On February 27, we celebrated Lucille Carr’s 99th Birthday
Lucille was born February 27, 1925, in Hazelton, PA, to Howard and Carrie Fritzinger. She was given no middle name and often joked about being named after an obituary listing in the local newspaper. Lucille had 3 sisters and 1 brother; Lucille’s mother died when Lucille was young and was raised by her father.
The family moved to Trenton, NJ, when Lucille was a teenager. She graduated from Hamilton High School in 1943. She went to school with her future husband, Jack, but never met him until her brother Fritz met Jack in NYC, where they served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. After Jack returned from Europe and was stationed in California, he worked at setting pins at a bowling alley to save for an engagement ring for Lucille. Lucille and Jack were married September 14,1946, and remained so for almost 75 years until Jack passed in 2021.
Lucille and Jack enjoyed camping and traveled to nearly every state in the U.S. with their pup Frostie. They moved to PA in 2001 and then spent their winters as snowbirds at their 2nd home in Florida.
Lucille has always enjoyed crafting, Bingo, slot machines, NASCAR, and most sports on T.V. In her 80s, she became an avid reader and word search enthusiast.
Lucille was a stay-at-home mom and homemaker and is affectionately called “MOM MOM” to her immediate family… including her son John, daughter and son-in-law Lynda and Joe, 4 grandson Shawn, Justyn, Michael, and Matthew and 1 great granddaughter Syndee.
Lucille became a part of the Columbia Cottage family in August 2022.