
logger in Montana. In 1960, while there, he met Margaret Brown, and they later 
married in Coeur D’ Alene, Idaho. They later made their home in Hood River, 
where he continued to work as a logger for Gehrig’s Logging, and then for the 
county of Hood River until March of 1969, when he was injured in an industrial 
accident, which led to an early retirement. Afterward, he was able to stay 
home and help raise his two children, Shannon Marie and Jody Steele Lucas, and 
in 1986 a grandson, Justin Steele Lucas.
     He was a member of Local Eagles Club 2150, where he is a past state 
president and has been a member for the past 40 years. 
     He loved to fish and hunt and he enjoyed gardening, especially his roses 
and gladiolas. He also enjoyed camping with his children and their many 
friends, whom he also considered his children. 
     He was well known for his Saturday nights spent watching Portland 
Wrestling and eating jojo’s with nacho cheese. 
     He is survived by his daughter, Shannon, Silverdale, Wash.; his son, 
Jody, Longmont, Colo.; his grandson, Justin, Hood River; many nieces and 
nephews; and several adopted “daughters.” He is also survived by three sons 
from a previous marriage.
     He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret; brothers, Don, Dean, 
Wayne, and Carroll; and his parents.
     Memorial services will be held at the Eagles Club in Hood River at 2 
p.m., Friday, Feb. 11. Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt 
Crematory with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements.


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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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