Lois Blewett
March 05, 2014
Lois E. Blewett, 90, passed away from Alzheimer’s disease at Arbor Springs Care Facility on March 5, 2014. She was born May 6, 1923, in Garden Grove, Iowa, the daughter of A.O. and Bertha Bamgarner. Lois grew up on a farm in southern Iowa with a large hardworking farm family.
Lois was a long-time member of the United Methodist Church. She graduated from Parson’s College in Fairfield, Iowa, and was actively involved in the communities where she taught. She retired from teaching at Iowa Valley Schools in Marengo, Iowa. Lois enjoyed teaching, tutoring, and mentoring elementary and remedial reading students, and was held in high esteem by her many students.
Lois is survived by her children, Pam (Gary) Salmon and Clint Blewett, as well as her granddaughter, Samantha Salmon. She was preceded in death by her six siblings, and her husband, Byron.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m., Monday, March 10, 2014, at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th Avenue in Des Moines, with burial to follow at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, at the funeral home.
In loving memory of Lois, memorial contributions may be directed to HCI Care Services of Central Iowa.
Condolences for the family may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Ann and Ray Wilson
03/09/2014
Dear Pam and Family:
Sendng our thoughts and prayers for you at this sad time.
My Mom has also just passed and I was so blessed to have had
her for so long. She was 100!
We now both will cherish those special memories.
Jim Riddle
03/09/2014
I really would like to make it to the visitation; but, Peg is in Hartley helping her mom and I am having to use pain meds for my arthritis this weekend, so even if I had a car I could not drive. Mary and Kevin offered a ride, but even then I have trouble walking the last couple of days.
My complaints aside: this condolence is directed mainly at Pam, Gary and Sam who are the family members we know. My mom and dad each left us when they were 82; 90 is amazing and blessed and its own reward for a long life well-lived. Alzheimer's is a curse that we have in our worldly lives to remind us all of how blessed and wonderful it will be once we are in Heaven with all those who went before us and in no pain, sorrow or tears.
So, Pam, cry those tears as you must, but know that your mom now has been released from the ugliness that ended her life. It's hard and blessed at the same time.
God bless you all,
Jim