Lois Paxton

Lois Paxton, 91, of Creston died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at Creston Specialty Care in Creston.

Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Salem Lutheran Church in Creston with the Rev. Brian Jack officiating. Inurnment will be 9:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Iowa Veteran’s Cemetery in Van Meter. Visitation with family present will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at Pearson Family Funeral Service and Cremation Center, 809 W. Montgomery, in Creston. Memorials may be directed to Care Initiatives Hospice, Juvenile Diabetes Association or American Cancer Society. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Lois Jane Paxton, daughter of Lester Hunter and Effie Louise (Wilson) Steen, was born June 7, 1925, in Union County. Lois graduated from Lorimor High School with the class of 1944.

On Sept. 5, 1945, she married Dillard Ivan Paxton in Missouri. Lois worked for the Lorimor newspaper as a stenographer. She worked alongside her father, who owned “The Lorimorian.”

Lois was member of American Legion Auxiliary, Fred N. Davis Lorimor Post No. 96 in Lorimor and Salem Lutheran Church the last 10 years. Previously, Lois was a member of Lutheran churches in College Station, Texas, and Winterset.

Lois is survived by her daughters, Melinda (Lane) Siefkas of Peru and Marchelle (Jim) Camp of Peru; son Tony Chinnah of Dallas, Texas; six grandchildren, Ben (Carri) Camp, Dan (Katia) Burdick, Rachelle (Vern) Cashman, Tony Siefkas, Chris (Sheila) Cox and Alice Paxton; 12 great-grandchildren and sons-in-law, Ron Cox of Des Moines and Paul Burdick of Cedar Rapids.

Lois was preceded in death by her parents; husband Dillard Paxton in November 2009; brothers, Marion Steen and Gayle Steen, as an infant; great-grandson Tyler Cashman and daughters, Marcha Cox and Marlene Burdick.