Lucille Soesbe March 14, 1914 - March 19, 2006 Lu Soesbe died peacefully at the Story County Medical Center on Sunday, Mar. 19, five days after celebrating her 91st birthday. Lucille Maxine Segar was born Mar. 14, 1915, in Webster City, Iowa. She grew up there and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1932. In 1935 She married Paul E. Soesbe, a lineman for American Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1941 Lucille and Paul moved to Ames, where Paul had accepted a position beginning as a lineman with the city of Ames electrical department, where he worked until his death in 1975. Lucille Soesbe was a homemaker until 1962, when she received a real estate sales license and was a real estate salesperson and broker until her retirement in 1994. During those years, Lu served on several committees for Ames Multiple Listing Service. She especially enjoyed meeting people. The daughter of a carpenter and music teacher, Lucille was raised in a home built by her father that was filled with music and robust cheer provided by five brothers and one sister. She loved to play bridge and to go in her camper on fishing trips. Friends and colleagues recall Lu Soesbe's gentle spirit, her good humor and the Midwestern values of quiet integrity, thrift, honesty and unconquerable spirit she imparted to her children. Lu is survived by her brother, Max, of Vista, Calif., two sons, Jerrold Soesbe of Champaign, IL, and Stephan Soesbe, of Nevada, Iowa, and one daughter, Kay Ewald, of Tallahassee, FL, as well as one grandson and six granddaughters. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, one son, Keith, and a granddaughter, Logan Ewald. No memorial service is planned. The family will receive visitors at home at a time to be announced later. Memorial contributions may be made to the HOMEWARD Hospice, in Ames.