Kearney-Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Soucie, Lillian F. “Fran” Weakland March 30, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald April 3, 2010
Lillian F. “Fran” (Kruse) Soucie, 83, of Minden, formerly of Lexington, died 
Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at Bethany Home in Minden.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. at 
St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Lexington with the Rev. Paul Colling officiating.

Burial will be in the St. Ann’s Cemetery at Lexington.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 6, 2010, from 4-6 p.m. with Wake to 
follow at 6:00 p.m. at Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington.

She was born Aug. 9, 1926 at Burchard to Francis and Hermina (Wenzel) 
Weakland.  Fran grew up in Burchard and graduated from Lewiston High School 
with the class of 1945.  On July 14, 1947, Fran was united in marriage to John 
Kruse at Beatrice.  Two daughters were born to this marriage; Linda and 
Cheryl.  That marriage ended in divorce and Fran married Leo Soucie on Dec. 
14, 1996, Leo preceded Fran in death.

Fran discovered she had a wonderful talent for painting pictures.  However, 
she did not begin serious painting and other artwork until 1970.  She has 
since done hundreds or even thousands of various pieces of art.  She loved to 
paint on china, ostrich eggs and dinner sets.  Fran even had a special talent 
for glass etching.  She also enjoyed decoupage, collage, and painting with 
gold on china and crystal.  Fran sold many paintings throughout the years, and 
has given many away.  

She traveled to Montreaux, Switzerland to paint the Chillion Castle on Lake 
Geneva.  She attended the ANAC workshop in Halsey for many years.  She even 
studied art under many renowned artists, locally and all over the state.  She 
displayed many of her pieces of art at the Lexington Library, Dawson County 
Museum and various art shows around the area. Another talent Fran discovered 
was cake decorating, she loved to decorate birthday and doll cakes for friends 
and families in the area.

Fran was a kind lady who was involved in many organizations, both artistically 
and community wide; such as, St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Christian Women’s 
Club, Lexington Painting Club, Grant Extension Club, the VFW, Legion and 
Eagles Auxiliaries, Lexington Arts Council, Studio 25, the Iris Society, as 
she always loved growing beautiful gardens.  

She was an art instructor at St. Ann’s School, active in the Grand Generation 
Center, the Lexington Women’s Club, the Grand Squares of Lexington and 
volunteered for the Red Cross at Westside Care Home for many years.  Fran was 
proud of the fact that she and Leo received the “Clean Sweep Yard of the Week” 
from Keep Lexington Beautiful.  She also enjoyed going to Miller for the 
Miller dances.  She will be missed by her loving family and friends.

Survivors include two daughters, Linda (Gene) Shaw of Hastings, Cheryl (Shane) 
Lobdell of Lexington: three great-grandchildren, Karragan, Caleb and Corbin 
Shaw of McCook; three grandchildren, Jeremy (Rylee) Shaw of McCook, Jason Shaw 
of Central City, and Nathan Lobdell of Lexington; one brother, Francis (Van) 
Weakland of Beatrice; two sisters, Lauretta Schultz of Beatrice, and Florence 
Ullsperger of Beatrice.

Fran was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Leo and one brother, 
Raymond.


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