(Marion) Lois Mann

Lois Mann, age 96, passed away peacefully at home November 22, 2022. A lifelong resident of Council Bluffs, she was born August 8, 1926, the eighth child of Pearl (Daugherty) Moore and Elmer Moore. 

She was preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Paul; infant daughter, Tammy Sue and infant son, Craig Harold. Four brothers, Milo (Mike), HB (Bernard), Loyd, Leslie and three sisters, Naomi Davis, Edith Roberts and Evelyn Palmisano also preceded her in death. 

Lois is survived by three children Gregory (Jeanne) of Overland Park, Kansas; Shari of Clermont, Florida and Ryan (Jena) of Birmingham, Alabama. Two grandchildren: Jen Li (Elias) and Aaron Mann (Heidi); four great-grandchildren: Leah Mann, Elena Mann, Gabriel Li and Sadie Li all of Overland Park, Kansas. Sister-in-law, Molly Moore and many nieces, nephews and cousins,

Lois worked as a bookkeeper for many local businesses through the years. As a working mother she had to juggle a lot of balls but nothing stopped her from being at all of the kids' ball games, musical performances, spelling bees, karate

tournaments and church activities. Lois was a member of the Riverside Congregation of the Community of Christ where she volun in all food-related activities: memorial luncheons, chicken and noodle dinners; smorgasbords and reunion dining halls, She was known around town for the pies she made for the Council Bluffs churches' community Thanksgiving dinner. She would begin making pie crusts (from scratch) in August. During their 72 years of marriage, she and Paul took their greatest pleasure in

watching their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren grow and live full, happy lives.

Funeral Service will be at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 with Visitation 1 hr. prior at Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home.

Interment: Cedar Lawn Cemetery

Memorials may be made to St. Croix Hospice, BrightFocus Foundation - Macular

Degeneration Research or American Cancer Society.