Lois I. Bliss

Lois I. Bliss, 68, of Brodhead, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2016, at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Monroe. She was born on April 14, 1948, in Monroe, the daughter of Roland and Iva (Burkhalter) Scoville. She married Douglas Bliss on October 19, 1996, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Brodhead.

Lois worked at Wisconsin Pretzel and Gateway Collection, both in Beloit, and County Line Beverage and Bluff View, both in Brodhead. She was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Brodhead. She enjoyed being outdoors, especially gardening, playing the piano, reading, crocheting, playing Yahtzee, and canning, and she was an animal lover.

She is survived by her husband, Douglas, of Brodhead; children, Michael (Jan) Carlson of Beloit, Cherie Carlson, of Janesville, Michelle (Brandon) Keen, of Brodhead, and honorary son Thomas Mulrooney of Janesville; grandchildren, April, Holly, Michael, and Jonathon Carlson, Savannah and Alanna Mulrooney, Cheynia Long and Rhiannon Keen; aunts, Dona Maureman and Carol (Robert) Meythaler, both of Brodhead.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and a brother, Edward Scoville.

Arrangements are pending at the D.L. Newcomer Funeral Home in Brodhead. A memorial fund will be established.

Online condolences may be made at www.dlnewcomerfuneralhome.com.