Full Obituary

     LUCILLE M. DIETRICH, age 92, of Thorp, WI, peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family at Clark County Rehab & Living Center in Owen, WI, on Friday, May 23, 2025.  Funeral services will be held at 10:30am on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at St. Bernard-St. Hedwig's Catholic Church in Thorp.  Rev. Stanislaus Michael Antony will officiate, and burial will follow in St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery in Thorp.  Pallbearers will be her grandsons and great-grandsons: Derek Dietrich, Karl Dietrich, James Wampole, Brandon Wampole, Dakota Dietrich, Dawson Dietrich, Mark Neumueller and Dustin Dietrich.  Honorary pallbearers will be: Matthew Dietrich and Dennis Dietrich.  Visitation will be held at the church, on Saturday, from 9am until time of service.
     Lucille Mary LeTendre was born to Raymond A. and Helen I. (Randall) LeTendre on November 15, 1932 on the family farm in the Town of Arthur, Chippewa County, WI, the farm that her grandparent's, Homer and Ida Randall, began farming after traveling by covered wagon from Indiana to Wisconsin.  She went to a one room school for all eight grades with one teacher, and later attended Cadott High School, graduating in 1950.  Lucille met her future husband, Karl "Tucker" Thomas Dietrich, Jr., when he asked her to attend prom her freshman year.  After he returned from 2 years in the U.S. Army and spending one year in Korea, they were united in marriage St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Cadott, WI on November 9, 1954.  Soon after they started their family, having eight children: Kathy, Mike, Julie, Janet, Karen, Matthew, Dennis and Dawn.
     Life for her was busy in many aspects.  She was a homemaker, raising eight children, including a set of twins.  Sadly, her husband passed at the young age of 46 that left her with four children at home.  Lucille raised the children, and later went on to work for many years at the Thorp Care Center, and Rosewood Villa of Thorp, as a CNA on night shift.
     After retiring, she had many interests, including, she was an avid Green Bay Packers fan, NASCAR fan, enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, bird watching, reading her daily newspapers, family cookouts, and especially loved spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.  Lucille was lovingly cared for by her daughters, Dawn and Kathy, allowing her to remain as independent as she could in her own home up until the last few weeks.  She will be greatly missed by her beloved family.
     Lucille is survived by her children: Kathy Lang of Thorp, Julie (Jim) Kaczmarcik of Lyndon Station, WI, Janet Wampole of Neillsville, WI, Karen (Dale) Neumueller of Thorp, Matthew (Nancy) Dietrich of Thorp, Dennis (Stacy) Dietrich of Greenwood, WI, and Dawn Dietrich of Thorp; 17 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; one daughter-in-law, Christine Dietrich of Owen, WI; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
     She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Karl; one son, Mike; two grandsons: Travis and Craig Dietrich; one great-grandson, Jack Welda; two sons-in-law: Peter Lang and Wayne Wampole; her sister and brother-in-law: Phyllis and Harold Moldrem; and her father and mother-in-law: Karl Sr. and Leone Dietrich.