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Obituary: Rader, Lois Ari

RADER, Lois Ari (Forney) (Age 95) Born to Albert and Dora (Roberts) Forney on November 3, 1919 in Cedaredge, Colorado, the sixth of eight children.

She passed away peacefully in Spokane on November 29, 2014.

Lois moved with her family to Oroville, WA in 1926 where she attended school and graduated from Oroville High School in 1938.

She lived and worked in Oroville until her mother’s death in 1948 when she moved to Spokane.

She met the love of her life, Robert W. Rader as they worked together at Armour Meat Co. in Spokane.

They were married on November 20, 1953.

Mom enjoyed being a homemaker, a mother and was devoted to her family.

She was a wonderful cook, seamstress, gardener and she loved music!

She was active in her church, PTA, Girl Scouts and many other charitable organizations.

She loved joining our dad on his fishing and camping adventures!

After she lost her husband in 1983, she sold her home and went south to be a snowbird!

Having learned to play the accordion, she played with several groups in Yuma as well as Project Joy here at home.

In her retirement years, she loved spending time with her grandchildren who adored her.

She is survived by two daughters Barbara (Brian) Atterton of Cedar Hills, UT and Tammy (Jim) Barr of Spokane; two brothers Merlin and Virgil Forney; 8 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and three brothers.

A special thank you to the staff at Brookdale Place at Harbor Glen and Hospice of Spokane for their compassionate care of our mother in her last days.

Visitation will be 10AM-5PM on Thursday followed by a Funeral Service at 11AM Friday December 5, 2014 at Heritage Funeral Chapel.

Memorial contributions may be made to Shriner’s Hospital in Spokane.