Lulla Mae Scaff's Obituary
LULLA MAE SCAFF, 98 YEARS OF AGE WAS BORN IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1918 AND WENT HOME TO GOD ON 18 JULY, 2017 AFTER A LONG AND LOVING LIFE.
LULLA RECEIVED NURSES TRAINING IN AUSTRALIA, MARRIED FIRST HUSBAND JOHN VIDUCICH, AN AMERICAN ARMY MEDICAL OFFICER, HAD A SON THEY NAMED JOHN G., AND CAME TO THE USA. SHE WAS NATURALIZED AND LIVED IN HOQUIAM, OLYMPIA AND LAKEWOOD, WA. SHE OPENED THE GEORGIAN HOUSE NURSING HOME, LATER WENT TO WORK AT WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL AS A WARD NURSE AND THEN BECAME A SURGICAL NURSE LEAVING IN 1961.
LULLA MET HER HUSBAND MERLE IN 1962 AND DANCED AT THE MCCHORD OFFICERS CLUB AND DATED FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS. LULLA AND MERLE LEFT FOR FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA IN APRIL 1967. LULLA AND MERLE MARRIED ON 17 JUNE, 1967 AT FORT HUACHUCA AND HONEYMOONED IN GUAYMAS, MEXICO. MERLE WAS ENROUTE TO VIETNAM SO THEY TRAVELED TO FORT BRAGG AND FORT BLISS FOR SPECIAL TRAINING AND THEN TO LAKEWOOD WHERE LULLA HAD LIVED PREVIOUSLY. MERLE CAME HOME AND THEY WENT TO FORT BENNING FOR THE 3RD TIME. THEY RETURNED TO FORT LEWIS AND THEN TO FORT CAMPBELL. WHILE AT FORT CAMPBELL THEY WENT TDY TO ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA. MERLE RETIRED IN 1979 AND THEY RETURNED TO LAKEWOOD. LULLA AND MERLE LIVED ON LAKE STIELACOOM UNTIL HEALTH ISSUES REQUIRED THEM TO MOVE TO PATRIOTS LANDING.
LULLA WAS A WONDERFUL WIFE. LULLA AND MERLE DROVE MANY MILES TOGETHER, FLEW TO AUSTRALIA TOGETHER TAKING CHRIS WITH THEM ONCE AND CRUISED SEVERAL TIMES TOGETHER. LULLA AND MERLE CELEBRATED THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOGETHER ON 17 JUNE, 2017.
LULLA IS SURVIVED BY HUSBAND MERLE, SON JOHN G. VIDUCICH, GRANDSON CHRIS VIDUCICH AND WIFE COURTNEY, GREAT GRANDSON JAYDEN, ROSE SCHAPE-SELF (MOTHER OF CHRIS), AND SISTER PHYLLIS AND HUSBAND NEVILLE OF AUSTRALIA.
LULLA IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER ALGEMON WILLIAM BUTLER, MOTHER LILY, STEPFATHER ROY, SISTER PEARL, BROTHER HARRY, AND HALF SISTER BARYL.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS WE ASK THAT YOU SEND HER A PRAYER, SHE REALLY WOULD LIKE THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE E.R. STAFF AT MADIGAN HOSPITAL, THE EXTREMELY CARING PALLIATIVE TEAM AND MAJOR REEVES. THE STAFF OF WARD 6NORTH, LULLAS DOCTOR, DR. DZURILLA AND HER NURSE CINDY, ORTHOPEDIC NURSE MARK BERGIN-SPERRY FOR HIS HELP AT WORK AND AS A PERSONAL FRIEND. MY PERSONAL THANKS TO CHAPLAIN FATHER MCCENNNA FOR BEING THERE TO GIVE HER LAST RITES BEFORE SHE WENT INTO A COMA AND CONTINUED VISITS UNTIL SHE PASSED. WE ALSO THANK GEORGE AND NANCY PROUDMAN AND DIANN HERNANDO FOR THEIR HELP AND CONTINUED SUPPORT. I MUST ALSO THANK ROSE SCHAPE-SELF FOR HER HELP TO US AND ONGOING SUPPORT FOR OUR SON JOHN G.
LULLAS LAST PRAYER EVERY NIGHT AND IN TIME OF NEED WAS THE LORDS PRAYER AND THE ROSARY.
HAIL MARY FULL OF GRACE.THE LORD IS WITH THEE, BLESSED ARE THOU AMONG WOMEN AND BLESSED IS THE FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH.
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