Lucy was born on October 4th, 1932, in Celle, not far from her family's estate at Dieckhorst. Her parents registered her as an American citizen. Her mother, Baroness Lucy von Marenholtz, wrote her sister that her baby said "Mama" for the first time on Mildred's 11th birthday (March 3rd, 1933). Little Lucy received her first schooling in town. She remembers the village teacher as being a Nazi. Her parents had forbidden her to learn the Hitler songs and she would get hit with a ruler for not knowing them. She had wanted to join the Girl Scouts but was not allowed to because she was American. She was very happy when she began her tutoring at Gross Schwuelper. Her parents did not want her traveling on the train to Celle to go to school. It was being continually strafed by allied pilots so Lucy and her friend went to Gross Schwuelper (which belonged to their cousins) to get tutoring. They traveled the twelve miles each way by bicycling through the woods. She was amazed years later to discover how far it was as it did not seem to be much of a trip at the time.
When news arrived that the Americans were coming at war's end, Lucy remembers her mother, sisters, the piano teacher, and some of the people who lived with them sewing furiously to make an American flag. Lucy and her father were between the inner and outer gates to the estate when the first American jeep came by. Lucy was 13 years old. Her father waved down the soldier driving the jeep and announced that he was American. "Sure you are!" was the soldier's response. Her father insisted and a soldier accompanied him to the estate to see his passport. He was more than a little surprised to find American citizens living inside Germany on their own estate. Lucy remembers many American soldiers coming by. The estate was in the British sector of divided post-war Germany.
Lucy recalled that an American officer asked her if anyone had been particularly mean to them. She told him of the mean Nazi teacher. The American officer made him scrub the steps of a building and Lucy said that she felt a lot of satisfaction watching him on his knees!
In 1948, Lucy emigrated to America with her parents, sister Mary and Gus Voetelink, and little brother, Bob. They visited family in Missouri and spent a short time with their grandmother, Lena. She was a disagreeable old woman and was always screaming at them. Lucy decided to save her little brother from this unpleasant environment and took off with him toward the town of Springfield. A cousin stopped the 15 and 7 year old along the road and informed them that they had a fifty mile trip to go. Neither returned to their grandmother's house. Lucy and Bob got to stay with Aunt Tillie Hale and her husband. They were wonderful people and Lucy was so glad that they got to spend the rest of their time in Missouri staying with them.
Arriving in Seattle, they stayed for a short while with Aunt and Uncle Bray before moving into a home on Latona Avenue. Although she had heard English spoken between her parents, Lucy could not speak it herself. She entered Lincoln High School and was placed into a German class. She and her friend, Margie Sweazy, taught each other how to speak German and English. After high school, she attended one year of college. In 1958, she and her family visited Gus and her sister Mary in Lausaune, Switzerland. She met her future husband, Rees Smith, in Austria at a Spectrocopede meeting. He was a criminologist in the military. They had three children, Evy, Darrell and Cheryl, and lived in Germany and Atlanta. They later divorced.
While Lucy was working for an Engineering Firm in 1979, she met her second husband, Bob Phillips. They spent their winters in Mexico and California, traveling in their motor home. Sometimes they would meet up with Mildred and Charlie at various camp sites.
After a short battle with esophigial cancer, Lucy passed away at home in Selah (Maple Falls), Washington on 7 November 2002. At her request, she was cremated with her ashes scattered. A service was conducted by the family in Ballard with a wake following at Evy's home in Seattle. Besides her three children, she was survived by her husband, Bob Phillips, and her grandchildren - Jamie and Luke Moser, Danielle, Christopher, Megan and Brooke Smith, and Annie and Carrie Cutler.
