Lois A Brockhoff

Lois [Fisher] Brockhoff came into the world July 10, 1932 in Fort Wayne Indiana the daughter of Arlie F. Fisher and Anna [Koehlinger] Fisher. For all those whose lives she touched Lois was an example of the great joy that comes from helping and caring for others. Lois did more than share the life of Lutheran ministry with her husband, Rev. Daniel A. Brockhoff. As he would remind others, she made it complete. While at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Indianapolis, IN their children Mark, Rebecca, and Michael were born. After twelve years at Our Redeemer they went to Grace Lutheran Church in Broomall PA, and, finally, to Christ the King Lutheran Church in Largo, FL. where their children Beth [Elliott] and Matthew were born. Daniel and Lois were also blessed with 11 grandchildren, Rachel, Aaron, Jessica, Ben, Zachary, Alex, Samuel, Kevin, Katharine, Amy, and John; and, 7 great-grandchildren Henry, Jane, Thomas, Ella, Aria, Lilian, and Miles.

As a young girl Lois got a paper route to earn enough money for the few ‘extras’ Ft. Wayne Indiana had to offer after a World War. Life was good with the occasional 40 cent movie ticket or a pair of saddle shoes. When she wanted to go to Lutheran High School and her parents said she would have to earn her own tuition money she became a car hop at the ‘Orange House’. At Concordia High School Lois met her future husband, Daniel. He liked to relate how “...I saw her for the first time from a window of the Cruell Hall dorm the first day she arrived on campus as a freshman!” Their children later came to suspect this was as close as people with German Lutheran backgrounds dared to admitting “love at first-sight.” She graduated from Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, IL, taught for 6 months in Detroit, and the two were married in Fort Wayne, IN July 10, 1954. For many years she loved being a substitute teacher. On those few occasions when her assigned classroom included one of her own children it was, for her child, a stressful day and, for Lois, highly entertaining. Her love of music was endless. It remains a mystery how she found time to join community choirs to sing Handel’s “Messiah” while also caring for children, setting up communion trays Saturday nights, and typing sermons into the early Sunday morning hours. If you were her child or grandchild and she drove you anywhere - you learned how to sing. While some may remember Lois as the Pastor’s wife, far more were touched by her kindness in private ways that were her real sources of joy. She would arrange housing, furnishings, and jobs when an immigrant family was sponsored. She would drive those who were unable to their medical and hair appointments, bring groceries, or stop for a visit. She never had to be asked. It was, simply, who she was. Lois never spoke of these things, but she remembered and was always grateful for those who, in difficult times throughout her life, were there for her.

Lois and her husband Dan enjoyed lives blessed by their faith, their family, a joy in caring for others, and by all those who cared for them along the way.

Graveside funeral service will be held Sunday, September 3, 2023 at Serenity Funeral Home, 13401 Indian Rocks Road Largo, FL.

In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to support Ruth’s Promise program at Prince of Peace (https://poplargo.org/ruthspromise/) and the First Lutheran Arts Series (https://www.flcsf.org/lankfordarts)