Lois Primus

Lois E. Primus, age 91 of Melrose, died peacefully on Thursday, March 24, 2016 in hospice care at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 29 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Meire Grove with Rev. Mitchell Bechtold officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Melrose.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Parish prayers will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Lois Evelyn Gilley was born April 16, 1924 in Bascom, Texas to Samuel and Ella (Emmons) Gilley. On April 15, 1944 she married Donald Primus at Camp Fannin in Tyler, Texas. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose and a charter member of the Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary.

Survivors include her children, Kerry (Dick) Kerfeld of Merrifield, Barbara (Charles) Robbins of Carrollton, Texas, and Anthony Primus of Portsmouth, Virginia; four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter.

Lois was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Primus on June 21, 1991; parents; two brothers and one sister; and grandson, Shawn Kerfeld.

Serving as casket bearers will be Bennett Kerfeld, Charles Robbins, Dick Kerfeld, Steven Kerfeld, Jeffrey Kerfeld, and Ralph Revermann. Cross bearer will be Joe Beckermann and scripture bearer will be Sharon Blaskowski. Gift bearers will be Kelly Revermann and Joyce Beckermann.