Lois Ebelein Obituary

Name: Memorial service for Lois Ebelein
Start: 2024-06-15T15:00:00.000Z
Location: Ferndale United Methodist Church

Lois Louise Ebelein passed away peacefully on April 3, 2024 at her home at Morningside House of Friendship Assisted Living in Hanover, Maryland. She was 90 years old. Born on April 26, 1933 in Baltimore Maryland. She was the daughter of Louis H. Ebelein and Edith Zeiters Ebelein. She grew up in Northeast Baltimore. She was a graduate of Eastern High School. After graduation she went to work at the Baltimore Branch of the Federal Reserve Branch of Richmond until her retirement in 1988. She moved to Glen Burnie, Maryland in 1968 until she went to Moringside House of Friendship in October 2019. She was preceded in death by her parents, cousins Howard Ebelein and Audrey Archbold. Lois was a devoted member of the Ferndale United Methodist Church. She was a caring person and visited the shut-ins. She sang in the church choir, was a member of the United Methodist Women and was a Red Hatter. She enjoyed crafts and puzzles. She was an avid reader and a great sports fan. A memorial service will be held at Ferndale United Methodist Church on June 15th, at 11am located at 117 Ferndale Road Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061. Telephone number is 410-761-2880. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to Ferndale United Methodist Church or Hospice of the Chesapeake.

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Published by The Capital Gazette on May 29, 2024.

Memories and Condolences
for Lois Ebelein

2 Entries

Renee and Ballet Mobile

July 16, 2024

Miss Lois danced so beautifully with her Ballet Mobile flower bouquet when Ballet Mobile visited. We all loved her and loved hearing a few of her her life stories and kind wisdom. We have a special dance to "When You Walk through a Storm, hold your head up high...." in her honor. She is dancing with us forever.

Alison Loram

June 14, 2024

My name is Alison Loram and I live in Cheshire in the U.K. My Mum was Thelma Irving and Lois was her best friend and, apart from her surviving sister, was the person with whom Mum had had the longest relationship. She and Mum began writing to each other when they were schoolgirls - maybe even as young as eleven years old (Lois was around 7 months older than Mum). I think they were put in touch by one of Mum’s aunties (Thelma Herrington) whose neighbour had a daughter who was looking for a pen friend in the UK. Mum was born and raised in Cardiff in Wales, though from the age of 24, when she married my Dad, Derrick, she lived in Shrewsbury in Shropshire. Although Mum and Lois regularly exchanged letters and cards –Lois’s package of Christmas “goodies” and “novelties” was always a source of great excitement – they didn’t meet until the 1980s. Lois travelled across to the UK with Mum’s cousin, Thelma Herrington’s son Arnold who wanted to meet his Welsh relatives. I think Lois and Mum started laughing from the moment they met at Shrewsbury railways station and their relationship was cemented. Mum and Dad visited Lois in Baltimore too – their first trip abroad ever – in their 50s! Lois also came over to the UK for mine and Ian’s wedding in 1990, which was a great honour. Once Mum and Dad had a telephone installed (about 30 years after everyone else in the world!), the letters were replaced with regular conversations, and they became even closer, no more so than when my Dad died in 2012. When Mum herself became ill and subsequently died from Alzheimer’s and dementia in 2020, Lois and I began to exchange cards. She said she missed my Mum a great deal. Lois had also started sending cards to Mum’s surviving sister Rosie whom she met at our wedding. None of us received a card this last Christmas, and so we knew something was wrong. I was aware that Lois had been fighting cancer for some time and suspected that it had becomes serious. Towards the end of February she sent a Valentines card which had both Ian and me in tears, as she explained that she had been in the hospice and that this would be her last card. She said she still missed Mum and thought about her a lot. She sent a similar card to Rosie who when I told her about Lois’s death earlier this week said “I feel so sad to learn she's gone she was such a gentle soul and a lovely person who was much loved. God bless her”. We will all miss hearing from Lois. We only spent a few hours in her company but felt that she was our friend too. Certainly she was one of the kindest, most thoughtful and warm hearted people I’ve ever met. Funny too! There was always humour! My Mum wasn’t religious, but I know Lois was and I would like to think that they’ll be reunited some time, some place. As Rosie said earlier this week when I found this funeral notice “she so loved your Mum and what an amazing friendship they had. A lifetime together, it touches our hearts. Wonderful Lois best friends forever with your Mum”
Rest in Peace Lois. And thanks.

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