Lois Meillier

Lois Meillier February 23, 1928 - September 11, 2010

Lois M. Meillier, age 82, of Faribault, died on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the District One Hospital in Faribault. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, September 20, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church (139 Mercy Drive) in Faribault, with the Reverend Kevin Finnegan, pastor, officiating. Interment will be at the St. Lawrence Cemetery in Faribault. Memorial visitation will be held on Sunday from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the Parker Kohl Funeral Home in Faribault and on Monday for one hour prior to services at the church. Lois Marie Melchert, the daughter of Herbert and Beatrice (Moreau) Melchert was born on February 23, 1928 in Faribault. She attended Faribault Senior High School and graduated with the class of 1945. On February 5, 1949, Lois was united in marriage to David E. Meillier at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Faribault. Lois worked at various local businesses including Western Union Telegraph Office and Pleasant Manor Nursing Home as a Social Service Director. After her semi retirement in 1981, Lois continued to serve on the Pleasant Manor Nursing Home Board of Directors, the Buckham Memorial Library Board of Directors and also as a volunteer at the Clothes Closet in Faribault. In her free time, Lois enjoyed her second love of spending time at their cabin on Cannon Lake fishing, needle working, reading and spending time with her family and friends. She was a member of the Council of Catholic Women and the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary. Lois is survived by her husband of 61 years, David of Faribault; her children, Patrick (Darlene) Meillier of Faribault and their children Tesa (Rodolfo) Leal and David (Cassie Miller) Meillier, Michael (Josephine) Meillier of Faribault and their child Alicia (fiance Tyler Fallon) Meillier, Teresa Meillier (Pat Olson) of Minong, WI, Ann (Dave Correll) Meillier of Faribault and their children Madeline and Samuel Correll, and Mary Meillier of Milwaukee, WI; and four great grandchildren Isabel, Sofia and Cecilia Leal, Victoria and soon to be Vincent Meillier and soon to be Elisabeth Jo Fallon, and by nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. Lois was preceded in death by her parents.