Lois Sherwood

Lois M. Sherwood, age 74, of Argo Fay, Illinois, died Monday, March 10, 2008, at the University Of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. Graveside services will be held at 1:00pm Thursday, March 13th, at the Fulton Township Cemetery in Fulton, Illinois. Father Dennis Atto of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Savanna, will officiate. Memorials may be directed to the family in Lois’s memory.

Lois was born May 3, 1933, in Princeton, Illinois, the daughter of Ivan Hoadley and Rosie Bell Leigh. She attended school in Mendota, Illinois. Lois married Earl “Joe” Sherwood on July 13, 1993. He passed away on August 8, 2007. Lois worked as an operator in Sublette, Illinois, and also worked at the Dixon State School, and Eaton’s Manufacturing and Big Meadows Nursing Facility in Savanna. She enjoyed playng bingo and cards.

Lois is survived by three sons, Tom Full of Florida, Marty Clayton of Savanna, and Leroy Clayton of Savanna; four daughters, Sheryl Hines of Loves Park, Illinios, Mary Estey of Apopka, Florida, Cathy Steder of Eldena, Illinois, and Annette (Randy) Lucas of Mt. Carroll, Illinois; eight grandchilren, thirteen great - grandchildren; and two sisters, Mid Ambler of Mendota, and Rosie Austin of Joliet, Illinois.

Lois was preceded in death by her parents, several husbands, one son Mark Full, two brothers, Harold and Pete Neighbor, and three sisters, Eva Wolfe, Sarah Reisen, and Leona Passidy.