Lucile (Thomas) Reif, age 97, died Tuesday, March 3, 2015 in Clayton, New Mexico.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church in Clayton, New Mexico with Rev. Terrell Jones, pastor of the Trinity Fellowship Church in Clayton, Officiating. Burial followed in the Clayton Memorial Cemetery by Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton.

Lucile Elizabeth (Thomas) Reif was born on May 4, 1917 on the family homestead between Folsom and Des Moines to John Dell Thomas and Serena Vinette (Manley) Reif. She graduated from Des Moines High School and attended Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas for a year and then transferred to New Mexico Highlands University where she earned her Bachelors Degree in Education. Lucile started teaching after her first year of college at Willow Springs School in 1937. She later taught school in Farley, McAlister, Endee, Folsom and Des Moines before teaching in Clayton where she taught for several years and retired in May of 1978. Lucile married David Reif in Las Vegas, New Mexico on October 30, 1937 and he preceded her in death on February 12, 2010. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Clayton. In addition to her parents and husband, Lucile was preceded in death by a son; Larry J. Reif..

SURVIVORS:

3 SONS: David M. Reif, Jr. and his wife Beverly, Donald Alton Reif and his wife Cherry Lynne and Vernon W. Reif and his wife Cindy.

1 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: Kathy Reif

8 Grandchildren

21 Great-grandchildren

6 Great-great-grandchildren.

MEMORIALS: The family asks that memorials be made in Lucile's memory to the First United Methodist Church in Clayton or to The Gideons.