Lois Ann Ehling age 80 of Clinton, IL passed away at 11:16 AM on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at Farmer City Rehab and Health Care, Farmer City IL. Her funeral service will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington, IL. Pastor David Dunlop will be officiating. Burial will be at East Lawn Cemetery, Bloomington, IL. Her visitation will be 4:00 PM-7:00 PM Monday December 4, 2023, at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington, IL. The family suggests memorials be made to Christ Lutheran Church, Christ Lutheran Church, 701 S. Mulberry St., Clinton, IL.

Lois was born August 15, 1943, in Bloomington, IL the daughter of Wayne R. and Kathryn Sena Peterson Hobart. She married Dean “Pete” Ehling on April 22, 1960, in Normal, IL. He survives.

Also surviving are her 3 grandchildren, Tyler (Jessica) Shoemaker, Clinton, IL, Brittany (Delayne) Durdle, Green Valley, IL, Austin (Sylena) Shoemaker, Bloomington, IL, 4 great-grandchildren and her sister, Marcia Hoeft, Mt. Vernon, IL

Lois is preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Stephanie Kay Shoemaker 2 infant children, Terri Sue Ehling and Jeffrey Dean Ehling, 1 brother, Steven Hobart and a half-brother Junior Hobart.

Lois was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Clinton, IL. She had done volunteer work with 4-H in McLean and DeWitt Counties she also had volunteered at a nursing home and hospital in Louisiana and at the hospital in Clinton, IL. Lois worked for many years in the printing business and later at State Farm Insurance Company, Bloomington.  She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother.  She will be missed by all who knew her.