Blanche Lois Kwiatkoski

Blanche Lois (Tillson) Kwiatkoski
Blanche Lois (Tillson) Kwiatkoski, 89, passed away on June 28, 2025. She was born February 23, 1936, to Walter and Blanche Nearing (Gill) Tillson in Northfield, CT.
Blanche, known as "Lois", to friends and family, worked several jobs, including as an inspector for over 36 years at the Torrington Company. She lived in Northfield and the surrounding towns of Litchfield and Thomaston, CT her whole life. She graduated from Litchfield High School with a desire to be a home economics teacher.
In addition to being a hard worker, Lois was a loving sister, mother, mother-in law, grandmother, great-grandmother, step-grandmother and a caring and generous friend who would often come to visit with a loaf of freshly baked banana bread in her hands. She loved baking and gardening and was an active member of the Northfield Literary Club for over 70 years.
Her favorite pastimes were spending time with her family, watching old cowboy and Doris Day movies, and playing Rummikub or cards, which often lasted hours and into days. She enjoyed watching and hearing the songs of birds and taking long drives in the countryside. Her simple, honest values and her passion for ice cream are legendary and her skills canning fruits and vegetables have an enduring legacy with her family.
Lois is predeceased by her parents, sister Janice Wilson, and grandson Kyle Pelletier. She is survived by her sisters Carol Donlon of NY and Judy Monoskey of FL, as well as her two daughters and their families – Susan Pelletier (Thomaston) and her children, Daniel Pelletier (FL) and Chad Robinson (CT), and Deborah Osborn, her husband, Robert Osher (Litchfield/Cincinnati), and her children, Morgan Osborn (AZ), and Bradley Osborn, his wife, Jennifer Osborn, and their son, Elliot Osborn (CT). Lois is also survived by a large extended family by Robert Osher's five children and twelve grandchildren, Edward Osborn's two children and five grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
A gathering to honor and celebrate Lois's life will be held on August 10, 2025, at the Northfield Cemetery, 14 Knife Shop Rd, Northfield, CT for friends and family. Service at 10:00 a.m. and refreshments after at Northfield Fire House. Donations of perennial plants during the day of service are welcome to beautify the Northfield Cemetery, her final resting place. Please visit www.lyonsfuneralhome.com to leave notes of comfort for Blanche's family.