Our beloved mother, Lois Ilene Hendricks Inman, age 95, passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, in Dallas, Texas. After a delightful weekend planning a murder mystery dinner with her daughter Kara, she slipped and fell and later died during hip surgery. Yet she was at peace and had known throughout her life that the Lord God was her protector, and that she would be with Jesus.
Lois was born in Ramsey, Indiana, on September 15, 1930, to Noble Hendrich and Nita Pearl Sears Hendrich. She was the youngest of three children. She is predeceased by her husband Omer Eugene (Gene) Inman, whom she married on Thanksgiving Day in 1954. She is also predeceased by her sister Agathia Cook, her brother Albert Hendricks, and her daughter-in-law Marci Inman.
Lois was born and raised on a farm near Ramsey, in Harrison County, Indiana. She attended DePauw schools and graduated from high school in 1948. Eager to start the next phase of her life, while still seventeen, she moved to Springfield, Illinois, the day after graduation and found a job at Pillsbury’s first cake-mix packaging plant. After two-and-a-half years she moved to Minneapolis where she continued doing office work for Pillsbury and later for a feed broker, a police department, and a law firm. In later years she also worked at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station, a dental office in Colorado Springs, and then in 1991 retired from General Electric’s management training center at Crotonville, New York, a job she very much enjoyed.
Lois had spunk which was exemplified in some memorable ways: One day early in her career with the feed brokers, their largest client was frustrated that the brokers were unavailable to respond to their receipt of spoiled grain. Lois asked where it was located, showed up at the train yard in shiny red heels, and climbed into the boxcar to record the condition of the grain. They were stunned that a city office girl would do that, but she explained that it was no big deal for someone raised on a farm.
Lois met her husband Gene at the home of their local church minister Harvey and Sue Childress in the spring of 1952, but they didn’t date until after Gene returned from his Army service in 1954. Lois and Gene were very active in the churches they attended in Minneapolis, Orange Park, Florida, Colorado Springs, Stamford, Connecticut, and Georgetown, Texas. Together they raised their children to know and serve the Lord. They were highly regarded for their hospitality, and their home was frequently filled with family and guests for meals, get-togethers, and games.
Lois did not consider herself an artist, yet beautiful craftwork, baking, and gardening flowed from her hands throughout her life. She helped create and maintain huge flower gardens in Colorado and was active in the quilting and Dorcas Room ministries in Texas.
Above all, she knew herself to be a Child of the King, and she spent her life caring for others in tangible ways. She loved her family and cared deeply for her children, grandchildren, and extended family. She will be greatly missed.
Lois is survived by her children and their families: her son and wife Eric and Karen Inman; her son Kris Inman; her daughter and husband Kara and Francisco Perez; and her daughter and husband Joyce and Jon Hendrix. She is also survived by her grandchildren Lisa and David Inman; Kelsey and husband Mitchell McDougal; Chase and wife Amy Inman; Eliana and Larissa Perez; Angelia and husband Kolton Flexen; and Fox, Scout, and Sailor Hendrix. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren James and Riley Inman, as well as many nieces and nephews and their families.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at 2:00 pm at the Georgetown Church of Christ, 1525 West University Avenue, Georgetown, Texas 78628.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Brookwood in Georgetown (bigtx.org). Cards with a favorite memory of Lois are also welcome.
Lois was born in Ramsey, Indiana, on September 15, 1930, to Noble Hendrich and Nita Pearl Sears Hendrich. She was the youngest of three children. She is predeceased by her husband Omer Eugene (Gene) Inman, whom she married on Thanksgiving Day in 1954. She is also predeceased by her sister Agathia Cook, her brother Albert Hendricks, and her daughter-in-law Marci Inman.
Lois was born and raised on a farm near Ramsey, in Harrison County, Indiana. She attended DePauw schools and graduated from high school in 1948. Eager to start the next phase of her life, while still seventeen, she moved to Springfield, Illinois, the day after graduation and found a job at Pillsbury’s first cake-mix packaging plant. After two-and-a-half years she moved to Minneapolis where she continued doing office work for Pillsbury and later for a feed broker, a police department, and a law firm. In later years she also worked at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station, a dental office in Colorado Springs, and then in 1991 retired from General Electric’s management training center at Crotonville, New York, a job she very much enjoyed.
Lois had spunk which was exemplified in some memorable ways: One day early in her career with the feed brokers, their largest client was frustrated that the brokers were unavailable to respond to their receipt of spoiled grain. Lois asked where it was located, showed up at the train yard in shiny red heels, and climbed into the boxcar to record the condition of the grain. They were stunned that a city office girl would do that, but she explained that it was no big deal for someone raised on a farm.
Lois met her husband Gene at the home of their local church minister Harvey and Sue Childress in the spring of 1952, but they didn’t date until after Gene returned from his Army service in 1954. Lois and Gene were very active in the churches they attended in Minneapolis, Orange Park, Florida, Colorado Springs, Stamford, Connecticut, and Georgetown, Texas. Together they raised their children to know and serve the Lord. They were highly regarded for their hospitality, and their home was frequently filled with family and guests for meals, get-togethers, and games.
Lois did not consider herself an artist, yet beautiful craftwork, baking, and gardening flowed from her hands throughout her life. She helped create and maintain huge flower gardens in Colorado and was active in the quilting and Dorcas Room ministries in Texas.
Above all, she knew herself to be a Child of the King, and she spent her life caring for others in tangible ways. She loved her family and cared deeply for her children, grandchildren, and extended family. She will be greatly missed.
Lois is survived by her children and their families: her son and wife Eric and Karen Inman; her son Kris Inman; her daughter and husband Kara and Francisco Perez; and her daughter and husband Joyce and Jon Hendrix. She is also survived by her grandchildren Lisa and David Inman; Kelsey and husband Mitchell McDougal; Chase and wife Amy Inman; Eliana and Larissa Perez; Angelia and husband Kolton Flexen; and Fox, Scout, and Sailor Hendrix. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren James and Riley Inman, as well as many nieces and nephews and their families.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at 2:00 pm at the Georgetown Church of Christ, 1525 West University Avenue, Georgetown, Texas 78628.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Brookwood in Georgetown (bigtx.org). Cards with a favorite memory of Lois are also welcome.
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