Lois M. Stawicki, 81, of East Moline, passed away Sunday August 18, 2019 at Genesis Medical Center (Illini) in Silvis.

Funeral services will be 10:00AM Friday August 23, 2019 at Christ United Methodist Church in East Moline. A visitation will be held from 5-7PM Thursday August 22, 2019 at Van Hoe Funeral Home, Ltd., in East Moline where memorials may be made to The Alzheimer's Association or Christ United Methodist Church Food Pantry. Interment will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens – East Moline.

Lois was born July 15, 1938 in Astoria, a daughter of Herman and Frances (Geiman) Ward. She graduated from UT High School, class of 1957 and married James Peters, in 1959. He passed away in 1980. She later married Lawrence Stawicki in 1982, and he preceded her in death in 1992. Lois was a secretary for several companies in the Quad-City area for many years. She had volunteered at Alternatives, the Meal Site at Colona House, and most recently, at the gift shop at Illini Hospital. She loved decorating cakes, which started as a hobby and ended as a part-time business, camping, and fishing. She was a member of TOPS, where she became a COPS. Lois was a giver and loved the colors red and purple.

Survivors include: her children: Brenda (Roger) Newman of Colona, and Bruce Peters of Winnemucca, NV; a granddaughter: Alyssa (Bryan) Dickinson of Texas; 3-great-grandchildren: Alexis, Brooklynn, and Bentley;  step-children, Debra Boone, Silvis, June (Chuck) Bonneville, Burnsville ,MN, Sam (Jill) Stawicki, East Moline, Carol Cline, FL, Tom Stawicki, Rock Island, and Wanda (Kerry) Steward, Coal Valley; 10 step grandchildren; 7 step great grandchildren; sister-in-law: Darlene Ward of Silvis, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, brother: Willard Ward, and sister: Barb Smith; she was also preceded by a longtime close friend, Dennis Converse, in April of this year.

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Thursday, August 22, 2019 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Van Hoe Funeral Home 1500 Sixth Street East Moline, Illinois 61244

Friday, August 23, 2019 10:00 AM

Christ United Methodist Church 3801 7th St East Moline, IL 61244