Lois Andrewson

Lois Lorell Andrewson, 81, formerly of rural Webster, Wis., died March 31, 2017, at Burnett Medical Center Continuing Care Center in Grantsburg, Wis. Lois was born Feb. 23, 1936, to William and Hazel Volker in Minneapolis, Minn. Although she grew up as a city girl, she was able to spend many happy summers at her grandparents’ farm in Iowa. Upon her graduation from high school, she took a secretarial job at the Ghostley Poultry Farm in Anoka, Minn. She and her friends would head north to Rush City, Minn., many evenings after work to go roller-skating at Moulton’s Rollerdrome. This is where she met the love of her life, Daniel Andrewson, a farm boy from St. Croix Falls, Wis. She and Dan were married June 23, 1956, in Anoka County, Minn., and began their life together on a small farm in Alpha, Wis. Five children were born to this union. Lois was a wonderful wife and mother. Their home was marked by lots of laughter and unconditional love. When she had that twinkle in her eye, you knew she was up to something. Dan was often known to smile, shake his head and say, “That’s my wife.” Their home had a revolving door where everyone was welcome. Their children would often bring friends home for a weekend visit and those friends all called her Mom. Lois and Dan never knew who they would find sleeping on the couch in their living room on a Saturday morning. Lois was an excellent cook. There was never a shortage of food and there was always room at their table for anyone who would show up around mealtime. Her chocolate chip cookies were especially coveted by her “adopted” sons and they would often return to the Cities with an ice-cream pail full of them. Rumor has it that those cookies were sometimes gambled for in a game of Poker among the boys. Lois was a very creative woman of many talents who especially had a heart for children. She had a home day care when her children were young. All of the children loved going to Lois’ house. When Dan would get up early to milk the cows, he would sometimes find a couple of the neighbor kids waiting on the outside steps for the Andrewson kids to come out and play. Lois learned to be a ventriloquist and also had a puppet ministry for children’s church. She made sock dolls and clothes, wrote poetry and always came up with fun things to do with her grandchildren. Above all, she loved God and was a faithful prayer warrior who held her family and many others up in prayer every day. Whenever someone knew they were spared from something which could have gone terribly wrong, they attributed the positive outcome to her prayers. Lois was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dan; brothers, Lowell, Larry and Loren Volker, sisters, Lonetta Anderson and Darlene Volker; and grandchildren Samuel Watkins and Matthew Larson. She is survived by her children, Linda Hoefs of Siren, Sandra (Rick) Watkins of Lakewood, Ohio, Bob (Kelly) Andrewson, John (Tracy) Andrewson and Paul (Ardeth) Andrewson, all of Webster; grandchildren, Jeff (Hikaru) Hoefs, Mike (Alison) Hoefs, Aaron (fiancée Marley Hanson) Hoefs, Joshua Watkins, Sarah Watkins, Timothy Watkins, Nathanial Watkins, Stephen Watkins, Lydia Watkins, Hannah Watkins, Wade Sweo, Daniel Sweo, Darian Larson, Jonathan Wright and Christopher Wright; great-grandchildren, Daniel Hoefs and Victoria Wright; and many other family members and friends. A Celebration of Life service will be held Tuesday, April 4, 11 a.m., at First Baptist Church of Falun with Pastor Mike Kleven officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home in Grantsburg.