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Diana Daniel Lucas

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Diana Daniel Lucas

Birth
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA
Death
14 Dec 2016 (aged 94)
Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Plot
22 Sycamore Ave., West
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Diana Daniel Lucas of Newtown, Pennsylvania, died December 14, 2016. at the Pennswood Village Retirement Community. She was born in Staten Island on November 25, 1922, the daughter of Diana Elmendorf Richards Lucas and Eugene Willet van Court Lucas, Jr. She attended St. Margaret's School in Waterbury, Connecticut, and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1944. She made her home in Princeton, New Jersey for many years and in 2003 moved to the Pennswood Village retirement community.

In keeping with her love of learning, Diana built a long and respected career at Educational Testing Services. She was a strong advocate of women's higher education and was for decades a leading force at the Bryn Mawr Club of Princeton Book Sale, which raises funds for scholarships. She also had a heart for needy dogs and cats and spent many hours as a volunteer at the shelter "SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals, where a cat was named Lucas in her honor.

Diana was predeceased by her brother, Peter R. Lucas. A funeral service will be held on Monday, December 19, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Church in Princeton, New Jersey.

https://fitzgeraldsommerfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/23/Diana-Lucas/obituary.html
Diana Daniel Lucas of Newtown, Pennsylvania, died December 14, 2016. at the Pennswood Village Retirement Community. She was born in Staten Island on November 25, 1922, the daughter of Diana Elmendorf Richards Lucas and Eugene Willet van Court Lucas, Jr. She attended St. Margaret's School in Waterbury, Connecticut, and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1944. She made her home in Princeton, New Jersey for many years and in 2003 moved to the Pennswood Village retirement community.

In keeping with her love of learning, Diana built a long and respected career at Educational Testing Services. She was a strong advocate of women's higher education and was for decades a leading force at the Bryn Mawr Club of Princeton Book Sale, which raises funds for scholarships. She also had a heart for needy dogs and cats and spent many hours as a volunteer at the shelter "SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals, where a cat was named Lucas in her honor.

Diana was predeceased by her brother, Peter R. Lucas. A funeral service will be held on Monday, December 19, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Church in Princeton, New Jersey.

https://fitzgeraldsommerfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/23/Diana-Lucas/obituary.html


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  • Created by: Sandra Markham
  • Added: Jul 31, 2021
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230134012/diana_daniel-lucas: accessed ), memorial page for Diana Daniel Lucas (25 Nov 1922–14 Dec 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 230134012, citing Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Sandra Markham (contributor 47531629).