Lois Winchip age 86, died Friday March 22, 2019 at Northbrook Manor Care Center, Cedar Rapids following a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 Tuesday morning, April 2, 2019 at the Peace Church, Monticello with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery.  Friends may call after 9:30 at the church.  Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello has taken Lois and her family into their care.

Lois Carman Anderson was born October 23, 1932 in Linn County, Iowa.   She was the daughter of Beverly and Elizabeth Crawford, Anderson.   She received her education in the Anderson Country School and graduated from the Central City High School in 1951.   She married Mitchell Winchip on April 19, 1962 at Iowa City, Iowa.   The couple farmed near Scotch Grove until 1991 when they moved to Monticello.  Mitch preceded her in death on March 19, 2008.

Surviving are 3 children, Denise (Tom) Petrick, Robbins, LaVern (Garnet) Winchip, Cedar Rapids, Wanda (Rodney) Ashcraft, Avon, IN., 2 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.   She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers, Gene and Rod a sister, Betty Carl and a nephew Greg Carl.