Lois Katherine Willshire passed away peacefully on Monday morning, Dec. 19, 2016, at LyngBlomsten Care Center, in St. Paul, Minn. Funeral services held at First Presbyterian Church in Redwood Falls with burial in the Redwood Falls Cemetery.
Lois Katherine Mathilda Mammen was born on June 1, 1919, on the family farm in Whiteside County, Illinois. Lois was the fourth child, and first daughter, born to Otto Mammen and Anna Henrietta (Remmers) Mammen. In 1927, Lois moved with her family to Minnesota, where Otto Mammen farmed in the Lucan, Wabasso and Redwood Falls areas. Lois attended country schools with her brothers, and was confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in Wabasso, Minn. When she graduated the eighth grade, her father said it was time for her to stay home and help her mother cook and keep house for the family. Her parents bought a piano for Lois and her sister Virginia; so while Lois developed her wonderful talents as a homemaker, she also learned to play the piano, and later passed along those skills to her 5 daughters.
Lois met her future husband, Bud Willshire, when her brother Virgil started dating Mary Sexton. Bud had moved from Viola, Illinois, to Minnesota with Mary’s family, Jack and Helen Sexton. Lois and Bud were dating when Bud was drafted in October 1941 into the U.S. Army. He served in the North African and Italian campaigns, returning to the States in the spring of 1944. He and Lois were married at Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn., on election day Nov. 3, 1944. Lois’s sister Virginia Mammen was her maid of honor and Joe Nelson stood up for Bud.
After their marriage, Lois joined Bud in Mississippi while Bud remained in the Army processing soldiers returning from the war in Europe. When Bud left the Army, Lois and Bud made their home on the Sherman L. Park farm on Hwy 71 south of Redwood Falls. Bud learned the purebred hog business and eventually became a partner. Lois and Bud started their family: Their daughters Kay and Jean were born while they lived in the little house across the highway from Sherm and Kathryn Park. When the Parks moved to Redwood Falls, Bud and Lois moved to the big farm house and welcomed their third daughter Karen. Lois had the surprise of her life in 1958, when she found out she was pregnant with twins. Mother and Dad might have been hoping for a boy, but identical twin girls, Joan and Jane, created a family of 6 women in a house with Dad and one bathroom.
Lois was predeceased by her parents Otto and Anna (Remmers) Mammen, brothers Merle H. Mammen (Ludie), Ronald Mammen (Wilma), Virgil L Mammen (Mary) and sister Virginia A. Mammen. her husband J.G. (Bud) Willshire, sister-in-law Margaret Larson (Malcolm) and son-in-law James P. Foran, brother-in-law William Lyle Willshire (Mary), brothers-in-law Harlan S. Jason and Malcolm Larson and step grand daughter Kelly Bentz.
Lois is survived by her daughters Kay Lynn Willshire (Michael Carroll), St. Paul, MN; Jean Ann Bentz (Bruce) of Browerville, MN; Karen Sue Jensen (Larry) of Northfield, MN, Jane Lois Willshire Tempesta (Anthony) of Natick, MA; and Joan Marie Willshire (Jim Foran) of Minneapolis, MN; five grand children Meg Niedermeier (Kurt), Mairin Born (Dan), Michael Jensen (Robynne), Molly Jensen and Lauren M. Tempesta; two step grandsons Scott (special friend Carrie Mensen) and Brian Bentz, eight great grandchildren: Ben, Cole and Paige Niedermeier, Gracie, Jack and Luke Born, Ellie and Lizzie Jensen. Lois also is survived by Bud’s nieces and nephews: Bill Willshire (Kelli), Mary Jane Fairlie (Dick), Margaret Gordon (Jerry), Lannie Jason Beckmann (Jim), Chris Jason, Mary Lingbeck (Steve), Linda Jason, Steve Jason. Lois also is survived by three nieces and three nephews, children of her brothers Merle and Virgil.
Lois Katherine Mathilda Mammen was born on June 1, 1919, on the family farm in Whiteside County, Illinois. Lois was the fourth child, and first daughter, born to Otto Mammen and Anna Henrietta (Remmers) Mammen. In 1927, Lois moved with her family to Minnesota, where Otto Mammen farmed in the Lucan, Wabasso and Redwood Falls areas. Lois attended country schools with her brothers, and was confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in Wabasso, Minn. When she graduated the eighth grade, her father said it was time for her to stay home and help her mother cook and keep house for the family. Her parents bought a piano for Lois and her sister Virginia; so while Lois developed her wonderful talents as a homemaker, she also learned to play the piano, and later passed along those skills to her 5 daughters.
Lois met her future husband, Bud Willshire, when her brother Virgil started dating Mary Sexton. Bud had moved from Viola, Illinois, to Minnesota with Mary’s family, Jack and Helen Sexton. Lois and Bud were dating when Bud was drafted in October 1941 into the U.S. Army. He served in the North African and Italian campaigns, returning to the States in the spring of 1944. He and Lois were married at Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn., on election day Nov. 3, 1944. Lois’s sister Virginia Mammen was her maid of honor and Joe Nelson stood up for Bud.
