Lois was born to Eva Elizabeth Landgraf Boerner and Dallas Tripp Boerner on February 11, 1937 in Herring, Iowa. She passed away on March 25, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado with her family at her bedside.
Lois grew up on Iowa farms and worked alongside her father in the fields. She graduated from Odebolt, IA High School in 1955. After graduation, she attended secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska and worked for a Union Pacific advertising agency as a secretary for 7 years.
While in Omaha, Lois met her husband Burdette and they were married on May 14, 1960. They moved to Colorado Springs, CO in 1968. After raising her family, Lois returned to work for the School District 11 as the head secretary at Lincoln Elementary School for 20 years and retired in 1997.
After retirement, Lois and Burdette loved to travel in their fifth wheel trailer and were also members of the Ute Bobcats Chapter of Colorado Family Campers and RVers for the past 39 years.
Lois was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, CO and enjoyed donating her services to various church activities.
In her spare time, Lois enjoyed gardening and loved to play golf and throw horseshoes. She enjoyed attending Colorado Rockies games and also her granddaughters’ many sporting events.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Dallas and Eva Boerner.She is survived by her husband, Burdette Benson of Colorado Springs; daughter, Connie Teubner (husband, Gordon) of Centennial, CO; grandchildren, Kristin, Kellie and Kaitlyn Teubner; sister-in-law, Mavis Benson of Kiron, IA; nephew, Curtis Benson (wife, Cindy) and their family of Omaha, NE.
A Memorial Service will be held at 1:30 PM on Friday, March 30, 2012 at First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Deacon’s Fund. 219 E. Bijou Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903.
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