Lois J. Klotz, age 90, of Holstein, passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center of Cherokee.  A funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church of Holstein with the Rev. Doresa K. Collogan officiating.  A private family burial will be held at the Holstein Cemetery of Holstein.  There will be no visitation. 

Lois Janet (Rolhk) Klotz, was the youngest of four daughters born to Edmund Philbert & Anna Catherine (Peters) Rolhk on November 16, 1916, on a farm Northwest of Holstein. When it was time to register Lois’ birth, they discovered there was another Lois Roehlk born in 1926, so Lois was the only one in her family to have a middle name.

The family moved into town in 1932 when Lois was in the first grade. Around 1938, Lois began working evenings in Chris Bauer’s café where they made their own homemade ice cream & hand-packed hamburgers fried in a black iron skillet on a cook stove which was heated by sticks of wood and corn cobs. A pan of water was heated at the back of the stove to wash dishes and Lois never failed to mention, “no one ever got sick either.” Lois taught Sunday school while still in high school & later taught Bible school for several years as well.

She graduated from Holstein High School in 1944 & began work in the Holstein Post Office as a clerk. It was at that time Clifton Klotz returned from the service & resumed his job as a rural mail carrier that the two met.

They wed on February 23, 1947, and celebrated 58 years of marriage, enjoying various trips overseas & cruises until Clifton’s death on December 16, 2005.  Lois was a Cub Scout leader and an active member of the Holstein American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed playing cards, spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and will always be remembered as a fastidious homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifton; infant son, Robert Dean; sister, Geraldine Logan; sister, Arline Hogrefe and brother-in-law, Pat; sister, Winifred Kuchel and brother-in-law Lowell; and niece, Camilia Sproul. 

Lois is survived by her sons, Bruce and wife, Jean of St. James, Florida, and Steven and wife, Linda of Holstein, Iowa; five grandchildren, Travis and wife, Denise and son, Xavier, Michael and wife, Melissa and son, Xander, Adam and wife, Nora, Hannah and fiancé, Aaron, and Jon; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.

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