Annie Lois Pomeroy
Obituary
Annie Lois Pomeroy was born October 7,
1935 to James and Gladys (Davdison) Murray. She was the third of
seven children, six girls and one boy. She was of Scotch-Irish
decent, born at White Plains, Alabama, located in Northeast Alabama
at the tail end of the Appalachian Mountains.
Her dad was a sharecropper, she use to
say "she grew up barefoot hoeing cotton". She was raised
and Baptized Southern Baptist. Lois loved school and reading. Upon
graduating high school, she had read every book in their small
school. She loved the mountains, especially in the spring when the
Dogwoods bloomed.
As a young woman she moved to Anniston,
Alabama; were she met Jack Pomeroy stationed at Ft. McClellan. Four
months later, they were married on April 11, 1957. They returned to
Kansas upon Jack's release from the Army in March of 1958 and moved
to the family farm near Norwich. When first coming to Kansas, Lois
was afraid every time the wind blew, because it only blew in the
mountains when a storm was coming!
She adjusted to the Kansas wheat farm
life and helped Jack on the farm. She began attending Chicaskia
Baptist Church where she was a member for many years. Lois later
attended the Norwich United Methodist Church for several years. She
had two children Jerry and Brenda, which she was very involved with
their school, sports and 4-H activities. The family traveled back to
Alabama most every year to see family.
Lois worked for a short time at Farrar
Corp. She then started her 25 year career at Harper Hospital caring
for the people of Harper County, first as an aide, then in 1972 as an
LPN. Her favorite position was swing bed coordinator where she loved
to take care of "her ladies". Later, she began work as a
clinic nurse at Wichita clinic until her retirement.
Lois loved dancing, hand work, reading,
her flower gardens, and following her kids and grandchildren. She had
many friends in the Norwich area that she loved dearly. Jack and Lois
loved hosting many large Halloween and pasture parties for neighbors
and friends, who loved to come to the Pomeroy parties. They loved to
travel and were also able to take many wonderful trips to most every
state and Canada over the past 15 years.
November of 2007, Jack and Lois moved
off the family farm to Newton to be closer to Jerry and Dixie and
grandchildren. With her love of people she soon had many new friends.
Being involved with Red Hats, Trinity Methodist Church, American
Legion, and as a volunteer at the Newton Medical Center, Kaufman
Museum, and the church. Lois loved caring for people as a nurse and
all the people she met that needed help. She always had a great
smile, laugh and brought joy to the people she was around.
In 1978 Lois survived Ovarian Cancer.
This started her health challenges, which ended on August 11, 2015
when she slipped peacefully into sleep and her life after. Lois is
preceded in death by her parents, James & Gladys Murray; brother
Raymond Murray; and her sisters, Joyce Bain and Mary Ruth Morgan.
She will be deeply missed by her
husband of 58 years, Jack of the home in Newton; son, Jerry Pomeroy
and his wife Dixie of Hesston, Kansas; daughter, Brenda Austenfeld
and her husband Frank of Village of Loch Lloyd, Missouri; seven
grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00
a.m on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the Norwich United Methodist
Church. Memorials may be send in Lois' name to the Kansas 4-H
Foundation, Norwich United Methodist Church, or Trinity Heights
United Methodist Church and sent in care of the funeral home.
Visitation will be held 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday with the family
present 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Prairie Rose Funeral Home in
Harper.
Arrangements are by Prairie Rose
Funeral Home, 613 W. 14th; Harper, KS 67058. To share a memory or
leave condolences, please visit: www.prairierosefuneralhomes.com
