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Lueck Services Set

March 30, 2018

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MACOMB, IL -- Services for Lowell Lueck, former director of Institutional Research and Planning at Western Illinois University, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 3 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Macomb. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Monday, April 2 at Dodsworth-Piper-Wallen Funeral Home in Macomb. A visitation will also be held April 3 at the church one hour prior to services. Lueck, 84, passed away March 28 in Springfield.

Lueck joined WIU in 1969 as the assistant director of Institutional Research and Planning. He was named director in 1984, and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1993. He also served as an assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education and College Student Personnel. During his time at WIU, Lueck also completed his Doctor of Education Administration at Indiana University.

After graduating from high school, he served in the U. S. Army, serving on an Air Force base in England during the Korean War. He returned to Iowa State and completed a degree in agricultural education. He served as an agricultural extension agent in Primghar, IA, before entering Iowa State Teacher's College (now UNI), earning a master's degree in Guidance and Counseling. He served schools in Rolfe and Gowrie, IA, and Marshalltown Community College in Marshalltown, IA prior to working at WIU.

He was a member of the WIU Library Foundation Board, Trinity Lutheran Church and the Western Illinois Museum. He had also served on the board for the Western Illinois Regional Council, and Lueck also was a member of the Genealogical Society and Historical Society, and a longtime member of the Macomb Lions Club.

Lowell, and his wife, Lois, established a scholarship at WIU specifically for non-traditional students in teacher education programs. The Luecks were non-traditional students while pursuing their advanced degrees at Western. Additionally, the Luecks have, for many years, supported the WIU Library, Tri States Public Radio, Western Athletic Club, Performing Arts Society and the College of Fine Arts and Communication. They were also inaugural donors to the President's Scholarship Fund, established in 2006.

He is survived by his wife, Lois; three children, David, Diane and Linda; nine grandchildren;
two sisters, Florence Botine and Yvonne Stevens; and many nieces and nephews.

A complete obituary and guest book can be found at dodsworthfh.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Lueck Non-Traditional Scholarship Fund at WIU, Trinity Lutheran Church, the Western Illinois Museum or the Macomb Lions Club.

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