Lucy Matters, 85

August 05, 2018

Lucy Matters, 85, of Boca Raton, FL passed away under hospice care on Sunday, August 5, 2018 at her home. Lucy was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia to the late Catherine (Hondras) and Michael Pikolas. Lucy grew up in Lancaster, PA where she graduated from J.P. McCaskey High School and played the organ in the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church. She worked as an executive secretary at RCA in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and at Siemens Corporation in Boca Raton, FL. Her husbands, Robert Wagner and George Matters, both predeceased her. Lucy loved flowers and was an accomplished portrait and still-life painter.
Surviving Lucy are her daughter Katherine (Cassie) Wagner-Reiss (husband Martin Reiss); grandchildren Stacey and Jacob; stepson Craig Matters (wife Sara), grandchildren Emma and Zachary; stepdaughter Lisa Gollar (husband Carl) grandchildren Veronika and Kelsey, and 3 great grandchildren Emmalynne, Oliver, and Abigale. She was preceded in death by her brothers: John, Tony and James Pikolas.
Lucy will be laid to rest next to her husband George at Conestoga Memorial Park, 95 Second Lock Road, Lancaster, PA 17603 on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 11 AM with Fr. Hector Firoglanis officiating. In Lieu of flowers, please send donations to Lynn Cancer Institute, 701 Northwest 13th Street, Boca Raton, FL 33486.