Lois M (Dreher) Lien

Lois M. (Dreher) Lien, age 91, Clark, died peacefully on Friday evening, December 1, 2017 in the Clark Care and Rehabilitation Center where she had resided since Wednesday the 29th.

Visitation will be held on Monday, December 4th from 4-6PM at the Furness Funeral Home Chapel at Clark and will continue at 10AM Tuesday in the Chapel.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 5th at 11AM in the Furness Funeral Home Chapel at Clark with Pastor Mark Tracy officiating.  Dorothy Fuller will be the pianist with a granddaughter, Jennifer LaValley singing.   The staff of the Fay Wookey Assisted Living Center and Louann Streff should consider themselves as honorary casketbearers.  The active casketbearers will be Tim Smith, Derek Yungtum, Andrew Feterl, Dustin LaValley, Mark Luckhurst, Steve Dreher and Ron Miller.  A luncheon will follow in the funeral home reception area.  A private burial will be held following the luncheon in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Clark.

She was born Lois Mae Nogelmeier on April 28, 1926 at Willow Lake, the daughter of George and Martha (Grensberg) Nogelmeier.  Lois attended school in Washington Township #40, SE of Willow Lake.  In 1944 she graduated from Willow Lake High School.  Following high school, she attended and graduated from General Beadle College in Madison with a teaching certificate.  Lois taught country school in Lake and Collins Township for 6 years.

On September 19, 1944 she was united in marriage to Earl Dreher at The Hague Lutheran Church (WELS) near Willow Lake.  She was an active member of the Church, teaching Sunday School and a stay at home mom to Arlene and Larry.  In 1961 the couple moved to a farm closer to Clark and then in 1973 they moved into Clark.  Lois worked for the ASCS office from 1961-1982.  Earl died on February 18, 1983.

On April 3, 1987 she married Robert Lien of Garden City.  They lived in Clark.  In May of 2003 they moved into the apartments at the Wookey Center.  He died on October 27. 2005.  Lois has continued living at the Wookey Center until a few days ago.  Besides her love of visiting, being with her family, she had a love in her of collecting, anything from Watt Ware to Clark County memorabilia, to dishes.  Lois thoroughly enjoyed a good conversation of collecting, joy as she would say!

Survivors include her children, Arlene (Lyle) Meester of Omaha, NE, and Larry (Vickie) Dreher of Clark, grandchildren, Kimberly (Derek) Yungtum, Kristin (Andy) Feterl, Jennifer (Dustin) LaValley, Melissa (Tim) Smith, and Amy Dreher, great-grandchildren, Grace, Duncan, Lucas, Ethan, Ian, Adyson, Ben, Samantha, and Lincoln.  She also leaves siblings, Audrey Harding of Lake Norden, and Harold (Lucy) Nogelmeier of Watertown.  Also surviving are Robert Liens families, including a grandson, Mark (Pam) Luckhurst of Huron.

Preceding her in death were her parents, husbands, Earl Dreher and Robert Lien, siblings, Ruth and Loren, a brother-in-law, Warren Harding, and a sister-in-law, Bev Nogelmeier.

The Furness Funeral Home of Clark is serving the family where there is an on-line registry at www.furnessfuneralhome.com