LOIS E UMNUS PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY, AT THE AGE OF 92, ON FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 2020, AT RENNES HEALTH AND REHAB CENTER, WESTON, UNDER THE CARE OF HOSPICE.  LOIS WAS BORN AUGUST 10, 1928, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE EMIL AND OLGA (BORCHARDT) BAUMANN. SHE MARRIED FREDERICK JOHN UMNUS ON JUNE 2, 1954 AT ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, TOWN OF WIEN. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ON FEBRUARY 20, 2015.  LOIS HAD A BLESSED LIFE. SHE BECAME DEAF AT THE AGE OF 9 AFTER HAVING SPINAL MENINGITIS. YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN SHE HAD A DISABILITY, AS SHE SPOKE VERY WELL AND READ LIPS. IN HER EARLY YEARS SHE WORKED AT WAUSAU INSURANCE. IN HER RETIREMENT YEARS SHE WORKED AS A CNA FOR CONTINENTAL MANOR IN ABBOTSFORD, WHERE HER LOVE AND COMPASSION WAS GIVEN TO THE MANY RESIDENTS THERE. LOIS WAS A HOMEMAKER MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A FANTASTIC COOK AND BAKER. EVERY YEAR AT CHRISTMAS TIME SHE WOULD MAKE HUNDREDS OF COOKIES AND CANDIES AND SHARE THEM WITH MOST EVERYONE SHE KNEW. LOIS WAS GENEROUS.HER LOVE FOR THE LORD WAS SHOWN THROUGH HER GENEROSITY TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AN OUTPOURING OF LOVE, TIME AND TALENTS. SHE TREASURED HER FAMILY, MOST NOTABLY HER GRANDSONS AND HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. WHEN ANY OF THEM ENTERED THE ROOM HER FACE LIT UP AND HER JOY FILLED THE ROOM.  SURVIVORS INCLUDE ONE DAUGHTER, POLLY (MITCHELL) MARCOTT, THREE GRANDSONS, BRANDON (ERIKA), BRENT (BRIANNA), BROCK (WHITNEY), SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, WALTER, LEONDRA, BAILEY, FREDERICK, BENJAMIN, AND PAISLEY. SHE IS FURTHER SURVIVE BY HER SISTER, LORRAINE MARTYN, BROTHER IN LAW, KURT (BEVERLY) UMNUS, JR., AS WELL AS MANY FRIENDS AND EXTENDED FAMILY.  THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXTEND THEIR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF OF RENNES HEALTH AND REHAB AND ASPIRUS HOSPICE FOR THEIR CARE AND COMPASSION GIVEN TO LOIS DURING HER TIME WITH THEM.  FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH, 8100 ALDERSON ST., SCHOFIELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020 WITH VISITATION FROM 2:00PM TO 3:00 PM FOLLOWED BY A 3:00 MEMORIAL SERVICE.