Druscilla Carr

LODI - Druscilla Roselle (Tachon) Carr, age 92, was called to her heavenly home on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, after falling two days earlier. Her Lord and Savior didn't have far to reach Druscilla because she had been walking by His side for many years. She was born in a farmhouse near Mount Horeb on Aug. 12, 1931, to Harry and Lydia Tachon. Druscilla ("Drucie") attended a one-room schoolhouse, before graduating from Verona High School in 1949.

Drucie was friendly and outgoing. In a store, she could be found chatting with other shoppers. When asked if she knew them, she'd smile and say, "I do now." On Sept. 9, 1950, Drucie married Gaylord Carr in Verona's St. James Lutheran Church. They were together 66 years until his death in 2016. When their two daughters were in junior high, Drucie decided to return to school and fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse. She wanted to help people feel better. Drucie worked 22 years for the Dean Clinic before quitting work to babysit grandchildren. She was the definition of being "young at heart." She was fond of saying, "I'd rather wear out than rust out." Drucie was in her 80s when she took classes in water aerobics and was still going to Packers and Brewers games with a grandson. She also got jet ski rides on her birthday every year. She was 86 when she decided it was time to drive the jet ski herself. Earlier, Drucie had continued her nursing career at Waunakee Manor, working for Ed and Betty Kruchten who -- along with their entire family -- became dear friends.

Drucie was a member of Lake Wisconsin Evangelical Free Church, and she loved her church family. Drucie's faith ran deep, and she never missed an opportunity to put it into action. She recently stopped her car to pray with high school girls who were placing flowers alongside the road to mark the site of a tragic accident. Drucie loved Christmas and was a pro at making gingerbread houses with her grandchildren. She also decorated birthday cakes and wedding cakes for them and other relatives and friends.

Drucie enjoyed listening to Christian music and walking her dog. She was genuine and had a joyful heart even though she had her share of health issues. Drucie was interested in the world around her and read the daily newspaper from front to back. She had her own sense of style and always looked nice and "put together."  Earrings were never bought without a matching necklace. Nail salon appointments were never missed.

She was proud of being godmother to Darcelle Tachon Krause and George Rentz.

Drucie is survived by her daughters, Melody (Gary) Ganz, Illinois, and Debbie (Bill) Elsing, Lodi; grandchildren, Nathan Ganz of Illinois and Melinda (Dan Lajter) Elsing, Lodi, Bill (Amber) Elsing, Lodi, Rikki and Leo Schultz who she often referred to as her adopted grandchildren; great-grandchildren, Logan and Noah Elsing, Lodi, and Tabitha, Jeremiah, Ari, Nevaeh Dorman and their father, Jake Dorman, all of Illinois; a special niece, Kristi (Wayne) Vander Ark, Oregon; many other nieces and nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gaylord; her parents; her sister, Roselle; brothers, Harry (Jeannette) Tachon, Edgar (Agnes) Tachon, and Gordon (Delores) Tachon; grandchildren, Ross Elsing and Elizabeth Ganz Dorman; and sister-in-law, Gaynold (Rentz) Brown.

Instead of a funeral and visitation, Drucie requested a family graveside service with Pastor Robert Dennison officiating. Burial was at the Mount Horeb Union Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund or the Lake Wisconsin Evangelical Free Church. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

Here are Drucie's favorite Bible verses:

"In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

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