Mildred Nora Beckmeyer Lulich

February 5, 1926 - May 2, 2019

Mildred Nora Beckmeyer Lulich, 93, of 1059 Marshall Mill Road, Gladys died Thursday, May 2, 2019, in the Daybreak residential facility of Heritage Green, Lynchburg. She was the wife of the late Ljubo Lulich for 66 years. She was born February 5, 1926 in Irvington, NJ, a daughter of the late William Henry Beckmeyer and Caroline Schoenberger Beckmeyer. She was a homemaker, having begun a career as a secretary in New York City and then with the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC, where she met and married her husband. She played piano in an all-woman band in New York, especially delighting in entertaining on cruise ships on the Hudson. In her 60s and 70s she enjoyed tap dancing and performed with her group in festivals around Northern Virginia. She is survived by one daughter, Norah Jones and her husband, William of Gladys; two granddaughters, Adrienne Jones Daly and her husband, Joshua and Vesna Jones Farrar and her husband, Jon; and five great grandchildren, Josie Daly, Evie Daly, Mae Daly, Grace Farrar and Daniel Farrar. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by one brother, Russell Beckmeyer. The family expresses deep appreciation for the loving care of Mildred (AKA "Lulu") by the staff of Daybreak. A funeral service will be conducted at 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at St. Thomas More by the Reverend Monsignor Michael McCarron. The family will receive friends beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the church and other times at the home of his daughter and son-in-law. The family suggests that those wishing to make memorials consider St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, 3015 Roundelay Road, Lynchburg, VA 24502, Alzheimer's Association, 1160 Pepsi Place, Suite 306, Central and Western Virginia Chapter, Charlottesville, VA 22901, or Smile Train, 633 Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10017, dear to Mildred's heart. Finch and Finch Funeral and Cremation Service, Gladys is in charge of arrangements.