Lois Mae Buist

GEDCOM Note

Lois Mae Thorpe Buist— We are very grateful that after 29 and a half years of separation, Lois is reunited with her sweetheart Charlie. Lois passed away peacefully in Salt Lake City on Sept.13, 2002, from complications associated with Alzheimer's disease. Lois was born on May 30, 1917 to John H. and Elizabeth Fife Thorpe in Logan, Utah, the youngest of seven daughters. She married Charles Buist on June 3, 1936, in the Logan Temple. Lois led a full and complete life and was ready to return home. She will be remembered for her warm and gracious nature and her Christ-like service. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in various ward and stake callings in relief society, primary and sunday school. She was involved in music all of her life both as a member and director of ward and stake choirs, and was a member of a trio that sang at many socials, church outings and funerals. Lois learned to garden from her father and always had a large vegetable garden and beautiful flowers around her home. One of her greatest joys was sharing produce from her garden with everyone. She may have been best known for her talents as a candy maker and cook. She won numerous ribbons, including five grand champion awards in the Cache County Fair over a 15-year period and was state candy champion in 1957. Lois' work experience included dipping chocolates at the Blue Bird and Jensen's Candy Factory for many years. She found great fulfillment serving as house keeper at the president's home at Utah State University for more than 10 years. She enjoyed the out of doors and joined her family on many hunting and fishing outings. Her greatest joy was her family and many friends. Lois was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, six sisters and their husbands and one granddaughter. She is survived by her three sons and their wives, Richard and Lura, John and Karen, Keith and Shirley, and 13 grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. The family expresses great appreciation to the staff at the Sunshine Terrace Day Care Center in Logan, the Light of Heaven home in Salt Lake City and Vista Care Hospice for their loving care of Lois. There will be a viewing at Allen-Hall Mortuary in
Logan on Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the Logan 14th ward, 94 W. 600 South, from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. The funeral services will then begin at noon in the Logan 14th ward. Interment will be at the Logan Cemetery following the funeral services. In lieu of flowers, you may make a contribution in Lois' name to the Alzheimer's Research Foundation or the Sunshine Terrace Foundation. [The Herald Journal, 15 September 2002]