Lucille Mae DeRose, 97, of Lansing, MI, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 1, 2020. Beloved wife of the late Paul Amedeo DeRose; loving mother of the late Pauline DeRose, Linda (David) Roth, Peter (Patricia), and Greg; cherished grandmother of thirteen grandchildren, twenty-seven great-grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Lucille was born June 11, 1922, in Kalkaska County to James and Lila Gibbons; their only girl to four older boys, all of whom preceded her in death. Lucille married Paul Amedeo DeRose in Missouri on June 6, 1942. They were married sixty-one years before his death on May 19, 2003. She was the loving matriarch of her family. Her Catholic faith and her children and grandchildren were most important to her.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00am on Saturday, March 7 at Church of the Resurrection, 1505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. A luncheon will follow. The family will receive friends from 5-8pm Friday at Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes Lansing Chapel and from 10-11am Saturday at the church.
