Lois Zuelke

Lois M. Zuelke, 94, of Stratford, peacefully passed away on Monday, May 27, 2024, at VitaCare Assisted Living in Stratford.

A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 15, at Hope Lutheran Church in the Town of Frankfort with Pastor Andrew Cave presiding. There will be visitation from 10 a.m. until the service time at church. Burial will follow in Zion Lutheran Cemetery on Hwy. 153, next to her parents. Sauter/ Rembs Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Lois was born May 16, 1930, in the Town of Eau Pleine, Marathon County, to Henry and Marie (Klumb) Zuelke. The fourth of six children, Lois attended school at Drake, later graduating from Stratford High School. She graduated Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis, and then she received her teaching degree from Iowa City University in 1969. She taught in Fennimore for five years. She later moved to Beloit where she taught at a Montessori School. In 1985 she moved back to Stratford to take care of her aging parents, continuing to work as an elementary school teacher at a Montessori School in Wisconsin Rapids.

Lois had a creative soul and a love of nature. From her home on the river she enjoyed walking, and observing the local wildlife. And as the river froze over into winter, it too would become a walking path for Lois. In her free time, she had tried her hand at just about every artistic endeavor from crafting lampshades to knitting to pottery.

Lois is survived by her brother, Larry (Nancy) Zuelke of Menomonee Falls, and many nieces & nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings: Ruth (Alden) Olson, Arthur (Dolores) Zuelke, Robert (Arlene) Zuelke and Anne Zuelke.

Memorials may be made to the Marie Zuelke Foundation (a scholarship fund to assist a local high school graduate).

The Zuelke family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to VitaCare Assisted Living Center for the love and care you have given to Lois.

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