Memorial

Lois Thompson, 89, died Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 at the Anamosa Care Center. Lois had a great sense of humor, enjoyed making cards, had a love for cardinals, swimming, and spending time with family and friends. Lois was a longtime member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids.

Lois Thompson was born January 24th, 1929 on a farm near Olin, Iowa. Lois and her husband Fred lived all over the United States throughout their lives and settled in Cedar Rapids after Fred’s retirement from the Air Force. For several years after Fred passed in 1985, Lois remained in Cedar Rapids. She retired after working for the Social Security Administration for 30 years. She then moved to Anamosa in 2016, where she lived for the remainder of her life. 

Those left behind to cherish her memory include her older sister Ruth Burkey, stepson Fred (Pat) Thompson and their children and grandchildren, sister-in-law Beverly Frankfurt, nephew and nieces Rick (Julie) Frankfurt and their children and grandchildren, Renee (Max) Colbert and son and granddaughter, Jeff (Karen) Frankfurt and their children, Steve (Lorrie) Burkey, Susan Stone and her children and grandchildren.

Lois was preceded in death by her husband Fred, her brother Dean Frankfurt, nephew Kelly Frankfurt and brother-in-law Bernard Burkey.

Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 22nd at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on Friday. The burial will be held at a later date.

Special thanks to the staff at Anamosa Care Center and Unity Point Hospice.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to The Arc of East Central Iowa in honor of the Kelly Cordell family.