Lucy Louise (Crider) Branson, 88, Vienna, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City.
She was born on June 7, 1938, to the late Samuel and Anna (Sudheimer) Crider.
After graduating from Vienna High School, she worked at the shoe factory in Dixon and later shared her care for others as a cook at Visitation Catholic School.
Lucy was united in marriage to Victor Louis Branson on March 2, 1961.
She was a devoted member of Visitation Catholic Church in Vienna, where she lovingly served as a Eucharistic minister and generously gave her time to fall meals and community events.
Lucy found joy in quilting and thoughtfully made bed pads for the Missouri Veteran’s Home in St. James. She also gave her time to Heartland Library in Vienna and enjoyed peaceful days spent fishing.
Among her most treasured traditions was “Sisters Day,” when she and her sisters gathered on the third Tuesday of each month to enjoy one another’s company.
Lucy was preceded in death by husband,Victor; parents, Samuel and Anna; children, Danny Branson and Rebecca Johnson; siblings, Georgia Hood, Betty West, Cathy Risse, Leo Crider, Harold Crider, Lois Crider and Norman Crider; great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Rose Hertzing; and great-great-granddaughter, Hannah Sue Wallace.
She is survived by granddaughter, Mellissa Johnson and friend Anthony Davis; great-grandchildren, Rebecca Wallace and husband Zach, Samantha Distler and husband Austin and Kody Hertzing; sisters, Shirley Huffman and Linda Crider; and a host of family and friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at a later date at Visitation Catholic Church in Vienna. Inurnment will be held in Kenner Cemetery near Vienna.
Memorial contributions suggested to the Lucy Branson Memorial Fund. Contributions may be mailed to Fancher-Rekus Funeral Home in Iberia.
Arrangements entrusted to Fancher-Rekus Funeral Home in Iberia.
Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.fancher-rekusfuneralhomes.com.
