Bethany, MO: Lois Dean Findley, age 87, passed away peacefully Thursday, April 11, 2019, after a brave battle with cancer.
Lois Dean was born on Christmas Day, 1931, to Newt (T. N.) and Dora Sheughnessy. She was raised on a farm south of New Hampton. She accepted Christ at an early age, growing up in the White Oak Methodist Church. She graduated from New Hampton High School.
Lois Dean married Herbert Lee Findley on July 31, 1949, at the home of O. D. Hedges in Harrison County. Together they raised two sons, Rickey Joe and Jerry Lee.
Together they also raised cattle, hogs, and 20 grandkids and great-grandkids on the farm they bought together west of Bethany.
She and her husband co-founded and managed Findley Farms and an excavating business that shaped the land of many family homes and farms in their community until his passing in 2008.
Lois Dean is survived by her sons Rick (Judy) Findley of Bethany, Mo., and Jerry (Kim) Findley of Albany, Mo.
Other beloved survivors include seven grandchildren and their spouses, 13 great-grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and their spouses, and sisters-in-law Alois Mae Johnson of Gilman City, Mo. and Wanda (Vernon) Findley of Bethany, and brother-in-law Billie Joe Findley of Bethany. She was also eagerly awaiting the arrival a new great-grandchild this spring and her first step-great-grandchild this summer.
She is preceded in death by her husband and her parents, who surely have been waiting for her with open arms.
Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 18 at Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany, MO. Inurnment will follow in White Oak Cemetery, Bethany, MO. The family will receive friends from 12:30-2:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to White Oak Cemetery in care of Roberson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 46, Bethany, MO 64424. Online condolences may be left at www.robersonfuneralhome.com.