Lucy Meisner Wiegand

Lucy Meisner Wiegand lived a long and vibrant life, a slight solace for those left behind. Lucy passed away after an unexpected illness on March 25, 2021. She embraced her downtown Portland lifestyle, where she walked, explored, entertained, and met with close friends for laughter-filled happy hours. She lived her life with panache until a few days before entering the hospital. Born in Tangent, Oregon, Lucy lived her early years in the Willamette Valley, the second of eight children. Lucy moved to Portland after graduation, where she spent the rest of her years, an Oregonian through and through. She first worked for A. B. Smith Chevrolet, continued her career at CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) in Hillsboro, and the Private Industry Council in downtown Portland, staying until she retired. Our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sibling, aunt, friend, and coworker will be remembered for her quick wit, knowledge of all sports and art, love of reading and movies, her superlative card-giving, her book group of fast friends. Her adventurous side found her playing on tennis teams, hiking trips in Europe, cross-country skiing at Mt. Hood and Yellowstone, and taking any opportunity to sneak off for a walk on the beach. Lucy enjoyed many ‘last trips to Mexico,’ the final trip celebrating her 90th birthday with family in Puerto Vallarta. Lucy is survived by her three daughters: Elizabeth Bokish (John), Maria Meisner, Jennifer Meisner Isarankura (Thomas); grandchildren Joshua (Jazzminn), Natalia (Daniel), Alexander, Olivia, Ava and Stella; and beloved great-grandchildren Samuel, Henry, Logan, and Lucy. Surviving siblings include Ross Villanueva (Marie) and Virginia Muzzio. Lucy was preceded in death by her parents, Alberto and Natalia Villanueva, brothers Bert, Donn, and Phillip Villanueva, and sisters Josephine Moore and Rosa Phillips. Her husband Gerald W. Meisner and husband Robert Wiegand also predeceased her. The matriarch of our family instilled in us a love of learning, the utmost importance of an enlightened view, and the possibilities that tomorrow brings. Lucy said she’d “lived a wonderful life, and was at peace, and peace to all of you,” a few days before her hospice care began. Solace, yet such sorrow at the loss of our guiding light. Following Lucy’s wishes, no service is planned. Memorial contributions may be made to AnimalAid.Org or Chamber Music Northwest at CMNW.org.

Lucy Meisner Wiegand

May 5, 1929 - March 25, 2021