Lois was born in Santa Clara, CA on December 16, 1930 to John and Florence Manley. Her family moved shortly thereafter to Olympia, Washington, where she graduated from high school in 1948. Lois married William ”Bill” Kay in 1950, and moved to Toledo in 1956, settling in Newport three years later. She and Bill had seven children together, lived very active lives and later divorced in 1978. It was then that Lois met Vern Wheeler and they were married from October 1980 until his passing in 2008. While raising a large family, she worked with a number of local companies, including J.C. Market, Central Lincoln PUD, and Maxi’s clothing store.
Lois touched many people in her community, both with her passion for life and dedication to family and friends. She loved camping, cooking, gardening, gathering nature’s bounty (and preparing it in the kitchen!) and traveling around Oregon, her adopted home. She was an enthusiastic member of her women’s bowling team, a proud member of the Red Hat Lady’s Group and a devoted Catholic for much of her life. In 2016, she began attending services at the non-denominational South Beach Church. Each morning she awoke looking forward to what adventures the day would hold, and what friends – new and old – she’d get to share those adventures with.
Lois is survived by her children from her first marriage—Mike, Robert, Bruce (Susie), Scott, Casey (Trish), and Nancy; and grandchildren Tyson, Josh, Sara, Steven, Robbie, Dallas, Levi, Ella, and Riley. She was preceded in death by her father John Manley in 1985, her mother Florence in 1997, and her daughter Jeni in 1998.
Lois touched many people in her community, both with her passion for life and dedication to family and friends. She loved camping, cooking, gardening, gathering nature’s bounty (and preparing it in the kitchen!) and traveling around Oregon, her adopted home. She was an enthusiastic member of her women’s bowling team, a proud member of the Red Hat Lady’s Group and a devoted Catholic for much of her life. In 2016, she began attending services at the non-denominational South Beach Church. Each morning she awoke looking forward to what adventures the day would hold, and what friends – new and old – she’d get to share those adventures with.
Lois is survived by her children from her first marriage—Mike, Robert, Bruce (Susie), Scott, Casey (Trish), and Nancy; and grandchildren Tyson, Josh, Sara, Steven, Robbie, Dallas, Levi, Ella, and Riley. She was preceded in death by her father John Manley in 1985, her mother Florence in 1997, and her daughter Jeni in 1998.
Lois was born in Santa Clara, CA on December 16, 1930 to John and Florence Manley. Her family moved shortly thereafter to Olympia, Washington, where she graduated from high school in 1948. Lois married William ”Bill” Kay in 1950, and moved to Toledo in 1956, settling in Newport three years later. She and Bill had seven children together, lived very active lives and later divorced in 1978. It was then that Lois met Vern Wheeler and they were married from October 1980 until his passing in 2008. While raising a large family, she worked with a number of local companies, including J.C. Market, Central Lincoln PUD, and Maxi’s clothing store.
Lois touched many people in her community, both with her passion for life and dedication to family and friends. She loved camping, cooking, gardening, gathering nature’s bounty (and preparing it in the kitchen!) and traveling around Oregon, her adopted home. She was an enthusiastic member of her women’s bowling team, a proud member of the Red Hat Lady’s Group and a devoted Catholic for much of her life. In 2016, she began attending services at the non-denominational South Beach Church. Each morning she awoke looking forward to what adventures the day would hold, and what friends – new and old – she’d get to share those adventures with.
Lois is survived by her children from her first marriage—Mike, Robert, Bruce (Susie), Scott, Casey (Trish), and Nancy; and grandchildren Tyson, Josh, Sara, Steven, Robbie, Dallas, Levi, Ella, and Riley. She was preceded in death by her father John Manley in 1985, her mother Florence in 1997, and her daughter Jeni in 1998.
Lois touched many people in her community, both with her passion for life and dedication to family and friends. She loved camping, cooking, gardening, gathering nature’s bounty (and preparing it in the kitchen!) and traveling around Oregon, her adopted home. She was an enthusiastic member of her women’s bowling team, a proud member of the Red Hat Lady’s Group and a devoted Catholic for much of her life. In 2016, she began attending services at the non-denominational South Beach Church. Each morning she awoke looking forward to what adventures the day would hold, and what friends – new and old – she’d get to share those adventures with.
Lois is survived by her children from her first marriage—Mike, Robert, Bruce (Susie), Scott, Casey (Trish), and Nancy; and grandchildren Tyson, Josh, Sara, Steven, Robbie, Dallas, Levi, Ella, and Riley. She was preceded in death by her father John Manley in 1985, her mother Florence in 1997, and her daughter Jeni in 1998.
Gravesite Details
Her ashes were scattered in Yaquina Bay, within view of the family home, in the presence of her family.
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