Lois E. Winkler, 83

Lois E. Winkler, 83, formerly of Fort Calhoun, died on Feb. 14, 2012, in Oklahoma City, Okla.

A memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church. Interment will be private.

Lois Elaine Sievers was born Jan. 1, 1929, in Omaha to Richard and Clara (Klindt) Sievers, formerly of Fort Calhoun.

She attended schools in Fort Calhoun and attended the University of Nebraska where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority.

On March 14, 1950, she married William "Bill" Eugene Winkler in Omaha.

They have lived in Oklahoma City since 1970. During that time, she was a member of Our Lord's Lutheran Church and was past president of the Oklahoma City Geophysical Auxiliary. She was also involved in Meals on Wheels and served as a volunteer at Deaconess Hospital.

She is survived by her husband, Bill; four children and their spouses, Julie and Al Kansa, Janice and Dwight DuBois, Richard and Pam Winkler, and Ellen and Richard Orthwein; grandchildren, Mike and Lara Kansa, David DuBois and his wife Cori, Anna DuBois, step-grandson, Steve Chase and his wife, Sarah, Amy and Stacy Winkler, Joseph and Emily Orthwein; great-grandchildren, Eli and Rory Chase.

She was preceded in death by her sisters, Emilie Sievers and Carol Sprick.

Memorials are suggested to Deaconess Hospital, attn. Cheryl Bridges, Volunteer Coordinator, 5501 N. Portland, Oklahoma City, OK 73112, or to the family.

Sievers-Sprick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.