Mary E. Lusby


Mary Etta (nee Radel) Lusby, age 92, peacefully passed away on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at Meadow Ridge.Mary was a WWII Veteran, serving in 1942 and 1943 as a WAC. On Dec. 20, 1946 she was united in marriage to Richard Dean Lusby in Baraboo. She worked many years in Baraboo at the Baraboo National Bank. Upon retiring, Mary and her husband spent many good years being snow birds with time spent between Baraboo and Sun Lakes, AZ. She enjoyed golf, sewing, making not only doll clothes for her nieces but clothing for herself and others. Mary had a sense of humor and a vault for a memory.She was the dear sister of George Albert Radel and Rhoda (Platt) Radel; loving aunt to Donna (Gary) Grode, Robert (Kathleen) Platt, Cheri (Tom) Omnus; sisters-in-law, Kay Himden, Sheila Lusby and Sharon Lusby; great niece, Angela (Peter) Van Heesch, Kadejah, Renie and Maurice as well as other relatives and friends.She was preceded in death by her parents; Cecil and Iris Radel and her loving husband, Richard Dean Lusby after 68 years of marriage.Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Lodi. Military rites will be conducted following the committal prayers. The family would like to thank the staff at Meadow Ridge for their care and love of Mary; also, Home Health United Hospice. The Redlin Funeral Home is assisting the family.