Lois Marie Weiske

Lois Marie Weiske, 88, of Ripon, Wis., died Friday at Juliette Manor, Berlin, Wis.

Lois was born in Pottsville, a daughter of Paul and Dorothy Rist Swalm.

She graduated from Pottsville High School in 1947.

Lois married Kermit "Doc" Weiske in 1952. They were married 62 years.

Lois was a member of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ripon, a past member of the Ripon Women's Club and the Study Club. She presented and discussed impressionism paintings to students in elementary schools and also taught water color painting to the accelerated art students in high school. Lois enjoyed water color painting, golf and her family.

Lois was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Dorothy Swalm, and her husband, Doc.

She is survived by her daughter, Jayne Weiske, Santa Fe, N.M.; three sons, David Weiske, Chicago, Ill., and Steven and Michael Weiske, both of Ripon; two grandchildren, Morgan and Mason Nellis; sister-in-law, Karlyn (Harold) Robeson, Jacksonville, Fla.; brother-in-law, Kenneth Weiske, Berlin, Wis.; one cousin, Jessica Quattrocchi, Pennsylvania.

Visitation for Lois will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 430 W. Griswold St., Ripon, Wis. Memorial service for Lois will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the church. The Rev. Clay R. Salmela will officiate. Inurnment will take place at Garden of the Cross Cemetery, Ripon, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established for an accelerated art student at Ripon College, Ripon College Annual Fund, P.O. Box 248, Ripon, WI 54971-0248 or www.ripon.edu/make-a- gift/.

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