After high school, Lurene attended Rice University for 2 years, and then decided to have a career in Accounting. She started working with Shell Chemical at one point. Later moving to Midland, TX and meeting Luke.

She did accounting work but evolved to working with companies on taxes. She primarily did corporation taxes and some individual taxes. She continued accounting work for friends and family until about 90 years old when her eyesight was failing to cooperate with her ability to do the work.

Lurene was a wonderful person and like Luke, very sociable. After Luke's passing, she continued to be very helpful in researching and documenting our Loofbourrow family history.

Obituary: April 11, 1917 - Dec 13, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY
Lurene Legge Loofbourrow, 95, passed away on December 13, 2012. She was born on April 11, 1917, on a ranch near Groesbeck, Texas. Her youth occurred during the turbulence of World War I and the flu pandemic, followed by the Great Depression. As a teenager, her first job was for a newspaper in Corsicana, Texas. Later, she worked for Bethlehem Steel. At age 27, she married Alan Gerhardt. They enjoyed traveling together as part of his work as a time and motion specialist. He died suddenly two years later. Lurene moved to Midland, Texas, and worked in the booming oil business. It was there she met and married James Wade "Luke" Loofbourrow, a landman for Skelly Oil. They moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where they adopted their son, Joe, and their daughter, Mary. Later moves would take the family to Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Houston, Duncan and back to Oklahoma City, where Lurene had a dedicated following for her tax preparation work at H&R Block. Lurene was a tireless mother and volunteer. She served as a Boy Scout den mother, a Girl Scout troop leader and a school volunteer. She was always available to help a friend in need. She loved baseball, especially the Cubs. She also enjoyed traveling, spending time with her family, watching golf and caring for her pets. She had a kind and gentle heart and a soft spot for children and animals. She made numerous trips overseas and was fascinated by different cultures. Lurene is survived by her son, Joseph David Loofbourrow; daughter, Mary Claire Loofbourrow Anderson; son-in-law, Robert Anderson; brother, M.C. Legge, and sister-in-law, Doris Finch Legge. She was preceded in death by her husband, James "Luke" Loofbourrow; mother, Elsie Goolsby Hughes; father, Maylon Clifford Legge; and sister, Inez Legge Harrison; as well as her first husband, Alan Gerhardt. The family thanks her friends and neighbors, especially Kelly and Milly Davis, Gayl Leichner, Bill Buntz and Anjelica DeLeon, for their kindness. Service was held at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, OK.
Source: Find A Grave online.