Submitted by: Dan Rich

Lois Eileen Boomhower

March 1, 1933 - June 19, 1999

South Bend Tribune 8/22/1999

Lois Eileen Boomhower, 66, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, formerly of South Bend, Ind., passed away after a sudden illness at 10:27 a.m. on Satur-day, June 19, in Jennie Ed-mundson Hospital, Council Bluffs. Mrs. Boom-hower was born on March 1, 1933, to Oris and Helen Webb. Lois was preceded in death by her parents, Oris and Helen (Sossman) Webb; and by a sister, Gloria Paluzzi. She had lived in the Michiana area most of her life, moving to Iowa two years ago. On Aug. 2, 1953, in the First English Lutheran Church, Mishawaka, Ind., as Lois Eileen Webb, she was united in marriage to James Robert Boomhower, who survives. She is also survived by two daughters, Debra Boomhower of South Bend and Lori (Gary) Kruse of Glenwood, Iowa; a son, Doug (Emily) Boomhower of Norco, Calif.; two grandchildren, Travis and Tori Kruse of Glenwood, Iowa; three step-granddaughters, Julie Spaulding of Mission, Kan., Trisha McLanahan of Chicago, Ill., and Shawna Kruse of Columbia, Mo.; a great-granddaughter, Mackenzie Spaulding of Mission; and by three brothers, Harry Webb and Roy Webb, both of South Bend, and Gene Webb of Delray Beach, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Boomhower raised their children in North Liberty, Ind., having lived there for 22 years before moving to South Bend where they remained until their 1997 move to Iowa. Lois worked side by side with her husband Jim who for many years was executive secretary for the St. Joseph County 4-H Fair. Mrs. Boomhower was a member of the First English Lutheran Church, and was a loving mother, wife and grandmother to all of her family. She will be sadly missed, but left many cherished memories. The family request that all memorials be made to the American Diabetes Association or to the American Heart Association.