Margie Lucas

Margie Lucas (nee Batten), age 72, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at Aspirus Hospice House in Wausau, Wisconsin.

She was born on August 12, 1954, in Pontiac, Michigan, the daughter of Jerry and Jacqueline (Preece) Batten, and her life was marked by creativity, humor, compassion, and deep devotion to the people and causes she loved. She graduated from Waterford Mott High School in Waterford, Michigan, in 1972. On November 27, 1976, she married Virgil Lucas in Hale, Michigan, beginning a marriage that shaped the course of her life. Right after their wedding, the couple moved from Michigan to Plover, Wisconsin. In 1999, they moved to Stevens Point, where she lived for the rest of her life.

Margie was a homemaker and also worked for Ortho Molecular Products in Stevens Point from 2004 until 2014. In every setting, she brought an artistic mind and a huge heart. She was known for her quick wit and lively sense of humor, always ready with a comeback and gifted at making others laugh. Her presence brought brightness to everyday moments, and those who knew her will remember both her warmth and her spirited personality.

Creativity was one of the great joys of Margie’s life. She loved crafting in many forms, including crocheting, stitching plastic canvas, sewing, scrapbooking, papercrafts, and rubberstamping. She especially delighted in making tiny creations with papercrafts, and she became well known in the groups she was involved in for her beloved “teeny tinies.” Her hands were rarely still, and through her art she shared both imagination and care with others.

Margie also carried a profound love for animals, especially cats. Over the course of her adult life, she owned and fostered many cats, and in time she opened her home and heart to cats diagnosed with Feline Leukemia. She believed deeply that they deserved care, comfort, and love, even when their time might be short. That quiet, steadfast compassion was one of the clearest reflections of who she was.

Margie Lucas will be remembered for the life she built with creativity, laughter, and tenderness for the beauty she made, the joy she spread, and the mercy she showed to vulnerable animals. Her memory will remain a cherished one to all who knew and loved her.

Margie is survived by her husband, Virgil; father, Jerry Batten; daughter, Sara (Matthew) Verhage; grandchildren, Jacob (Gina) Verhage and Aislinn Verhage; and great-grandchildren, Elizabeth and Alexander. She is also survived by her siblings, Shirley Hunger, Richard Landon, Ronald Batten, and Rhonda Wilson; and special friends Marianne and Penny.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Jacqueline Bergeron.

No formal services are being held, per Margie's wishes.

Ascend Funeral Home & Cremation Care of Weston is assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be shared at www.ascendweston.org.