Lois Diane Grasseschi

1936 - 2020

Lois Diane Grasseschi
July 4, 1936 - December 2, 2020
Resident of Castro Valley, CA
Lois Grasseschi (Pike) passed away at home, Tuesday, December 2, 2020.
Born in Milwaukee, WI July 4th, 1936 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Helen Pike.
Lois, along with her Father, Mother, sister Sally, and brother Claude came to Hayward, CA in 1942, and settled in Hayward. Lois attended grammar school (Burbank) in Hayward then to Bret Hart and then to Old Hayward High School on Foothill Blvd. Lois graduated in 1955.
Lois and Rudy met in the summer of 1953, through friends but Hayward was a very small town, and everybody knew everyone else. We started dating in 1954. Rudy graduated from Bishop O'Dowd High School in 1955. Rudy and Lois married July 21, 1957 in Hayward at All Saints Catholic Church and had two sons, Dino, born in 1958, and Rodney, born in 1960. When they married, Rudy and Lois lived in Castro Valley, in a one-bedroom house on Crow Canyon Rd. and raised both children there. They then moved to Hayward, into a two bedroom, in 1962. Then, in 1965, they bought a house in Fremont and lived there until 1974 when they moved back to Castro Valley to the original house they had first lived in. They rebuilt into a 2-bedroom house, from a 700sq ft home to a 1800sq ft home. This house was originally owned by Rudy's mom and dad and Rudy and Lois had been there for over 46 years.
Lois was a Cub Scout leader for her two sons in Fremont, and she made sure everyone went to church on Sunday's. Lois worked at the Shop (The Cobbler) owned by Rudy and his brother, Al for many years. She would work until 2pm and then go back home to Fremont and take care of the boys when they got out of school. She was always there for Dino and Rodney's baseball games and the biggest cheerleader. She followed this tradition for her grandchildren as well.
Lois has many friends in Hayward, Fremont, Castro Valley, and Discovery Bay. She loved, most of all, to dance at parties with all her friends, she loved to have good times. She loved all of Dino and Rodney's friends that hung around the house after school, and they loved her, all their friends said she was cool.
Lois is survived by her husband, Rudy; her sons, Dino and Rodney; her grandchildren: Dominic, Kenneth, Chelsea, Miranda, Kathleen, Seven, Justin, Danica, Nickolas, D.J., and Trevor; and her great-grandchildren: Kaylor, Isaiah, Eden, Titus, Preston, and Olivia.
Services for Lois will be held at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery & Funeral Center, with a visitation Thursday, December 17 from 5pm-8pm and a Funeral Mass Friday, December 18, at 10am.
Donation can be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.


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