Obituary: Lucie Eldracher, 87, Of Stratford

Information via William R. McDonald Funeral Home

Lucie (Skrzypczynski) Eldracher, age 87, of Stratford, beloved wife of Konrad Eldracher, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2019 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Eldracher was born in Katowice, Poland, daughter of the late Emanuel and Mathilde (Bialon) Skrzypczynski and had been a long time Stratford resident.

Mrs. Eldracher had a passion for the theater arts. She loved to perform on stage in musical productions with the Gilbert and Sullivan Shows and the Lordship Fathers Club Variety Shows. She was a member of the Germania Schwaben Singing Society and the Our Lady of Peace Rosary Society. She used her knitting and crochet talents to provide healing shawls for cancer patients, as well as hats and scarves for those in need. Lucie provided house cleaning services for many families over the years and was considered family to those she served.

She made it a point to be nice to everyone she met and provided help to those in need whenever she was available. She embraced the neighborhood “family,” enjoying their company and drop-ins were always warmly welcomed. Lucie always showed her support for her children and was a loving and caring grandmother to her grandchildren.

Survivors in addition to her husband include her three children, Andreas Eldracher and his wife Sandra, Paul Eldracher and his wife Lisa, Maria Bagley and her husband Bruce; six grandchildren, Danielle Eldracher, Alexa Eldracher, Nancy Price and her husband Wayne, Lorraine Mihalik and her husband Eric, Barbara Romeo and her husband Evan and Sean Fitzgerald; three great-grandchildren, Addison and Jordan Price and Isabel Mihalik; seven siblings, Gerda Rauch, Gunter Skrzypczynski and his wife Gerda, Edith Gerigk and her husband Albert, Helga Schmidt and her husband Karl-Heinz, Siegrid Herkules and her husband Gerhard, Doris Schaefer and her husband Michael Berndt, Dagmar Mletzko and her husband Manfred.

A funeral service was held Saturday, July 20, 2019, in St. Saints Cyril and Methodius Roman Catholic Church in Bridgeport.

Interment followed in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Easton.

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