Lois Wilma Ann Wilson
1938 - 2022
Lois Wilma Ann Wilson
Service Information
Service Date
Sunday June 5, 2022
Service Time
11am
Service Location
Jones Family Funeral Centre, Amherst, NS
Burial Information
Burial Date
06/05/2022
Burial Location
River Hebert Cemetery
Requested Charity
Girl Guides of Canada
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lois Wilma Ann Wilson, 83, of River Hebert, NS. Lois passed away at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre on Sunday, January 2, 2022.

Born in Stanley, NB, she was a daughter of the late William and Katherine (Pond) Jarvis.

Lois grew up in Stanley, NB. After graduating from Stanley High School, she moved to Fredericton where she worked for Sears Roebuck. While in Fredericton she met and fell in love with the love of her life Dara.

They married and moved to River Hebert to work on the family farm and started a family of their own. As the kids got older, she got involved in the Girl Guides of Canada, being a Guide leader and later a Division Commissioner and served on the Provincial Council. She was involved with the building of the Girl Guide Camp in Middleborro, NS. She also helped Dara with 4-H, who was a 4-H leader.

Lois will be dearly missed by her husband of 59 years Dara ; sons Roy (Charlene) and Eric (Colette); daughter Sheila (Gordon) and son-in-law Allan; grandchildren Christopher (Allison), Timothy (Laura), Jessica (Mitch), Brooke (Nick), Crystal (Justin), Maxine and Maggie; great grandchildren Leo, Daniel, Adam, Justin and Chelsea; brothers Bertrand (Jeanette) and Robert (Sheila); sister Areta; brother-in-law Dave and sister-in-law Bon as well as many nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents, she was predeceased by a daughter Serena, granddaughter Nicole, sisters Estella, Thelma, brothers-in-law Jim, Bill, Carl, Bill, Carl and Don and sisters-in-law Audrey, Dayle and Marg.

Arrangements are under the care and supervision of the Jones Family Funeral Centre, 70 Church Street, Amherst, NS (902-667-8777) where a funeral service will be held June 5th, 2022 at 11am. Internment will follow in the River Hebert Cemetery.

Donations in memory of Lois may be made to Girl Guides of Canada. 

Sharing of memories and condolences may be sent to the family by visiting the online memorial at www.jonesfamilyfuneralcentre.ca or through the Jones Family Funeral Centre Facebook Page.

Lois Wilma Ann Wilson