Lois Irene (Lauver) Myers, age 102 years, 8 months, 13 days, passed away at Friends of Hospice Serenity House facility in Morristown, Tennessee on September 8, 2024. She was born December 26,1921, the second of thirteen children to Harvey Shirk Lauver and Carrie Ruth (Kanode) Lauver.
Lois grew up on the family farm near Mifflintown, Pennsylvania. She met her future husband, Thomas Bushnell Myers, while he was stationed with the Army in Pennsylvania. Corresponding regularly during WWII after his return from service overseas, they married and settled in Midwest City, Oklahoma where they lived for over sixty years. The couple was blessed with three daughters and sons-in-law, five grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
Lois will be long remembered for her farm-bred work ethic. Working a number of different jobs over the years in support of her family, she enjoyed most her employment with the bookstore at Rose State College where the student workers struggled to keep up with her. Lois was also an avid gardener. She loved working in her yard, nurturing her trees, planting flowers, and climbing ladders well into her 9069制片厂制作传媒檚. A charter member of Country Estates Baptist Church, Lois served in the children69制片厂制作传媒檚 department for decades. Following the death of her husband in 2006, Lois lived for part of each year with each daughter and their respective families. At age 100, she moved to Jefferson City, Tennessee to live with her daughter, Sharon and son-in-law, Paul McAnear.
Lois is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, nine brothers and 3 sisters-in law: Charles, Claire (Thelma), James (Virginia), Samuel, Laban, George, Ray, Boyd (Helen), and Rufus Lauver.聽 She is preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers-in-law: Esther (Roy) Davis, Dorcas (Vernon) Brandt, Sterling Shelly, and one son-in-law, Doug King.
Lois is survived by her three daughters and two sons-in-law: Cindy King, Sharon (Paul) McAnear, and Connie (John) Taylor; five grandchildren Andrea (David) Frederici, Steven (Jennifer) Davis, Erin (Matthew) Mullican, Matthew (Camille Vernon) McAnear, Jaden Taylor; and five great grandchildren: Tyler (Damien) Bowles, Dawson Frederici, Marissa, Blaine, and Dryden Davis.聽 She is survived by her sister Alma Shelly and four sisters-in-law: Martha, Virginia, Myrtle, and Esther Lauver. Lois was deeply appreciative of friends-like-family, Brandy Trotter, Ashley Freeman, and Sherry and Terry Sanders who persisted in keeping close contact with her over the years even while she lived across the country.
A receiving of friends will be held at Bill Eisenhower Funeral 69制片厂制作传媒 in Oklahoma City on Friday, September 20, 2024, from 5-7 p.m.. Funeral service will be held at Country Estates Baptist Church in Midwest City, Oklahoma on Saturday, September 21 at 10:00 a.m., followed by a private graveside service at Fairview Cemetery in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Friends of Hospice of the Lakeway Area, Inc. in Morristown, Tennessee or to the hospice facility in your community.
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