Lorene Ann Lucas, 79, of Cheshire, died Monday morning, May 28, 2012, at her residence. Born May 19, 1933, in Cheshire, she was the daughter of the late Clarence C. and Goldia Ann Swisher Peters.

In addition to her parents, Lorene was preceded in death by a daughter, Cindy Ellen Bailey; by two sisters, Isis Scott and Christine Dudding; and by three brothers, Earl, Archie and Vaughn Peters.

Lorene was a homemaker and formerly worked for Bell Telephone as an operator.

She is survived by her husband, Walter ‘Scott’ Lucas whom she married on September 1, 1956, in Cheshire; three sons, Terry Lucas, Brian Lucas (Fiancé, Lori Dials) and Bob (Wendy) Lucas, all of Bidwell; nine grandchildren, Megan, Tricia, and Sean Lucas, McKenzie Maynard, Andrea Saunders, Nicholas Bailey, Alyssa, Emma and Kara Lucas. Also surviving are two sisters, Georgia Garrison of Akron, Ohio, and Bernice Will of Riverside, California.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday May 30, 2012, at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Pastor Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from noon until the time of service.

Lorene’s grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.

An online guest registry is available at Waugh-halley-wood.com.