Lois Betsy Felker

Lois went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 9, 2012. Lois was the third-born child of Clarence and Elgia Martinson. She is survived by her oldest brother Howard Martinson of California, Sister Phyllis Syverson of Kent, WA, and brother Don of Orting, WA. Lois spent her early years on a farm in Arlington, South Dakota. She attended a one room country school. The school was for kids from first through eighth grade. The entire school had only 13 students. After several years of farming, Lois’s Dad sold their farm and began hauling livestock to Souix Falls Stockyards. When Lois was in the 7th Grade, her Dad purchased a new home in Seattle and moved the family there. Growing up, she did quite abit of babysitting and as a teenager worked at the Lewis and Clark Theater . She attended Foster High School, there she would meet and marry her high school sweetheart, Richard Lee Felker. They married on August 7, 1959. Her first child Ron was born one day after her 19th birthday then two and a half years later she gave birth to her daughter, Sharon. Richard and Lois purchased a home in Orting, WA where they lived in the same home for about 20 years. Lois worked cleaning houses for many years, both new construction homes and homes with families. She started attending Orting Assembly of God Church in 1978, after commiting her life to Jesus Christ. Through the years she attended Bible Study Fellowship. In 1988 she and Richard sold their Orting home, and built a new home in Edgewood, WA. Lois enjoyed flower gardening very much. Her yard was always well kept and beautiful. Lois enjoyed lots of different craft projects, and later in life she began making quilts. She loved looking at fabric and putting it together in beautiful quilts. Lois had a total of five grandchildren. Erik, Michael, Anthony, Bradley, and Curtis . She would often collect all five of the grandkids and keep them for the day. Sometimes they would all go to the park, and then go to “Grandma’s and Papa’s” to make biscuits for dinner, use the sewing machine and shoot the bb guns, were just a few of the things to do there. Lois was a warm and caring person. She loved her family, she hosted many family gatherings at their Edgewood home. She was a awesome Mother and Grandmother. She knew how to love deeply and give generously. She is gone but not forgotten.