Lucy Turner-Tinker-Hope, formerly of Warren's Potato Road Association
on Prickly Mountain, died on Wednesday, December 22, 2010, in Kirkland,
WA, at the age 70, of complications from pneumonia and surrounded by
her children, husband and brother.
Lucy is survived by her son, John W. Tinker, his wife Christa and their
children, Anna and James, of Redmond, WA; her daughter, Dori Tinker
Stiles, her husband, Robert, and their children, Julia and Kirsten, of
Shrewsbury, MA; her first husband, Allen A. Tinker, of Fayston, VT; her
husband, Richard V. Hope, of Vero Beach, FL; her brothers and
sisters-in-law, Harold and Connie Turner, Philip and Jan Turner, Gail
and Tina Turner, Warren and Jo Tinker and Mary and Pete Bryant;
Richard's children, Rick, Tom and Chris, Richard's grandchildren who
also knew her as "grandma": Ricky, Tim, Kiersten, Billy, TJ, Matt,
Nicholas, Laurel and great grandson Chase; her beloved nieces and
nephews and their adored spouses and children; her extended family,
devoted friends, former colleagues and legions of admirers.
Born Lucy B. Turner on April 15, 1940, in Linneus, Missouri, to Joseph
and Dorothy Turner; the oldest of four children. She was graduated
valedictorian from Linneus High School in 1958 and from Union University
in 1962 with a bachelor of arts degree in history. Prior to starting a
family, Lucy taught middle school and later, while raising her children
in Summit, NJ, pursued a successful and accomplished professional career
in banking that included time at City Federal Savings Bank, The
Seamen's Bank for Savings, FSB and Penn Federal Savings Banks. From
childhood, her dedication to education and the arts led her to
participate in, often in leadership positions, numerous charitable and
philanthropic organizations. In 2000, Lucy retired as chief operating
officer and moved with her new husband to Florida where she has spent
the last 10 years continuing to grow and share her infinite gifts and
wisdom with those blessed to be acquainted with her.
Services will be held in Vero Beach, FL, on Sunday, January 16; Linneus,
MO, on Saturday, January 22; and Summit, NJ, on Saturday, March 5.
Details will be communicated via her Caringbridge website
(http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lucythope).
As a tribute to her dedication and lifelong love of learning, her family
requests that any memorial donations be made in her name to The
Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O Sisterhood for which she
was a lifetime member) for benefit of the Vero Beach, FL, or Lynn
County, MO, Chapters (contact https://donations.peointernational.org);
or The Learning Circle at the YMCA (formally the Summit, NJ, Childcare
Center) for which she passionately helped create and served as president
in its early years (contact
http://www.summitareaymca.org/support/ways-to-give).
