Lois Heller

PIERCE – Celebration of life for Lois Heller, 87, formerly of Pierce will be held from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 4, 2024 at the Pierce Senior Center in Pierce. The event will be open-house with Rev. Scott Krohn officiating a prayer service at 10:00 a.m. In June, 2023 Lois was diagnosed with cancer. She passed away at home on December 7, 2023, in Virginia surrounded by her family. Lois will be laid to rest at the Prospect View Cemetery, rural Pierce. Stonacek Memorial Chapel in Pierce is in charge of the arrangements. Lois (Schulz) Heller was born on December 27, 1935, in Pierce, Nebraska to George and Grace (Buckendahl) Schulz. She was the second of six girls - sisters include Leoma (Alton) Fuelberth, Eileen (Rudy) Zierke, JoAnn (Don) Kubik, Donna (Gary) Zierke all in Nebraska, and Jerilyn Wardlow in Norfolk, Virginia. Lois graduated from Pierce High School in 1953. As a young woman she worked popping popcorn in the Pierce theater, at German’s grocery store, in Ed Beech’s law office and at the Pierce Creamery. In 1955 she married Dwain Heller (son of Louie and Minnie Heller) and raised two children, daughter Kim (1962) and son Kent (1964). They attended Zion Lutheran Church and School, and Lois sang in the church choir. The remainder of her career, she worked at the Pierce Telephone Company and upon retirement volunteered her time at the Pierce Senior Center. In 2012, she moved to Virginia to live with daughter Kim and son-in-law Steve Nichols. Lois’ favorite pastimes included bowling, square dancing, line dancing, clogging, tennis, and singing with the Sweet Adelines. She was an avid card and board game player and loved working on jigsaw and word search puzzles as well as online mahjong. She enjoyed traveling the U.S. and Internationally, as well as day / weekend trips spent with family and friends. She is survived by daughter Kim (Steve) Nichols; grandson Tyler (Amy) Nichols; sisters Eileen, Donna, and Jerilyn, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Dwain (1978), and son Kent (1988), and her sisters Leoma Fuelberth and JoAnn Kubik. Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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Lois Heller

December 27, 1935 - December 7, 2023