Madeleine L. Lucke

Madeleine L. Lucke, 95, an accomplished professional pianist, died at 12:25 p.m. Sunday, August 22, 2004, of heart failure at Salem Community Hospital. Born January 31, 1909, Mrs. Lucke was the daughter of Samuel Louis Lang, and Eva Adora (Penfield) Lang. Her early childhood was spent in San Diego, Calif. She later attended the University of California at Berkeley, and then studied at the Institute of Musical Art of the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. While at the Juilliard School she studied privately with pianist Carl Friedberg, and later in California she studied with pianist Ignace Hilsberg. Following her studies she taught music in New York City. She continued teaching after moving to Southern California where she married her husband, an artist and illustrator. They were happily married for 56 years. A California resident for 54 years, Mrs. Lucke was an active member of a number of musical, cultural and literary societies: The Los Angeles MacDowell Club of Allied Arts (past president, 16 years), the Hollywood Browning Society (past president), the Wilshire Ebell Club, the Westshore Musicians Club (past president), Pi Alpha Theta Chapter of Phi Beta (the National Professional Fraternity for the Creative and Performing Arts) (past president), the Los Angeles Womens Committee of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Association, the Pacific Coast Browning Society, Friends of the Huntington Library, the Viennese Culture Club, and the Los Angeles Womens Council of The Navy League. She and her husband moved to Alliance, Ohio, in 1990 from Glendale, Calif. In Alliance, she was a member of the Alliance Womans Club, the P.E.O., Qui Vive, the D.A.R., the Flower Garden Club of Alliance, the Canton Symphony League, and was a past trustee of the Canton Symphony Association. Her other activities included researching and presenting programs about artists, writers, musicians, and various flower gardens she had visited. With her husband and son, she enjoyed traveling, and made several trips to Europe where she visited many museums, castles, chateaux, gardens, and attended concerts and operas. Mrs. Lucke is survived by her son, Dr. Peter B. Lucke, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Mount Union College. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Koller Lucke, and sisters Esther Liffring, Bernice Smith and Samantha Lang. Visiting hours will be from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25, 2004, at Walton-Schrader Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, August 26, 2004 at the Walton-Schrader Funeral Home. Following the ceremony, burial will be at the Mount Union Cemetery. Arrangements are by Walton-Schrader Funeral Home, 1131 W. State St., Alliance, OH 44601.

Madeleine L. Lucke

January 31, 1909 - August 22, 2004