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Lois Ehling Obituary

Lois Ann Ehling

Aug. 15, 1943 - Nov. 28, 2023

CLINTON - Lois Ann Ehling, age 80, of Clinton, IL, passed away at 11:16 AM on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at Farmer City Rehab and Health Care, Farmer City IL.

Her funeral service will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington, IL. Pastor David Dunlop will be officiating. Burial will be at East Lawn Cemetery, Bloomington, IL. Her visitation will be 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Monday December 4, 2023, at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington, IL.

The family suggests memorials be made to Christ Lutheran Church, Christ Lutheran Church, 701 S. Mulberry St., Clinton, IL.

Lois was born August 15, 1943, in Bloomington, IL, the daughter of Wayne R. and Kathryn Sena Peterson Hobart. She married Dean "Pete" Ehling on April 22, 1960, in Normal, IL. He survives.

Also surviving are her three grandchildren: Tyler (Jessica) Shoemaker, Clinton, IL, Brittany (Delayne) Durdle, Green Valley, IL, Austin (Sylena) Shoemaker, Bloomington, IL;

seven great-grandchildren; and her sister, Marcia Hoeft, Mt. Vernon, IL.

Lois is preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Stephanie Kay Shoemaker; two infant children: Terri Sue Ehling and Jeffrey Dean Ehling; one brother, Steven Hobart; and a half-brother, Junior Hobart.

Lois was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Clinton, IL. She had done volunteer work with 4-H in McLean and DeWitt Counties she also had volunteered at a nursing home and hospital in Louisiana and at the hospital in Clinton, IL. Lois worked for many years in the printing business and later at State Farm Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She will be missed by all who knew her.

Please view the obituary and share your condolences and memories online at www.calvertmemorial.com.

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Published by The Pantagraph on Dec. 1, 2023.

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Kathy Harris

December 1, 2023

My sincere condolences to you. Lois was a terrific person and will be missed, but has lived a remarkable life. May your past memories with her come to mind often and bring peace to you knowing she is in heaven.
Lois´ folks and mine were friends and we knew each other as teenagers.
Sincerely, Kathy Harris

Nancy Hassebrock

December 1, 2023

I lived neighbors to Pete, Lois, and Stephanie in Armington, ill. Great people and missed them when they moved to Bloomington. Condolences to her family!

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