LOYD, M. Lucille - b. April 2, 1918 - d. July 4, 2006

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Winfield Courier
Friday July 7, 2006

MOLINE-- M. Lucille Loyd, 88, longtime resident of Moline, died July 4, 2006, in the Hynes Hospice Center at Via Christi Regional Medical Center--St. Francis Campus in Wichita.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Moline.  Pastor Tim Adams will officiate.  Burial will be in Moline Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard until 9 this evening.

A memorial has been established with the First Baptist Church.  Contributions may be left with the funeral home.

Loyd was born April 2, 1918, at Deerfield, Mo., to Robert and Gracie Mae (Williams) Moore.  She moved with her parents to Sedan at an early age and attended Sedan schools.

On July 21, 1934, she and Giles Perry Loyd married at Pawhuska, Okla., and to this union were born three children, Larry Michael and Sharlyn.  Her daughter, Sharlyn, died at the age of two years and 22 days on Dec. 16, 1951.  After her daughter's death, Loyd was employed as head cook in the Moline school system for eight years.

She then became an insurance representative for Royal Neighbors of America.  In 1965, she and her husband moved their family to Nebraska where she was appointed field manager of sales for Royal Neighbors.

In 1970 the family returned to Kansas, and she remained active in the Royal Neighbors organization.  She retired on Jan. 1, 1981, after suffering a heart attack.  Her husband died on Jan. 6, 2003.

Loyd was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Moline and the Royal Neighbors of America.

Survivors include two sons, Larry Loyd of Mulvane, and Michael Loyd, Moline; three grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great- grandchildren.