Seattle Times/NW Classifieds/Death Notices ~ Lucy Iris PHILLIPS Passed away on November 7, 2002 after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Robert Phillips; her three children, Evelyn and Jim Moser, Darrell and Judy Smith, and Cheryl Cutler. She has eight grandchildren ranging in age from 21 to 7. She is also survived by her sisters, Mildred Walton and Mary Voetelink and her brother, Robert von Marenholtz and their spouses and families. Family and friends all over the world will dearly miss her. A gathering for remembrances will be held on Saturday, November 16th, time and place to be announced. In lieu of flowers or gifts, please send donations in memory of Lucy Phillips to Whatcom Hospice, 600 Birchwood Avenue, Bellingham, WA. 98225. The arrangements are by The Jerns Funeral Chapel and On-Site Crematorium.
Published in print on 11/10/2002.
When news arrived that the Americans were coming at war's end, Lucy remembers her mother, sisters, the piano teacher, and some of the people who lived with them sewing furiously to make an American flag. Lucy and her father were between the inner and outer gates to the estate when the first American jeep came by. Lucy was 13 years old. Her father waved down the soldier driving the jeep and announced that he was American. "Sure you are!" was the soldier's response. Her father insisted and a soldier accompanied him to the estate to see his passport. He was more than a little surprised to find American citizens living inside Germany on their own estate. Lucy remembers many American soldiers coming by. The estate was in the British sector of divided post-war Germany.
Lucy recalled that an American officer asked her if anyone had been particularly mean to them. She told him of the mean Nazi teacher. The American officer made him scrub the steps of a building and Lucy said that she felt a lot of satisfaction watching him on his knees!
In 1948, Lucy emigrated to America with her parents, sister Mary and Gus Voetelink, and little brother, Bob. They visited family in Missouri and spent a short time with their grandmother, Lena. She was a disagreeable old woman and was always screaming at them. Lucy decided to save her little brother from this unpleasant environment and took off with him toward the town of Springfield. A cousin stopped the 15 and 7 year old along the road and informed them that they had a fifty mile trip to go. Neither returned to their grandmother's house. Lucy and Bob got to stay with Aunt Tillie Hale and her husband. They were wonderful people and Lucy was so glad that they got to spend the rest of their time in Missouri staying with them.
Arriving in Seattle, they stayed for a short while with Aunt and Uncle Bray before moving into a home on Latona Avenue. Although she had heard English spoken between her parents, Lucy could not speak it herself. She entered Lincoln High School and was placed into a German class. She and her friend, Margie Sweazy, taught each other how to speak German and English. After high school, she attended one year of college. In 1958, she and her family visited Gus and her sister Mary in Lausaune, Switzerland. She met her future husband, Rees Smith, in Austria at a Spectrocopede meeting. He was a criminologist in the military. They had three children, Evy, Darrell and Cheryl, and lived in Germany and Atlanta. They later divorced.
While Lucy was working for an Engineering Firm in 1979, she met her second husband, Bob Phillips. They spent their winters in Mexico and California, traveling in their motor home. Sometimes they would meet up with Mildred and Charlie at various camp sites.
After a short battle with esophigial cancer, Lucy passed away at home in Selah (Maple Falls), Washington on 7 November 2002. At her request, she was cremated with her ashes scattered. A service was conducted by the family in Ballard with a wake following at Evy's home in Seattle. Besides her three children, she was survived by her husband, Bob Phillips, and her grandchildren - Jamie and Luke Moser, Danielle, Christopher, Megan and Brooke Smith, and Annie and Carrie Cutler.
Seattle Times/NW Classifieds/Death Notices ~ Lucy Iris PHILLIPS Passed away on November 7, 2002 after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Robert Phillips; her three children, Evelyn and Jim Moser, Darrell and Judy Smith, and Cheryl Cutler. She has eight grandchildren ranging in age from 21 to 7. She is also survived by her sisters, Mildred Walton and Mary Voetelink and her brother, Robert von Marenholtz and their spouses and families. Family and friends all over the world will dearly miss her. A gathering for remembrances will be held on Saturday, November 16th, time and place to be announced. In lieu of flowers or gifts, please send donations in memory of Lucy Phillips to Whatcom Hospice, 600 Birchwood Avenue, Bellingham, WA. 98225. The arrangements are by The Jerns Funeral Chapel and On-Site Crematorium.
Published in print on 11/10/2002.
