LOIS KOHRT
Funeral services for Lois
Kohrt, 84, of Aurelia, will be 10:30 Monday, December 12, 2005 at the
Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Richard Arndt
officiating. Burial will be in the River View Cemetery, Rock Rapids,
Iowa. Visitation will be Sunday from 1:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., with the
family present from 2:00 to 5:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.
Lois died Wednesday, December 7,
2005, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.
Lois Maxine Follett was born
September 6, 1921, to Edwin and Minnie (Filbrandt) Follett at Granite
Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was raised in Rock
Rapids, Iowa, and graduated from Central Lyon High School in 1940. She
received her RN degree from the Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in
Sioux City in 1943.
Lois married her high school
sweetheart, Forrest Jesse Kohrt, on October 10, 1942 in Chicago during
World War II. They were married for 63 years. They lived in Garner and
Knoxville before coming to the Cherokee area in 1954. Four years later
they moved to a farm just outside of Aurelia where they lived for 28
years until moving into Aurelia in 1986. She loved nursing and provided
excellent care, leadership, and staff training at Sioux Valley Memorial
Hospital for over 30 years. She served as the head nurse for obstetrics
and helped develop and supervise the cardiac care unit. Lois retired in
1982. She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church, and served
the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and provided home visitation as a
Stephen’s Ministry leader. Since retirement she remained active with
church activities including Stephen’s Ministries and the Ladies Aid.
She crocheted many booties and hats for the infants at the hospital and
church. Lois enjoyed playing bridge and golf, needlepoint, and spending
time with her family. Recently, Lois was honored to become a member of
the Red Hat Ladies Society, and thoroughly enjoyed the activities and
camaraderie.
Preceding Lois in death were her
parents, and one brother, Roger Follett.
Survivors
include her husband Forrest, their children; Bill Kohrt of Rochester,
MN, Alan and his wife Lois Kohrt of Atlanta, GA, Stanley and his wife
Nancy Kohrt of Guthrie, OK, and Cindy Hilsabeck of Strawberry Point, IA,
sixteen grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert
Follett of Minneapolis, MN, and one sister-in-law, Cherry Follett of San
Mateo, CA, and other relatives and friends.
