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As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes:
Hancock, MI.
Grace Marie Lukkari, age 82, of the Houghton County Medical Care Facility, passed away peacefully at the Portage Hospital in Hancock, Michigan on March 29,2020.
Grace was born in Ishpeming on January 9, 1938, the youngest child of the late Teresa (Stagliano) and Gaetano Polozzolo. Grace attended Ishpeming schools and graduated from Ishpeming High School, class of 1955.
Grace married Donald Raymond Lukkari on March 30, 1957. She worked at various secretarial jobs and later found her true calling of being a hair stylist. She worked many years as the business owner of her own beauty shop, “The Haircutters” in Ishpeming. She employed many stylists over the years and loved her customers and going out to lunch. Grace also loved going to the family camp on Lake Michigamme. She loved having friends over for coffee, sitting in the sun at camp, and especially rides on her pontoon boat. Grace was an avid golfer and participated on many golf leagues at the Wawonowin Country Club in Ishpeming for many years. She was a member of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Ishpeming.
Survivors include her sons – Dr. Gary Lukkari of Spring Lake, Michigan, Daniel (Lisa) Lukkari of Reno, Nevada, Duane (Kim) Lukkari of Ottawa, Illinois, daughters – Linda (Robert) Dimmick of Meredith, New Hampshire, and Teresa Trewhella of Houghton; her sister Mary Neuman of the Marquette County Medical Care Facility, sister-in-law Carol Lawrence of Green Bay, WI; 13 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, along with several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, Donald, on March 14, 2013, and her daughter-in-law, Dr. Susan Wood on May 25, 2019. She was also predeceased by her brothers, Anthony, Sabastian, James, and sister Genevieve Picciano.
Funeral and Burial services will be held at a later date. the Memorial Chapel of Hancock is assisting the family.
To view Grace’s obituary or to send condolences to the family please visit www.memorialchapel.net.
The Memorial Chapel and Plowe Funeral Homes of Hancock has been assisting the family.
