STINEMAN, Lois

STINEMAN, KNOX, HARRISON

Posted By: Nancy (email)
Date: 11/13/2003 at 11:18:10

October 23, 2003 The Wapello Republican, accompanied by a photo. I am not related and have no further information.

Lois A. Stineman

Lois A. Stineman, 99, of Wapello, died Friday afternoon, October 17, 2003 at the Wapello Nursing & Rehab Center in Wapello. The daughter of Henry and Emma Jane Knox Harrison, she was born October 2, 1904, in Mercer County, Illinois. She married S. Paul Stineman on December 19, 1922, at Aledo, Illinois. He preceded her in death on April 23, 1968.

She was a carter member and the oldest member of the Grandview Community Bible Church. She was a member of the King’s Daughters Sunday School Class and its associated Jolly Twenty Club. She was also a member of the Colonial Quilting Club in Wapello.

From being the best in the kitchen, along with her love of others she loved baking pies and making her special homemade noodles. She also enjoyed playing cards and quilting in her later years.

Survivors include a daughter, Lottie McConahay and Marv Austin of Wapello; two sons, Paul and Beverly Stineman of Grandview and J. Scott and Bess Stineman of Hollister, Missouri; ten grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Wilma McKinney, Winifred Ives, and Geneva Peterson, all of Wapello.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul; her parents; two sisters, Letha Rose and Ona Littrel; three brothers, Rex Harrison, Lawrence Harrison and Henry “Bud” Harrison; and a great-grandson, Eric Stineman.

Visitation was Monday at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, where the family met with friends in the evening.

A memorial fund has been established for the benefit of the Grandview Community Bible Church.

The funeral service was held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Grandview Community Bible Church in Grandview, with the Rev. Darryl Erickson officiating. Music was provided by Annette Townsley as the organist and Becky Sours singing “How Great Thou Art” and “In The Garden.” The pallbearers were Mike Stineman, Dennis Stineman, Jeff Stineman, Bruce Prier, Levi Prier, and Zachary Stineman. Honorary bearers were Tom and Jolene Pogemiller, Jerry McGill, Dallas McConahay, Otto DeLeon, Michael Buffington, Dan Paulson, Dan McCurry and Blain Cook.

Burial followed at the Grandview Cemetery.