Lucille Lansing

1924 - 2025

Lucille Lansing

April 12, 1924 - January 29, 2025

Lucille Bryant Lansing, 100, of Vermillion, SD passed away Wednesday, January 29, at the Sanford Vermillion Hospital with her family by her side.

Lucille Bryant was born on April 12, 1924 at home in Madison, WI to Bertrum and Martha (Olson) Bryant. The doctor wrote April 11th on her birth certificate, while her mother said the birth happened after midnight. Lucy was happy to celebrate her birth for two days each year.

She graduated from the University of Wisconsin High School. During WWII, she moved to Fort Wayne, IN to work for the Army Air Corp. After the war, she met the love of her life, Robert Lansing, while attending Spanish class at the University of Wisconsin. They married in 1949, and were together for 70 years, until Bob's passing in 2019. She had worked for the Madison Gas and Electric Company, the Unemployment Office in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and the State of Wisconsin in Madison.

She and Bob enjoyed many years in Madison, playing bridge, dancing, visiting with relatives and vacationing in northern Wisconsin. They loved watching Wisconsin sports, and Lucy remained an avid fan of the Badgers, Brewers and Packers throughout her life. They retired to Tucson, AZ in 1989 and loved the wildlife, weather and friends. They moved to Vermillion in 2008 to be near their daughter and her family as they grew older.

She was active in the Vermillion Senior Center, loved to play bridge, was an excellent cook and baker, and was known for her cookies and pies. She enjoyed animals and watching and feeding the birds. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and aunt. She loved hearing from her many nieces and nephews and their families. Lucy was a true people person, and was interested in everyone she met.

She is survived by her daughter Louise (Randy) Quevillon and grandsons: Josh and Paul Quevillon, all of Vermillion, her granddaughter Heather Quevillon (Alex Decker) of Buffalo, MN. She is also survived by her sisters: Mary Wampfler and Roberta Midthun, a brother-in-law Palmer Christen and many nieces nephews and their families.

Lucy was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Bob, a son Brian, and sisters: Virginia Peterson, Lucille Kuhlman, Janet Christen and Phyllis Ulrich. Also a brother Ken Bryant and several brothers-in-law.

No services are planned, She will be missed. In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Main Street Center (320 West Main St., Vermillion, SD 57069) or the Vermillion Food Pantry (9 Court St., Vermillion, SD 57069). HansenFuneralHome.com.