After their marriage, Lois joined Bud in Mississippi while Bud remained in the Army processing soldiers returning from the war in Europe. When Bud left the Army, Lois and Bud made their home on the Sherman L. Park farm on Hwy 71 south of Redwood Falls. Bud learned the purebred hog business and eventually became a partner. Lois and Bud started their family: Their daughters Kay and Jean were born while they lived in the little house across the highway from Sherm and Kathryn Park. When the Parks moved to Redwood Falls, Bud and Lois moved to the big farm house and welcomed their third daughter Karen. Lois had the surprise of her life in 1958, when she found out she was pregnant with twins. Mother and Dad might have been hoping for a boy, but identical twin girls, Joan and Jane, created a family of 6 women in a house with Dad and one bathroom.
Lois was predeceased by her parents Otto and Anna (Remmers) Mammen, brothers Merle H. Mammen (Ludie), Ronald Mammen (Wilma), Virgil L Mammen (Mary) and sister Virginia A. Mammen. her husband J.G. (Bud) Willshire, sister-in-law Margaret Larson (Malcolm) and son-in-law James P. Foran, brother-in-law William Lyle Willshire (Mary), brothers-in-law Harlan S. Jason and Malcolm Larson and step grand daughter Kelly Bentz.
Lois is survived by her daughters Kay Lynn Willshire (Michael Carroll), St. Paul, MN; Jean Ann Bentz (Bruce) of Browerville, MN; Karen Sue Jensen (Larry) of Northfield, MN, Jane Lois Willshire Tempesta (Anthony) of Natick, MA; and Joan Marie Willshire (Jim Foran) of Minneapolis, MN; five grand children Meg Niedermeier (Kurt), Mairin Born (Dan), Michael Jensen (Robynne), Molly Jensen and Lauren M. Tempesta; two step grandsons Scott (special friend Carrie Mensen) and Brian Bentz, eight great grandchildren: Ben, Cole and Paige Niedermeier, Gracie, Jack and Luke Born, Ellie and Lizzie Jensen. Lois also is survived by Bud’s nieces and nephews: Bill Willshire (Kelli), Mary Jane Fairlie (Dick), Margaret Gordon (Jerry), Lannie Jason Beckmann (Jim), Chris Jason, Mary Lingbeck (Steve), Linda Jason, Steve Jason. Lois also is survived by three nieces and three nephews, children of her brothers Merle and Virgil.
Lois Katherine Willshire passed away peacefully on Monday morning, Dec. 19, 2016, at LyngBlomsten Care Center, in St. Paul, Minn. Funeral services held at First Presbyterian Church in Redwood Falls with burial in the Redwood Falls Cemetery.
Lois Katherine Mathilda Mammen was born on June 1, 1919, on the family farm in Whiteside County, Illinois. Lois was the fourth child, and first daughter, born to Otto Mammen and Anna Henrietta (Remmers) Mammen. In 1927, Lois moved with her family to Minnesota, where Otto Mammen farmed in the Lucan, Wabasso and Redwood Falls areas. Lois attended country schools with her brothers, and was confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in Wabasso, Minn. When she graduated the eighth grade, her father said it was time for her to stay home and help her mother cook and keep house for the family. Her parents bought a piano for Lois and her sister Virginia; so while Lois developed her wonderful talents as a homemaker, she also learned to play the piano, and later passed along those skills to her 5 daughters.
Lois met her future husband, Bud Willshire, when her brother Virgil started dating Mary Sexton. Bud had moved from Viola, Illinois, to Minnesota with Mary’s family, Jack and Helen Sexton. Lois and Bud were dating when Bud was drafted in October 1941 into the U.S. Army. He served in the North African and Italian campaigns, returning to the States in the spring of 1944. He and Lois were married at Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn., on election day Nov. 3, 1944. Lois’s sister Virginia Mammen was her maid of honor and Joe Nelson stood up for Bud.
After their marriage, Lois joined Bud in Mississippi while Bud remained in the Army processing soldiers returning from the war in Europe. When Bud left the Army, Lois and Bud made their home on the Sherman L. Park farm on Hwy 71 south of Redwood Falls. Bud learned the purebred hog business and eventually became a partner. Lois and Bud started their family: Their daughters Kay and Jean were born while they lived in the little house across the highway from Sherm and Kathryn Park. When the Parks moved to Redwood Falls, Bud and Lois moved to the big farm house and welcomed their third daughter Karen. Lois had the surprise of her life in 1958, when she found out she was pregnant with twins. Mother and Dad might have been hoping for a boy, but identical twin girls, Joan and Jane, created a family of 6 women in a house with Dad and one bathroom.
Lois was predeceased by her parents Otto and Anna (Remmers) Mammen, brothers Merle H. Mammen (Ludie), Ronald Mammen (Wilma), Virgil L Mammen (Mary) and sister Virginia A. Mammen. her husband J.G. (Bud) Willshire, sister-in-law Margaret Larson (Malcolm) and son-in-law James P. Foran, brother-in-law William Lyle Willshire (Mary), brothers-in-law Harlan S. Jason and Malcolm Larson and step grand daughter Kelly Bentz.
