Lois Katherine (Scott) Drahos, 17 May 1926 - 06 Dec 2019

DRAHOS, SCOTT, WIKERT, RAMSDELL, ROSENBURY

Posted By: Sarah Witte (email)
Date: 12/12/2019 at 15:57:48

Lois Katherine Drahos, 93, of Luzerne, IA passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at Rose Haven Nursing Home, Marengo, IA.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 6, 2019 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church with Deacon Joe Behounek officiating. Burial will take place at Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine.

Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Thursday, December 5th at Hrabak-Neuhaus Funeral Service, Belle Plaine with a Rosary at 6:30 p.m.

Lois was born May 17, 1926 in Marengo, IA, the daughter of Otto Stephen and Ursula Scott. She attended Country School in Iowa County, then Marengo Schools, and graduated from Belle Plaine High School. She was united in marriage to Harold Frank Drahos on June 24, 1947 in Belle Plaine. They were married almost 64 years when Harold passed away in 2011. Lois was a stay at home mom, who also helped out on the family farm. She worked for a short period of time making pies at the Ox Yoke Inn in Amana.

Survivors include her daughter, Connie (Ed) Wikert of Cedar Rapids; sons, William “Mike” (Deb) of Blairstown and Jim (Connie) of Atkins; 8 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren, 5 step grandchildren and 11 step great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents; one brother, Charlie Stephen; two sisters, Ramona Ramsdell and Mary Rosenbury.

To the staff at Rose Haven Nursing Home, “No words can express our family’s deep gratitude for the wonderful care and support you gave to our mom over the last (almost) ten years of her life. She felt like you were her family, which made her stay there as pleasant as possible. Thank you for all you did.”

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that memorials be directed to Rose Haven Nursing Home. Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.neuhausfuneralservice.com. Hrabak-Neuhaus Funeral Service is assisting the family.

Published in The Gazette on December 5, 2019 and in The Hometown Current on December 11, 2019