Obituaries
Lois V. Hohl, 70 of Frontenac, KS died at 5:40pm, Tuesday, February 23,
2010 at Sunset Manor in Frontenac, KS.
Lois was born May 13, 1939, in Great Bend, KS to Jacob J. and Della
Mae (Petersen) Schneider. She attended Larned schools, graduating
from Larned High School with the class of 1957.
On November 24, 1956, in Larned, KS, she married Melvin O. Hohl. He
survives of the home.
Lois worked as a mental health worker at the Larned State Hospital for
numerous years. She became a homemaker, and later worked for
Respite of Crawford County.
Lois was active in her earlier years in the PTA and as a Den Mother. She
was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene of Pittsburg, where
she was formerly the Sunday school secretary, and involved in children
ministries. She was very instrumental in the organization of the Mission
Kits provided by the church.
Additional survivors include her sons Melvin J. Hohl and wife Della of
Pittsburg, Kurtis Hohl and Pam of Weir, KS and Neil Hohl and wife Angey
of Phoenix, AZ, daughter Linnea Knisely and husband Rick of Prescott
Valley, AZ, six grandchildren Stefanie Beesley and husband Greg, Sam
Hohl, Amanda Knisely, Kirsten Hohl, John Jacob “J.J.” Knisely and Seuris
Hohl, along with one great-granddaughter Peyton Beesley.
Lois was preceded in death by her parents and granddaughter Kara Hohl.
Funeral services will be 10:00am, Monday, March 1, 2010 at Bath-Naylor
Funeral Home, 522 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS with Rev. Jim Sukraw
officiating. Graveside services will be 1:30pm, at the Ft. Scott National
Cemetery in Ft. Scott, KS. The family will receive friends from 6:30 until
8pm on Sunday at the funeral home. Friends may call the funeral home
after 2pm on Sunday. E-mail condolences may be left at our website www.
bathnaylor.com. The family suggests expressions of sympathy be in the
form of memorials to Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center Cancer Center.
Memorials may be left at or mailed to Bath-Naylor Funeral Home, 522 S.
Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762.
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