Lois Carol Batson
November 17, 1935 — January 20, 2017
Lois Carol Batson, 81, of Cedar Rapids died January 20, 2017, at the Ed and Joan Hemphill Inpatient Hospice Unit at St. Luke’s following a chronic illness. She was cremated as per her wishes. Services are at 11 a.m. Thursday, January 26, 2017, at First Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids. Friends are invited to join the family from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at the Cedar Rapids Marriott Hotel in the Cedar Rapids Room to celebrate Lois’s life, share fond memories and hors d’oeuvres.
Lois was born to William and Elsie (Radtke) Nickel on November 17, 1935 in Spring Valley, IL and grew up on a farm near Princeton, IL. She completed eight years in a one room country school and graduated with county honors, graduated from Princeton High with honors and summa cum laude from Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Ia. Lois married the love of her life, Lowell Duane Batson on April 22, 1955 in St. John’s Lutheran “Church on the Hill” in Princeton, IL. Lowell preceded her in death on June 27, 2011.
Survivors include her children: Thad Batson and his wife Kim; Brett Batson and his wife Lynn; Dirk Batson; Echo Batson and her husband Mike Ahart. Five grandchildren also survive: Melissa Wolters and her husband Matt; Zachary Batson and his wife Rebecca; Lauren Conley and her husband Eric; Jillian Martin and her husband Japheth; Ariel Martin and her husband Konrad. Also surviving are nine great grandchildren: Anika, Elise, Madelyn and Ethan Conley; Wesley and Whitney Batson; Azure and Lilly Martin; Jasper Wolters. Her younger brother Donald Nickel of Kenai, AK also survives.
She was preceded in death by her husband; brother, William Nickel; and sister, Eleanor Beams.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Ed and Joan Hemphill Inpatient Hospice Unit at St. Luke’s or the Alzheimer’s Association.
Lois was born to William and Elsie (Radtke) Nickel on November 17, 1935 in Spring Valley, IL and grew up on a farm near Princeton, IL. She completed eight years in a one room country school and graduated with county honors, graduated from Princeton High with honors and summa cum laude from Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Ia. Lois married the love of her life, Lowell Duane Batson on April 22, 1955 in St. John’s Lutheran “Church on the Hill” in Princeton, IL. Lowell preceded her in death on June 27, 2011.
Survivors include her children: Thad Batson and his wife Kim; Brett Batson and his wife Lynn; Dirk Batson; Echo Batson and her husband Mike Ahart. Five grandchildren also survive: Melissa Wolters and her husband Matt; Zachary Batson and his wife Rebecca; Lauren Conley and her husband Eric; Jillian Martin and her husband Japheth; Ariel Martin and her husband Konrad. Also surviving are nine great grandchildren: Anika, Elise, Madelyn and Ethan Conley; Wesley and Whitney Batson; Azure and Lilly Martin; Jasper Wolters. Her younger brother Donald Nickel of Kenai, AK also survives.
She was preceded in death by her husband; brother, William Nickel; and sister, Eleanor Beams.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Ed and Joan Hemphill Inpatient Hospice Unit at St. Luke’s or the Alzheimer’s Association.
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