Lucinda Greiner

Lucinda Baker Greiner, 96, a published writer, passed away on September 2, 2012. Lucinda was born in Atlanta, Illinois and moved with her family at age 15 to Arizona. She had her first story published in Collier\u0027s Magazine when she was nine years old. In 1937, when she was a junior at ASC, Flagstaff (now NAU), she won the grand prize in a national collegiate writing contest (the Panhellenic Essay Contest). The prize was an all expense paid trip to New York City where she appeared on radio shows (before TV), and was introduced to those "in the know" in the publishing field. That girl from small-town Arizona came home, packed her bags and moved to New York City, and never looked back. There she worked for NBC radio; writing scripts for daytime radio shows. After several years, her work took her to Chicago where she met and married Willard Greiner. The two of them moved to San Francisco in the early 1950\u0027s where she continued writing for numerous magazines. Lucinda and Willard retired to Sedona in 1976 and subsequently she has written four books and articles for various magazines and for her church publications, The Journal, The Sentinel and The Christian Science Monitor. Lucinda was preceded in death by Willard. She is survived by a brother, Jacob (Sally) Baker, a nephew Howard (Carla) Thompson, and two nieces Laura (Hank) Chambers and Diana (Buddy) Broadus. No funeral services will be held. She will be laid to rest at Sedona Community Cemetery. An online guestbook is available to sign at www.westcottfuneralhome.com