Miss Dougherty was born on Feb. 14, 1909 and raised on a farm near Baraboo, the eldest of two daughters of Frank (Francis) and Alma Caroline Shult Dougherty. Lucille was predeceased by her sister, Thelma, and her parents.

Lucille had many memories of growing up in rural Wisconsin, one being neighbors dropping by often to use their telephone, one of the first in the region to be installed.

She valued hard work and honesty and she was raised to do anything she could for others. She attained an eighth-grade education at a rural school and never married or had children. She worked in various housekeeping, farming and gardening jobs while caring for her parents until they died. She then answered a newspaper ad for a nanny placed by the Rev. Richard (an Episcopal minister in Baraboo) and Anita Miller in 1958. The couple had two older children and had just welcomed twins. The Millers later had two additional children. Miss Dougherty quickly became a solid member of the Miller family, moving with them from Wisconsin to the Dakotas, England, Iowa and Idaho while helping raise all six children over the course of 26 years. After she retired, Miss Dougherty lived with three of the grown children in turn — in Texas, Washington state and Virginia — delighting in watching the arrival of children and grandchildren of the kids she helped raise.

Richard, Anita, all six of their children and various grandchildren will attend the graveside service in Baraboo and celebrate the tremendous impact she had on their family. She will be remembered not only for her unselfish heart to serve, but also for her love of reading, flowers, birds and children. We can best sum up Lucille’s life in these words: "In our entire lives, we have never met anyone as consistently quick-witted, hard-working and intelligent as Lucille. We are truly blessed to have been loved and cared for by this remarkably strong, yet quietly nurturing woman. She was an amazing person and will be greatly missed."