(From Clark Funeral Home)Lois Metcalf, 85, Paola, KS passed peacefully into God’s care on March 7, 2021 at Southlake Village Rehabilitation and Care Center in Lincoln, NE with family having personal time with her before her passing.
The oldest of four children, Lois was born August 28, 1935 in Granby, MO to Ralph and Lois Davis Dahnke.
She graduated from Granby High School in 1953. The class was very close and have held class reunions for 66 years, missing only last year because of COVID-19. Lois considered her class of 1953 a “class like no other.” She said “the class is permanently bonded together for all time and eternity.” They are a “family, a very special family.”
After graduation, Lois went to work in Joplin, MO and later moved and worked in Kansas City, MO. She met A.D. and Lois celebrated 56 years of marriage until A.D.’s passing in 2011. They were proud parent of two children. The family lived in Overland Park, KS until moving to the farm in rural Richland Township in Miami County in 1962.
Lois was a member of the Granby United Methodist Church and later the Paola United Methodist Church. She participated in the church reading program, reading 20 books a year and finished over 200 books.
Upon turning 50, she decided to go back to school and enrolled with Fort Scott Community College. In May of 1988, she graduate with all her immediate family attending the graduation. Lois worked in Paola, KS for Farm Bureau in the claims department and retired in 2000 after 35 years.
Proceeding her in death were her parents Ralph and Lois, husband A.D., sister Judith Dahnke and half-brother R.L. Dahnke.
Those left to cherish her memory include son, Bill Metcalf (Jayne) of Rockdale, TX; daughter, Cheryl Metcalf Ladd (Donn) of Lincoln, NE; four grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; two sisters, Sherry Perkins of Granby, MO and Anita Reed of Neosho, MO; a large extended family and numerous close friends.
With COVID-19 still present in most communities, the family will be having a Celebration of Life later this summer in Granby, MO.
Memorials are suggested to Southlake Village Rehabilitation & Care Center of Lincoln, NE; St. Croix Hospice Care of Lincoln, NE or to charity of choice.
Lois was a member of the Granby United Methodist Church and later the Paola United Methodist Church. She participated in the church reading program, reading 20 books a year and finished over 200 books.
Upon turning 50, she decided to go back to school and enrolled with Fort Scott Community College. In May of 1988, she graduate with all her immediate family attending the graduation. Lois worked in Paola, KS for Farm Bureau in the claims department and retired in 2000 after 35 years.
Proceeding her in death were her parents Ralph and Lois, husband A.D., sister Judith Dahnke and half-brother R.L. Dahnke.
Those left to cherish her memory include son, Bill Metcalf (Jayne) of Rockdale, TX; daughter, Cheryl Metcalf Ladd (Donn) of Lincoln, NE; four grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; two sisters, Sherry Perkins of Granby, MO and Anita Reed of Neosho, MO; a large extended family and numerous close friends.
With COVID-19 still present in most communities, the family will be having a Celebration of Life later this summer in Granby, MO.
Memorials are suggested to Southlake Village Rehabilitation & Care Center of Lincoln, NE; St. Croix Hospice Care of Lincoln, NE or to charity of choice.
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