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Gwendolyn Marie Lucas Dies at 88

Gwendolyn Marie Lucas aka “Gwenie”

May 27, 1937 – June 20, 2025

Gwendolyn Marie Lucas

Funeral service will be at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Frederiksted, St. Croix on Friday, Aug. 8. Viewing at 9:30 a.m., service at 10:30 a.m.

Interment: St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Cemetery

She was preceded in death by her father, Patrick G. Lucas Sr.; mother, Eugenie Smalls; sisters, May Lucas Martinez and Catherine Lucas Prince; brothers, Patrick G. Lucas Jr. and James (Jimmy) Lucas; and niece, Valerie M. Prince.

She is survived by her niece, Catherine A. Prince, Annalisa M. Prince; nephews, Lloyd O. Prince Jr., Joseph (Jerry) G. Prince, Theodore (Teddy) A. Prince; great nieces, Catarina A. Castruccio-Prince, Esther Prince, Sarah C. Prince-Bethea; great nephews, Nehemiah I. Prince, Gabriel N. Ward-Prince; great great nieces, Ny’Asha C. Prince Clarke, Amani Prince, Catherine Prince-Bethea; great great nephews, Nehemiah A. Prince, Malachi Prince-Bethea, Mateo Prince-Bethea; godchildren, Ray Iles, Marcellus Flores, Rodelique Williams-Bradshaw, Keema Bridgewater, Nataki Brown, Rudi Schulterbrant; other relatives and friends; Ecilma Sprauve, Eugenie Dalmida, Ellen Thomas, Helen Horton- Copeman, Winston Todman, Mryl (Patsy) Todman- Hendricks, Rabiah, Hendricks, Delores Abramson-Iles, Godelieve Abramson, Claudia Abramson-Brown, Sister Florine Bailey(ICM), Deacon Emith Fludd, Alvin M. A. Milligan, Anastasia M. Doward, Jeanne Garcia, Clarissa Messer-Petersen, Fern McAlpin, Isabel Prince-Tuitt, Rita Powell, Esther Urgent, Father Kenneth Gaddy, Patricia Williams, Arlene Petersen- Abrahams, Curtis Williams, Shelly Schulterbrant, Nancy A. Soto, Mary Roebuck, Palmyra Benjamin, Maxwell McIntosh, Sister Claina Letang (ICM), Sister Lovey Reyes (ICM), Diane Brown, Delreese Brown, Diedre Brown, Meridith Nielsen, Jamal Nielsen, Thrisha Byron, Daria Byron,  Glen Maurice Byron, Children of Ingerborg McIntosh, Terry Byron, Charles Farrell, Edna Abramson, Doris Brown, Joyce Abramson, Bernadine Alexis-Christmas, Natalie McIntosh, Marilyn Martin, Elizabeth Lynch, Grace Severin, Canton Family, St. Patrick’s Faith Community/Choir/ Alumni Association, Former Employees of Chase Manhattan Bank, Former Members of St. Croix Cultural Dancers.

A special thank you to the staff and chaplain at the Commonwealth Senior Living facility in Hampton, VA, where Gwenie spent her recent years.

Professional service entrusted to James Memorial Funeral Home.

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