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Sep. 5, 2025

4:00 p.m.

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Lucille Halfacre Obituary

Lucille Halfacre Moore, SC Lucille Josephine Polkowski Halfacre, 86, passed away on September 03, 2025. Born in Rockford, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Frank & Kathryn Sowa Polkowski and the wife of the late William "Bill" Halfacre of thirty-one years. She retired as a bookkeeper for Spartanburg Waterworks and was of the Catholic faith and a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church. Lucille was a daughter of immigrants who instilled a pride in her Polish heritage. She enjoyed a wonderful life raising six children and making a home full of love with delicious food, especially perogi, BBQ ribs and mashed potatoes. She was a talented seamstress, a good friend to many and enjoyed traveling and camping with Bill. Survivors include her children, Deborah Orr and her late husband, Craig, Scott Halfacre, and his wife Jan, Daniel Peterson, William Halfacre Jr., Kathryn Johnson and her husband, Keith, and Molly Halfacre; a sister, Helen Cook; 12 grandchildren, Carrie Drinkwine, Derek Orr, Elizabeth Emory, Amanda Pearce, William Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Daniel Peterson, Nathan Peterson, Justin Peterson, William Halfacre III, Samantha Halfacre, Heather Halfacre; and a number of great-grandchildren. Lucille was predeceased by five brothers, Joseph, Stanley, Frank, Gene, and John Polkowski; and a sister Mary Eytalis. Funeral Services will be held at 4 PM, on Friday, September 05, 2025, at the Stribling Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Jim McMakin officiating. The family will Receive Friends from 3:15 PM-3:45 PM, prior to the service. Interment will be held at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Online condolences can be made at https://www.striblingfuneralhome.net/. Funeral arrangements were trusted to Stribling Funeral Home, 118 W. Main Street Duncan, SC 29334, (864) 439-5645.

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Published by Post and Courier - Greenville on Sep. 3, 2025.

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Funeral service

4:00 p.m.

Stribling Funeral Home - Duncan

118 W. Main St., Duncan, SC

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118 W. Main St. P.O. Box 1044, Duncan, SC 29334

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Dick & Peg

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To my dear Aunt and friend there are no words to express my love for you Lucy. My sweet angel is resting with our Lord and the rest her family now. I will cherish all my memories of the past in South Carolina and Rockford. You be with me every day every moment of my life, you were a light of sunshine every day and will always shine. God bless all your kids and family I love them all. You used to tell me OH WHAT THE HELL JUST MAKE IT A GOOD ONE. Love you, miss you, bless you,
Peg and Dick"

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