Obituary of Lois I. Liverance

November 15, 1924 - November 26, 2017

Lois Liverance, age 93 of Southgate. 

Attended Trinity Lutheran Grade school and was a graduate of Wyandotte Roosevelt High class of 1942. Attended Valparaiso University in Indiana. Longtime member of Christ the King Lutheran Church. Beloved wife of Howard G. Liverance. Loving mother of Alan Turski and Marcus Liverance (Elaine). Grandmother of Marisa and Cora. Stepmother of Moira O’Brien, Warren Liverance, Marty Liverance, Eric Liverance and Elaine Hayes. Sister of Fay Richter. Preceded in death by parents John and Ida Schave and sister Rhoda Marynowski.

FAMILY TRIBUTE


Lois grew up in the house she lived in, 13149 Sycamore, and walked to Trinity Lutheran Grade School with sisters Rhoda and Fay, relative Earl Juchartz, who lived next door and whose father built their house from a barn he tore down from his farm. Walter Bush was in her class and his mother would pick them up sometimes the first year while they sat in the back of their green pickup truck.
    She attended Trinity on Oak & 5th, then Roosevelt High School, graduating in 1942. She worked at JB Fords for 2 years, was a Red Cross nurse’s aid, played in the orchestra with Jack Downing, and was in the choir at Trinity and Walther League. She decided to go to Valparaiso University in Indiana for a year, to see what she was missing, returned home and worked for an Oldsmobile dealer, Art Quantrell, on Eureka in Wyandotte.  Lois married, and had sons Alan and Marcus.
    Musically inclined, Lois took piano lessons from Eleanor Haack when she was 12, while Fay took violin, and Rhoda took piano and voice. When 13, she took piano and violin lessons from Jack Downing. She and her sister, Fay, played many duets at teas, banquets, and received points for our letter, then gold pins and played in pit orchestra at Roosevelt High. At an Elderhostel in Virginia, she even made a dulcimer. 
     Lois was an avid stamp collector and collected coins as well. She also did a lot of research on her genealogy and gathered up volumes of documents that she would share at family reunions. In the 1980’s, she became an “Avon lady” and sold Avon products to  neighbors and friends. She did so well, that she became a member of the Avon President’s Club. Lois was involved in church and other organizations such as the Wyandotte Historical Society and Downriver Genealogical Society. She loved to travel and take pictures. She continued to play violin duets with Fay into their 80’s at church and other gatherings. She always enjoyed singing and could remember words to songs well into her final days.  
     Lois would of liked to be remembered as a loving, giving person and will be greatly missed.