In Memory of Lois Fineran

Lois Fineran, age 71, of Odebolt, Iowa, died Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City, Iowa.

            Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 27, 2013, at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Odebolt, Iowa, under the direction of Christensen-Huffman Funeral Homes.  The Reverend Dan Greving will officiate, with private family burial in St. Rose of Lima Catholic Cemetery in Denison, Iowa.  Visitation with the family present will be held at Christensen-Huffman Funeral Home in Odebolt on Saturday from 2-5 p.m., with a Vigil Service at 2:30 p.m.  

            Born June 24, 1941, in Crawford County, Iowa, Lois Eileen Fineran was the daughter of L. Emmett and Catherine (Henkelman) Fineran.  As a young girl, Lois became a resident of Glenwood State School in Glenwood, Iowa.  In recent years she made her home at Opportunity Living in Lake City until moving to Odebolt Nursing & Rehab Center.

            Survivors include her siblings and their spouses, Keith (Deb) Fineran of Arthur, Kenneth (Sandie) Fineran of Norfolk, NE, Bob (Leah) Fineran of Ida Grove, Randy (Pippa) Fineran of Arthur, Sandi Grote of Sioux City, Barbara (Jack) Milner of Arthur, and Carolyn (Stan) Mortensen of Wall Lake; three aunts, Alice (Vern) Scheel of Wilmington, IL, Rita Cruse of Fremont, NE, and Helen Henkelman of Odebolt; an uncle, Gerald Fineran of Denison; as well as many nieces, nephews, and other extended family members.

            She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, James and John Fineran; her grandparents, James and Sarah Fineran and George and Cunnigunda Henkelman; and many aunts and uncles.

            The family has chosen to memorialize Lois with a plaque at Trinity Heights in Sioux City.  Therefore, in lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Lois Fineran Memorial Fund at United Bank of Iowa.