Genevieve Wyckoff Lounsbury 1/31/1922 – 3/4/2022
Genevieve Rae Lounsbury flew home to heaven on March 4th, 2022
Genevieve is survived by: Brother Don Wyckoff, Son Richard (Karen) Lounsbury, Ralph (Nancy) Lounsbury, and Daughter Wendy Jacobs. She has six grandchildren: Jason, Paul, Emily, Jon, Carrie, and Courtney. Eight great-grandchildren: Andrew, Alyson, Jacob, Ian, Kaitlyn, Emma, Sabrina, and Alex, (and one more on the way, Ray). And two great-great-grandchildren, Aubrey and Jaxson.
Genevieve was born in Luray, Kansas. She had three sisters: Margie, Shirley and Norma; and two brothers: Glenn and Don. She lived through the great dust storms. The red dirt came from Oklahoma on a south wind, and the brown dirt of Colorado came on the west wind. There were also the locusts of which she said, “the chickens liked the bugs!”. She was an avid 4H-er and milked cows, raised chickens, sewed her own clothes, and entered projects at the fair including muffins, breads, and pies.
Her school years started in 2nd grade, most years there were only 10 children in her class. She played the saxophone in the band and a lot of basketball. In one game she scored 22 points and got a standing ovation from the crowd, although she said there wasn’t any place to sit so the people had to stand. Genevieve graduated as Valedictorian at Waldo High School. She and her cousin Joyce decided to go McPherson college after a men’s quartet gave a concert at their school. She graduated in 1943, and went on to teach English, Biology and Gym at Simpson High School.
Genevieve met “the love of her life” Ebert Lounsbury in math class at McPherson College. When he returned from Saudia Arabia, where he was stationed in the Air Force, they were married on New Year’s Day. Their first child, Delwyn, was born in 1946 in McPherson, Kansas. Second son, Richard, was born in 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany. Third son, Ralph, was born in 1953 in McPherson, Kansas. And finally, a daughter, Wendy, was born in 1955 in Napa, California.
During their married life they were stationed all over the world: Junction City, Kansas; Denver, Colorado; Baltimore, Maryland; Del Monte Grove, California; Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Munich, Germany. Then back to McPherson, Kansas; San Antonio, Texas; back again to McPherson, Kansas; then back again to Del Monte Grove by Monterey in California.
When Ebert left the Air Force, he taught Physics and Math at Napa Junior College in Napa, California. Then the family moved to Livermore, California where he started working at Livermore Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. It was an adventure moving to seven different houses in and out of Livermore when he became a realtor at Del Valle Realty.
Genevieve went back to work at Junction Avenue School in Livermore. She taught English, History and Gym to 6th and 7th grades. Then Gene and Ebert moved to Stockton, California where Genevieve tried to get Ebert to retire. Since that wasn’t far enough away, they moved to Susanville, California, where their son Ralph lives. They joined the Methodist Church and Genevieve joined Monticola Club and she continued her love of gardening, canning, and crocheting.
In 2000, Ebert passed away and Genevieve moved into town. She then moved into Eagle Lake Village in 2011, where she lived comfortably until she developed an infection and was admitted into Renown Hospital in Reno, Nevada. She spent her last days in their Hospice care.
Our beautiful Genevieve was surrounded by family when she flew away with the angels.
Memorial April 9th, at Methodist Church at 11:00 to be followed by sandwiches and fellowship in the adjoining Hall.
Donations in Genevieve’s name can be made to:
Northern California Cancer Advocate
PO Box 270938
Susanville, CA 96127