Lucy was born on October 4th, 1932, in Celle, not far from her family's estate at Dieckhorst. Her parents registered her as an American citizen. Her mother, Baroness Lucy von Marenholtz, wrote her sister that her baby said "Mama" for the first time on Mildred's 11th birthday (March 3rd, 1933). Little Lucy received her first schooling in town. She remembers the village teacher as being a Nazi. Her parents had forbidden her to learn the Hitler songs and she would get hit with a ruler for not knowing them. She had wanted to join the Girl Scouts but was not allowed to because she was American. She was very happy when she began her tutoring at Gross Schwuelper. Her parents did not want her traveling on the train to Celle to go to school. It was being continually strafed by allied pilots so Lucy and her friend went to Gross Schwuelper (which belonged to their cousins) to get tutoring. They traveled the twelve miles each way by bicycling through the woods. She was amazed years later to discover how far it was as it did not seem to be much of a trip at the time.
When news arrived that the Americans were coming at war's end, Lucy remembers her mother, sisters, the piano teacher, and some of the people who lived with them sewing furiously to make an American flag. Lucy and her father were between the inner and outer gates to the estate when the first American jeep came by. Lucy was 13 years old. Her father waved down the soldier driving the jeep and announced that he was American. "Sure you are!" was the soldier's response. Her father insisted and a soldier accompanied him to the estate to see his passport. He was more than a little surprised to find American citizens living inside Germany on their own estate. Lucy remembers many American soldiers coming by. The estate was in the British sector of divided post-war Germany.
Lucy recalled that an American officer asked her if anyone had been particularly mean to them. She told him of the mean Nazi teacher. The American officer made him scrub the steps of a building and Lucy said that she felt a lot of satisfaction watching him on his knees!
In 1948, Lucy emigrated to America with her parents, sister Mary and Gus Voetelink, and little brother, Bob. They visited family in Missouri and spent a short time with their grandmother, Lena. She was a disagreeable old woman and was always screaming at them. Lucy decided to save her little brother from this unpleasant environment and took off with him toward the town of Springfield. A cousin stopped the 15 and 7 year old along the road and informed them that they had a fifty mile trip to go. Neither returned to their grandmother's house. Lucy and Bob got to stay with Aunt Tillie Hale and her husband. They were wonderful people and Lucy was so glad that they got to spend the rest of their time in Missouri staying with them.
Arriving in Seattle, they stayed for a short while with Aunt and Uncle Bray before moving into a home on Latona Avenue. Although she had heard English spoken between her parents, Lucy could not speak it herself. She entered Lincoln High School and was placed into a German class. She and her friend, Margie Sweazy, taught each other how to speak German and English. After high school, she attended one year of college. In 1958, she and her family visited Gus and her sister Mary in Lausaune, Switzerland. She met her future husband, Rees Smith, in Austria at a Spectrocopede meeting. He was a criminologist in the military. They had three children, Evy, Darrell and Cheryl, and lived in Germany and Atlanta. They later divorced.
While Lucy was working for an Engineering Firm in 1979, she met her second husband, Bob Phillips. They spent their winters in Mexico and California, traveling in their motor home. Sometimes they would meet up with Mildred and Charlie at various camp sites.
After a short battle with esophigial cancer, Lucy passed away at home in Selah (Maple Falls), Washington on 7 November 2002. At her request, she was cremated with her ashes scattered. A service was conducted by the family in Ballard with a wake following at Evy's home in Seattle. Besides her three children, she was survived by her husband, Bob Phillips, and her grandchildren - Jamie and Luke Moser, Danielle, Christopher, Megan and Brooke Smith, and Annie and Carrie Cutler.
