Lois Sipple

The Funeral Service for Lois Sipple, of Albert Lea , will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, June 29, 2009 at St. Theodore Catholic Church, Albert Lea , MN . Father James Berning and Deacon Mike Ellis will officiate. Interment will be in St. Theodore

Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 5-8 p. m. at Bonnerup Funeral Service, 2210 East Main , and one hour before the service at the church. There will

be a prayer service at 7:30 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home. Lois died peacefully on Wednesday morning, June 24, at her home. She was 61. Lois was born on November 11, 1947, in Grand Rapids , Minnesota the daughter of Albert and Evelyn (Schroeder) Johnson. An Albert Lea resident most of her life, Lois graduated from Albert Lea High School . She had worked at the Good Samaritan Center and also the Albert Lea Medical Center . She was united in marriage to Roger Sipple on July 15, 1967, in Albert Lea. He preceded her in death in 1997.

She was a member of St. Theodore Catholic Church and enjoyed sewing, crafts,

gardening, flowers and fishing. Lois is survived by her daughter Sally and her husband David Erwin of Albert Lea , sisters: Luella (Ralph) Alexander of Henderson, NV, Gladys Albert of Moses Lake, WA, Ardella ( Clyde ) Larsen also of Moses Lake, WA, Marlene (Ken) Conway of Bakersfield , CA , Clara Johnson of Moses Lake , WA, and a brother Keith Johnson also of Moses Lake, WA and mother-in-law Ethel Richter of St. Paul . She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Lois was preceded in death by her parents Albert and Evelyn Johnson, her husband Roger, and a brother Harold Johnson.