Lois Ardella Sweeting
March 20, 1927 — December 13, 2016
Lois Ardella Sweeting, 89, of Center Point, Iowa, passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital, December 13, 2016. Visitation: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Friday, December 16, 2016 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, Iowa. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 17, 2016, at Center Point United Methodist Church. Burial: Center Point Cemetery.
Lois was born on March 20, 1927, in Palo, Iowa, the daughter of Harry J. and Myrtle (Rehder) Vogt. She graduated from Shellsburg High School. Lois married Ervin Roy Sweeting in Center Point on April 22, 1945. She was the head cook at Center Point School and retired in 1988.
Lois was a member of the Center Point United Methodist Church since 1945 and was a member of the United Methodist Women. She was very active in the church, serving many different roles; including teaching Sunday school and helping with church suppers. Lois had a love for baking and was famous for her sweet rolls. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, and traveling. People knew Lois as a great seamstress. She had fun gambling, playing bingo and going to antique car shows as well. Lois was a sincere and kind soul. She was a wonderful friend, listener, and caretaker who loved her family as well as the holiday seasons.
Lois is survived by her children, Nancy (Darrel) Kluck of Center Point, Darwin (Linda) Sweeting of Center Point, Amiee (Leon) Hynson of Shellsburg, and Cynthia (Kendall) Wiegand of Urbana; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; sister, Buelah “Boots” Esposito of California; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ervin (1994); three brothers; and four sisters.
Lois was born on March 20, 1927, in Palo, Iowa, the daughter of Harry J. and Myrtle (Rehder) Vogt. She graduated from Shellsburg High School. Lois married Ervin Roy Sweeting in Center Point on April 22, 1945. She was the head cook at Center Point School and retired in 1988.
Lois was a member of the Center Point United Methodist Church since 1945 and was a member of the United Methodist Women. She was very active in the church, serving many different roles; including teaching Sunday school and helping with church suppers. Lois had a love for baking and was famous for her sweet rolls. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, and traveling. People knew Lois as a great seamstress. She had fun gambling, playing bingo and going to antique car shows as well. Lois was a sincere and kind soul. She was a wonderful friend, listener, and caretaker who loved her family as well as the holiday seasons.
Lois is survived by her children, Nancy (Darrel) Kluck of Center Point, Darwin (Linda) Sweeting of Center Point, Amiee (Leon) Hynson of Shellsburg, and Cynthia (Kendall) Wiegand of Urbana; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; sister, Buelah “Boots” Esposito of California; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ervin (1994); three brothers; and four sisters.
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