Lois Beres

Lois Beres, 90, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away peacefully on September 30, 2021. Visitation will be at McGilley State Line Chapel, 12301 State Line Road, on Monday, October 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Rosary will be prayed at 7:00. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church, 8941 James A. Reed Road, Kansas City, MO 64138 on Tuesday, October 12 at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Regis Academy and Villa St. Francis Catholic Care Center, 16600 W. 126th St., Olathe, KS 66062.

Lois was born in 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA to Eustace and Margaret Steimer. Lois was Valedictorian of the class of 1948 at Baldwin High School. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Duquesne University in 1952. Following graduation, she married George Beres in 1953, who was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary before his death in 2013.

Lois was a member of St. Regis Church, TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), NARFE (National Association of Retired Federal Employees) as she worked at the IRS as a Tax Examiner for over 20 years; and the Serra Club of South KC. In all these organizations, she was always willing to assume a position of leadership and service.

Lois was a talented seamstress and artist; she loved old musicals, especially “The Music Man”. People will remember her for her kind, gentle ways. She was an amazing person who never said anything bad about anyone – and was always there to help everyone. She was a good listener and a good friend. The world is a better place because she was in it. Lois is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Helen Steimer; and sister-in-law, Nancy Toomey.

A beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Lois is survived by her children, Nancy Griffin and Vicki Hornick; grandchildren, Jacob (Cortney) Horsley, Elizabeth (Christian) Boyle, Amanda (Wes) Bergmann and Shawn (Rachel) Hornick; great-grandchildren Bax and Bo; sisters-in-law Doris Ayoob, Mary Helen Garvey and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank Villa St. Francis and Catholic Community Hospice for their wonderful care.