WOLTERS, Lois Janette (Allen) 1918-2010

WOLTERS, ALLEN, TLAM

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/18/2010 at 14:15:28

Lois Janette Wolters

NORA SPRINGS, IOWA - Lois Janette Wolters, 92, of 23874 290th St., Nora Springs, died Saturday, May 15, 2010, at the IOOF Care Facility in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Steve Hansen, officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City.

Visitation will be from 4 until 8 p.m. today, Tuesday, at the Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E. Mason City. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to Wesley United Methodist Church. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.Fullertonfh.com.

Lois was born on February 22, 1918, one of five children, to Thomas and Bessie (Tlam) Allen in Mason City. She was a graduate of Mason City High School with the Class of 1935. She then attended nursing school. After meeting her future husband at the Surf, she and Chester Wolters were united in marriage on March 5, 1941, in Mason City. Together they had eight children. Chester and Lois lived on several farms around Mason City, moving seven times in six years until 1947 when they purchased the present farm.

Along with taking care of her large family, she planted her vegetable and flower gardens, and enjoyed her cats, chickens, deer and wild turkeys. She knitted and crocheted, as well as made clothing for her family.

She was known to many as a sweet lady, who was very giving to the point of thinking of others before herself. Lois traveled to Hawaii, and made two trips to the Netherlands. The second time, she was able to find her grandmother's birth home.

Survivors include her six children, Judy (Alan) Gage, of Seattle, Wash.; Capt. Thomas Wolters, of Nora Springs; Charles (Robin) Wolters, of Rockford; Terry (Janice) Wolters, of Mason City; Faye (Marv) Gaubatz, of Rockwell; and Jean Wolters and her significant other, John Awe, of Rockwell; 13 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren.

Her parents, husband Chester in 1980; two sons, Allen and Richard Wolters; one sister, Wilma Hopper; and three brothers, Ellis, Virgil, and Wallace Allen, preceded her in death.

Fullerton Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 641-423-8676. www.Fullertonfh.com.

[ Mason City Globe Gazette online, Tuesday, May 18, 2010 ]

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