Lois Jay, 91, of Creston, entered eternal rest Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at the Mt. Ayr Health Care Center. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m, Saturday, May 11, at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center. Rev. Mary O’Riley will officiate. Lois will be laid to rest in the Graceland Cemetery following the service.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society. Memories and condolences can be shared online at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.
Lois Jean (Kirkpatrick) Jay was born Oct. 10, 1932, to Dwight and Irene Kirkpatrick in Carl. Her family moved many times and she was raised in a few small towns in southwest Iowa. After her years of school, Lois worked as a teenager waitressing at the Iowana Hotel in Creston. After the Iowana, she worked as a telephone operator for Creston Mutual Telephone Co. Her job at Creston Mutual is where she met her future husband. On Sept. 14, 1957, she was united in marriage to Bill Jay. The couple was blessed with three children: Denny, Randy and Barb.
After the birth of her children, Lois was a stay-at-home mom and later ran her own in-home daycare where she cared for many kids from the community for over 20 years. She enjoyed gardening and time spent with her neighbors. She and Bill enjoyed following all of their children’s school activities and sporting events. Lois was also a Den Mother to her son’s Boy Scout troop, which she took great pride in.
Through the years, Lois and Bill enjoyed many trips to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where they would visit their son, Randy, and his family. Her greatest joy was the time she spent with her grandkids and great-grandkids.
Preceding Lois in death was her parents; her sisters: Colleen Brotherton, Carol Wynn and Diane Loomis; her brothers: Boyd and Jerry Kirkpatrick and her son, Randy Jay.
Lois is survived by her husband, Bill; her son, Denny (Camille) Jay of Bondurant; her daughter-in-law, Lizzi Jay of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and her daughter, Barb (Dan) Ide of Afton; grandchildren: Becki Esparsen, Dusty (Kristen) Jay and Billy (Deidra) Jay all of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jacque (Jake) Tripp of Lenox, Brody Jay of Creston, Garret (Kennedy) Jay of Rochester, Minnesota, Jim (Lindsay) Ide of Shannon City, Emily (Lindsay) Ide of Creston, Connor (Jamie) Short of Windsor Heights and Kelsey (Jeremy) Klein of Bondurant and great-grandchildren: Marley Cole, Ryan, Lilly, Maddox, Ellison, Brixon, Adalynn and Callahan Jay, Claire and Grant Ide, ViviAnna and Quinton Tripp and Kennedy, Natalie, Lauren and Benjamin Klein. Other survivors include her brother, Ed (Barb) Kirkpatrick of Newport News, Virginia; sister-in-law, Nina Kirkpatrick of Creston, as well as many nieces and nephews