Lois Jane Burger
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September 28, 1927 - May 12, 2023
Lois Jane Burger (Blase), age 95, passed away peacefully May 12, 2023 at the Villa Grace Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Ellsworth, KS , following a stroke in January. Previous to January, she had been living at the Good Samaritan Assisted Living since April of 2019.
She was born September 28, 1927, to Louis and Concordia Blase of Sylvan Grove, KS.
She graduated from Sylvan Grove High School in May of 1945.
She was married to her high school sweetheart, Merle D. Burger, on September 29, 1946, just five months following Merle’s return from WWII, and discharge from the United States Navy in April of 1946. Merle & Lois had three children, Cheryl, Gregory & Barbara.
They made their home on the old August Reimer farm, north of Sylvan Grove, KS, for 52 years, before moving to Lucas, Ks in August of 1998.
Lois worked along side Merle for over 50 years helping where she could with the farm work. This included raising chickens, gathering eggs, feeding calves, driving grain trucks during harvest and taking meals to the field. The hired help especially enjoyed wheat harvest, just for the meals Lois prepared and took to the fields. Her family will attest that she was a great cook!
While living on the farm, Lois always looked forward to her monthly meeting with the ladies in “The Thursday Club,” where there was a lot of quilting, (she loved making quilts) cross stitch, sewing , eating desserts, and girl talk.
After moving to Lucas in 1998, Lois (who always loved to play games and cards), joined “The Bunco Club,” which was similar to Thursday Club, sans the sewing. She also met regularly with the Gloria Dei ladies for bible study and kept busy spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren whom she loved dearly.
Lois is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Merle D; her son Gregory; son-in-law law Roger Kvasnicka; brothers Kenneth and Raymond; sister Arlene Dohl; grandchildren Kari and Kurt Bretz and Clint Francis.
She is survived by her brother Ron (Mary) Blase of Salina; daughters Cheryl (Gordon ) Bretz and Barb Kvasnicka, all of Lucas, daughter-in-law Wilma Burger of rural Sylvan Grove; five grandchildren, Chad Burger (Terri) of Kensington, Jerome (Mandy) Burger of rural Sylvan Grove; Marcie Burger of Colby; Kyle (Jennifer) Bretz of Dover, NH; Erin (Seth) Streit of Lucas; 16 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
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