Lois is survived by her daughters Kay Lynn Willshire (Michael Carroll), St. Paul, MN; Jean Ann Bentz (Bruce) of Browerville, MN; Karen Sue Jensen (Larry) of Northfield, MN, Jane Lois Willshire Tempesta (Anthony) of Natick, MA; and Joan Marie Willshire (Jim Foran) of Minneapolis, MN; five grand children Meg Niedermeier (Kurt), Mairin Born (Dan), Michael Jensen (Robynne), Molly Jensen and Lauren M. Tempesta; two step grandsons Scott (special friend Carrie Mensen) and Brian Bentz, eight great grandchildren: Ben, Cole and Paige Niedermeier, Gracie, Jack and Luke Born, Ellie and Lizzie Jensen. Lois also is survived by Bud’s nieces and nephews: Bill Willshire (Kelli), Mary Jane Fairlie (Dick), Margaret Gordon (Jerry), Lannie Jason Beckmann (Jim), Chris Jason, Mary Lingbeck (Steve), Linda Jason, Steve Jason. Lois also is survived by three nieces and three nephews, children of her brothers Merle and Virgil.
Lois Katherine Mathilda Mammen was born on June 1, 1919, on the family farm in Whiteside County, Illinois. Lois was the fourth child, and first daughter, born to Otto Mammen and Anna Henrietta (Remmers) Mammen. In 1927, Lois moved with her family to Minnesota, where Otto Mammen farmed in the Lucan, Wabasso and Redwood Falls areas. Lois attended country schools with her brothers, and was confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in Wabasso, Minn. When she graduated the eighth grade, her father said it was time for her to stay home and help her mother cook and keep house for the family. Her parents bought a piano for Lois and her sister Virginia; so while Lois developed her wonderful talents as a homemaker, she also learned to play the piano, and later passed along those skills to her 5 daughters.
Lois met her future husband, Bud Willshire, when her brother Virgil started dating Mary Sexton. Bud had moved from Viola, Illinois, to Minnesota with Mary’s family, Jack and Helen Sexton. Lois and Bud were dating when Bud was drafted in October 1941 into the U.S. Army. He served in the North African and Italian campaigns, returning to the States in the spring of 1944. He and Lois were married at Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn., on election day Nov. 3, 1944. Lois’s sister Virginia Mammen was her maid of honor and Joe Nelson stood up for Bud.
After their marriage, Lois joined Bud in Mississippi while Bud remained in the Army processing soldiers returning from the war in Europe. When Bud left the Army, Lois and Bud made their home on the Sherman L. Park farm on Hwy 71 south of Redwood Falls. Bud learned the purebred hog business and eventually became a partner. Lois and Bud started their family: Their daughters Kay and Jean were born while they lived in the little house across the highway from Sherm and Kathryn Park. When the Parks moved to Redwood Falls, Bud and Lois moved to the big farm house and welcomed their third daughter Karen. Lois had the surprise of her life in 1958, when she found out she was pregnant with twins. Mother and Dad might have been hoping for a boy, but identical twin girls, Joan and Jane, created a family of 6 women in a house with Dad and one bathroom.
Lois was predeceased by her parents Otto and Anna (Remmers) Mammen, brothers Merle H. Mammen (Ludie), Ronald Mammen (Wilma), Virgil L Mammen (Mary) and sister Virginia A. Mammen. her husband J.G. (Bud) Willshire, sister-in-law Margaret Larson (Malcolm) and son-in-law James P. Foran, brother-in-law William Lyle Willshire (Mary), brothers-in-law Harlan S. Jason and Malcolm Larson and step grand daughter Kelly Bentz.
Lois is survived by her daughters Kay Lynn Willshire (Michael Carroll), St. Paul, MN; Jean Ann Bentz (Bruce) of Browerville, MN; Karen Sue Jensen (Larry) of Northfield, MN, Jane Lois Willshire Tempesta (Anthony) of Natick, MA; and Joan Marie Willshire (Jim Foran) of Minneapolis, MN; five grand children Meg Niedermeier (Kurt), Mairin Born (Dan), Michael Jensen (Robynne), Molly Jensen and Lauren M. Tempesta; two step grandsons Scott (special friend Carrie Mensen) and Brian Bentz, eight great grandchildren: Ben, Cole and Paige Niedermeier, Gracie, Jack and Luke Born, Ellie and Lizzie Jensen. Lois also is survived by Bud’s nieces and nephews: Bill Willshire (Kelli), Mary Jane Fairlie (Dick), Margaret Gordon (Jerry), Lannie Jason Beckmann (Jim), Chris Jason, Mary Lingbeck (Steve), Linda Jason, Steve Jason. Lois also is survived by three nieces and three nephews, children of her brothers Merle and Virgil.
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