Obituary of Lois Marie McArdell

McArdell, Lois Marie 

Lois, age 93, passed away peacefully at home on May 15, 2024, surrounded by love and family. 

Lois was born to Walter and Lydia Dreyer on June 28, 1930. She married the love of her life, Royal Thomas McArdell, on June 18, 1955. They were avid square dancers for decades and forged many lifelong friendships during those years. Lois was an elegant, classy, Christian lady who loved volunteer work and valued her relationships with her family and friends above all else. She delighted in sending beautiful cards to commemorate special occasions. She hosted amazing parties and reveled in preparing delicious Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas dinners. No one could wrap a Christmas gift as expertly as she could. She and Roy traveled all over the USA with their four children, instilling in them a love of the outdoors and delight in new adventures. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought her endless joy. She was a wonderful wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, auntie, and friend, and we were all blessed to have her in our lives. 

Lois was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Norman (Ida) and Loren (Barbara), and other cherished family members and friends. She will be lovingly remembered by Roy, her husband of 68 years, sister Maggie Burmeister (Duane) and her family, daughter Kaye, daughter Janet Loucks (David), sons Daniel and Brian, grandchildren Amie, Joe, Julia, Teresa, Samantha, Zachary, Eric, and Silvio, great-grandchildren Ellie, Rowan, Andrew, and Abhi, and other family and friends whose lives she touched. 

A memorial service for Lois will be held at 11 AM on Friday, July 19 at Eastern Heights Lutheran Church, 616 Ruth St. N, St. Paul, MN, with gathering time beginning at 10 AM. Memorials preferred to the family.