Seattle Times/NW Classifieds/Death Notices ~ Lucy Iris PHILLIPS Passed away on November 7, 2002 after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Robert Phillips; her three children, Evelyn and Jim Moser, Darrell and Judy Smith, and Cheryl Cutler. She has eight grandchildren ranging in age from 21 to 7. She is also survived by her sisters, Mildred Walton and Mary Voetelink and her brother, Robert von Marenholtz and their spouses and families. Family and friends all over the world will dearly miss her. A gathering for remembrances will be held on Saturday, November 16th, time and place to be announced. In lieu of flowers or gifts, please send donations in memory of Lucy Phillips to Whatcom Hospice, 600 Birchwood Avenue, Bellingham, WA. 98225. The arrangements are by The Jerns Funeral Chapel and On-Site Crematorium.
Published in print on 11/10/2002.
When news arrived that the Americans were coming at war's end, Lucy remembers her mother, sisters, the piano teacher, and some of the people who lived with them sewing furiously to make an American flag. Lucy and her father were between the inner and outer gates to the estate when the first American jeep came by. Lucy was 13 years old. Her father waved down the soldier driving the jeep and announced that he was American. "Sure you are!" was the soldier's response. Her father insisted and a soldier accompanied him to the estate to see his passport. He was more than a little surprised to find American citizens living inside Germany on their own estate. Lucy remembers many American soldiers coming by. The estate was in the British sector of divided post-war Germany.
Lucy recalled that an American officer asked her if anyone had been particularly mean to them. She told him of the mean Nazi teacher. The American officer made him scrub the steps of a building and Lucy said that she felt a lot of satisfaction watching him on his knees!
In 1948, Lucy emigrated to America with her parents, sister Mary and Gus Voetelink, and little brother, Bob. They visited family in Missouri and spent a short time with their grandmother, Lena. She was a disagreeable old woman and was always screaming at them. Lucy decided to save her little brother from this unpleasant environment and took off with him toward the town of Springfield. A cousin stopped the 15 and 7 year old along the road and informed them that they had a fifty mile trip to go. Neither returned to their grandmother's house. Lucy and Bob got to stay with Aunt Tillie Hale and her husband. They were wonderful people and Lucy was so glad that they got to spend the rest of their time in Missouri staying with them.
Arriving in Seattle, they stayed for a short while with Aunt and Uncle Bray before moving into a home on Latona Avenue. Although she had heard English spoken between her parents, Lucy could not speak it herself. She entered Lincoln High School and was placed into a German class. She and her friend, Margie Sweazy, taught each other how to speak German and English. After high school, she attended one year of college. In 1958, she and her family visited Gus and her sister Mary in Lausaune, Switzerland. She met her future husband, Rees Smith, in Austria at a Spectrocopede meeting. He was a criminologist in the military. They had three children, Evy, Darrell and Cheryl, and lived in Germany and Atlanta. They later divorced.
While Lucy was working for an Engineering Firm in 1979, she met her second husband, Bob Phillips. They spent their winters in Mexico and California, traveling in their motor home. Sometimes they would meet up with Mildred and Charlie at various camp sites.
After a short battle with esophigial cancer, Lucy passed away at home in Selah (Maple Falls), Washington on 7 November 2002. At her request, she was cremated with her ashes scattered. A service was conducted by the family in Ballard with a wake following at Evy's home in Seattle. Besides her three children, she was survived by her husband, Bob Phillips, and her grandchildren - Jamie and Luke Moser, Danielle, Christopher, Megan and Brooke Smith, and Annie and Carrie Cutler.
Seattle Times/NW Classifieds/Death Notices ~ Lucy Iris PHILLIPS Passed away on November 7, 2002 after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Robert Phillips; her three children, Evelyn and Jim Moser, Darrell and Judy Smith, and Cheryl Cutler. She has eight grandchildren ranging in age from 21 to 7. She is also survived by her sisters, Mildred Walton and Mary Voetelink and her brother, Robert von Marenholtz and their spouses and families. Family and friends all over the world will dearly miss her. A gathering for remembrances will be held on Saturday, November 16th, time and place to be announced. In lieu of flowers or gifts, please send donations in memory of Lucy Phillips to Whatcom Hospice, 600 Birchwood Avenue, Bellingham, WA. 98225. The arrangements are by The Jerns Funeral Chapel and On-Site Crematorium.
Published in print on 11/10/2002.
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