Lois
Smith, 61
Goodridge
- Lois Smith, 61, died Sunday, March 31, 2002
at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D.
Funeral
services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday,
April 4, at 
Ekelund
Lutheran Church, rural Goodridge, with Rev. Robert
Dahlen officiating. Margie Iverson will be the
organist, and the soloist will be Joe Kezar.
Casketbearers will include David Sjulestad, Sonny
Sjulestad, Roger Wheat, Allen Todd, and Howard
Sjulestad. Interment will be in Star Cemetery in
Star Township of Pennington County.
Visitation
will be held today (Wednesday, April 3) from 5 to 8
p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Green Funeral
Home in Thief River Falls. Visitation will also be
held for one hour prior to services at the
church.
Lois
May Wheat was born on May 23, 1940 in Quiring
Township of Beltrami County, the daughter of Robert
and Elsie (Caldwell) Wheat. She grew up in the
Kelliher area and attended school at Saum. In 1962,
she married James Smith and resided in Star
Township near Goodridge.
Lois
enjoyed crafts, collectible horse, porcelain dolls,
animals, ceramics, and blue grass music.
Survivors
include two daughters, Marylou (David) French of
St. Paul and Rosemary Smith of Goodridge; a son,
Jimmy Smith of Goodridge; two grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; and a sister, Evelyn Wheat of
Blackduck.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, a daughter in
infancy, her parents, and four brothers, LeRoy,
Floyd, Joe, and David.
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