Lois Gay Lester, 66, of rural Erie passed away on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, surrounded by her family at home.
Lois was born Sept. 9, 1948, in Iola, the daughter of Dale and Donna (Clay) Sigler. She grew up in Iola, graduating from Iola High School in 1966.
On Oct. 7, 1966, Lois married Jerry L. Lester in Wichita. They made their home in Iola, Chanute and Sedan before settling in the country west of Stark. Lois was a homemaker with a passion for genealogy. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Iola. She spent most of her time doing genealogy with the Chanute Genealogical Society and the LDS Family History Center in Iola.
She is survived by her husband of almost 48 years, Jerry L. Lester; four children: Melissa G. Lester of Chanute, Gina M. Taylor and Darin Robertson of Gas, Jerry G. Lester and wife, Angie, of Afton, Okla., and Jennifer J. Lester of Neosho, Mo.; eight grandchildren, Marty Gumble of Chanute, Megan Lester of Fargo, N.D., Ashlyn and Cody Taylor of Gas/Stark, Dawson Robertson of Gas, Brody Lester of Afton, Okla., Gabby Gann of Erie and Abby Lester of Neosho, Mo.; three great-grandchildren, Gabe, Zeke and Sophie Gumble of Chanute; four siblings, Janet Grady and husband, Mike, of Stockton, Mo., Linda Callahan and husband, Bruce, of Branson West, Mo., Kenneth Sigler and wife, Linda, of Iola and Diana Sigler of Iola.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two grandchildren, Matthew J.H. Gumble in November 1989 and Cerea Ce Nedra Reed in March 2014.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Fairview Cemetery in Mildred. Memorials may be made to Horizon Hospice and left with Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements.
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Lois Lester
