Lois (Lundy) Vanmeter Reeves

Lois Irene VanMeter Reeves, the oldest of eleven children of Stephen and Viola Mae (Cooper) Lundy, was born on November 9, 1921, in Shenandoah, Iowa. The family lived in various communities in Southwest Iowa, while their father worked as a farm hand. They eventually settled in Sidney where Lois graduated from high school in 1940. She worked at Crawford's Funeral Home, caring for the children during services.

Lois married George Henry VanMeter on September 1, 1940, and they made their home in Shenandoah until moving to Harlan, Iowa. George worked on a farm and Lois was a cook for the helping hands. While in Harlan, their son, Thomas Harold, was born. They lived in Randolph, Tabor, and Malvern, where they lived for 20 years.

George passed away November 7, 1968. Lois attended cosmetology school in Nebraska City, then to Lincoln, Nebraska. She then returned to Nebraska City to work in a beauty salon.

Lois and Anderson Reeves were married on November 9, 1975 in Sidney, Iowa. She started her own salon, Midway Beauty Salon, in her home in Sidney in 1983. They moved to Pacific Junction, Iowa where Lois was a member of the Pacific Junction Methodist Church. Anderson passed away in 1991. Lois moved to Glenwood in 1992. Due to her health, she moved to the Red Oak Good Samaritan Home in 2009.

Lois loved working in her beauty salon; gardening, sewing, and she adored her grandchildren.

Lois passed away at Good Samaritan on May 24, 2011 at the age of 89 years, 6 months, and 15 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband George VanMeter; husband Anderson Reeves; infant brother, Glen Lundy; brothers, Marvin, Lorin, and William Lundy.

Lois is survived by her son, Harold Van Meter and wife Janice of Red Oak; grandchildren, Christine Adams and husband Dwayne, and Brian VanMeter and wife Tammi, all of Emerson, IA; great grandchildren, Heather and Shane Adams, and Hayden and Katie VanMeter, all of Emerson; sisters, Helen Boomer of Glenwood, and Linda Moyer and husband Wayne of Riverton, IA; brothers, Robert Lundy and wife Jerri of California, Duane Lundy and wife Doris of Valley, NE, Jim Lundy and wife Ruth, and Darrell and wife Sherrie, all of Glenwood; sisters-in-law, Peggy Lundy of Pacific Junction and Betty Lundy of Arkansas; step children and step grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

A memorial fund has been established.