Lois Ida Cole

On November 1, 2021, Lois "Willy" Ida Willson Cole 94, peacefully joined her husband, Richard H. Cole, in the eternal heavens. Lois was born in 1927 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont; the daughter of Bernard Willson and Doris Story. A graduate of Concord School of Nursing, she meet Richard, they married on April 1, 1952, and they built and lived in their first home in Canterbury, New Hampshire, for a short few years, eventually moving to Boscawen for many more. As a mother of five children, she redefined the title of "housewife and homemaker." She spent many years and made numerous memories on East Bear Island in Meredith. She was a worldly traveler, visiting country after country as she and Richard crisscrossed the globe. In their later years, the couple called Vero Beach, Florida and Bow, New Hampshire, their homes. Predeceased by Richard, her legacy is carried on through her daughters Susan Korjagin and husband Tony, Nancy Mayo and husband Michael, Kathryn Sampson and husband Mark, and her sons Stephen Cole and wife Nancy Talbott and Michael Cole and his wife Melinda. Along with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Lois leaves us with sadden hearts but loving memories. Bennett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, and her final resting place will be with Richard at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, New Hampshire.