Lois Ann (Bradshaw) Lessard |
| Posted 2008-04-28 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Lois Ann Lessard died April 19, 2008, at Yavapai Regional Medical Center in Prescott, Ariz. She was born July 26, 1924, in Los Angeles, Calif., the daughter of Frederick Bitler and Mae Veronica (Hill) Bradshaw. Lois was 83 years old. Lois played a very important supportive part in her family, often filling both parenting roles while her husband served his country in the United States Air Force. She loved the challenge and excitement of seeing different places and people – a love that served her in good stead as she lived in Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Germany, Texas, New York, Mississippi, Virginia and Colorado, before settling down in Arizona, where she had grown up. Although her formal education only went as far as high school, Lois had an active and intuitive mind that continued to learn all of her life. She was an accomplished artist who worked not only in paint and canvas, but also in needle and thread and hook and yarn, creating many prized and treasured quilts and sewing projects. Lois was quite literally a homemaker, designing the renovations to her family’s home with such care and precision that the contractors often called her the architect. She was modest and devout but with strength and wisdom that carried her through life with grace and elegance. Lois is survived by her children, Kathleen and her husband Brent Casteel of Las Vegas, Nev., and Donna and her husband Tom Lindberg of Prescott, Ariz.; sister Betty and her husband Richard Clark of Phoenix; grandchildren Amy and Daniel; and great-grandchildren Morgan and Jaina. Though she only gave birth to two children, she was a loving mother to many. Rosary and sharing of memories will be 7 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2008, at the Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home, corner of Cortez and Carleton. A Celebration of Lois’s Life Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 150 Fleury, Prescott. Private burial will be at Mountain View Cemetery. The family suggests memorials in her name to the St. Vincent De Paul Society, 120 N. Summit, Prescott, AZ 86301 or AZ State Library, Archives & Public Records, Braille & Talking Book Library, 1003 N. 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 8500-5195 You are invited to log on to www.ruffnerwakelin.com to view a tribute to Lois and sign her guestbook, and share a memory with the family. Information provided by survivors. |
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