Lois Edith Atteberry

Lois Edith AtteberryLoving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Lois Edith Atteberry passed away peacefully early Thursday, Sept. 25, at Ozark Nursing and Care Center. She was 92.Lois was born Oct. 3, 1921, in the Dallas County community of Tunas to Ola Nathaniel and Neva Evelyn Maddux. After the family moved to the Charity community to operate a new general store, Lois graduated from high school, then moved to Springfield to attend business college. Two years later, at 20 and the start of World War II, she rode a train from Springfield to Washington, D.C., to work in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers clerical pool, an adventure she would never forget.Returning to Charity two years later, Lois married Deryl Bernard Atteberry, a WWII veteran. Together, they owned grocery stores in Charity, then Marshfield. Lois loved to tell stories, and some of her best were about running a family business with Deryl and their two older children, Charlotte and Jim.As the era of Mom-and-Pop stores waned, Lois and Deryl moved with their younger daughter, Susan, to a farm in March, and Lois's decade as a bookkeeper for Inland Printing Co. in Springfield began, yielding more favorite stories and lifelong friends. Later, when caregiving responsibilities led her to work closer to home, Lois held jobs in banking and as a legal secretary in Buffalo until moving to Springfield in 1984.Lois loved to travel and in later years made several memorable trips, including a road trip to Florida at age 90. She also enjoyed the companionship of dear friends in her neighborhood, her National Avenue Christian Church CWF group, and her GFWC Sorosis Club. And she kept making friends, first at North Park Village in Ozark and then at Ozark Nursing and Care, where the kindness of staffs and Preferred Hospice will always be appreciated.Yet Lois's heart was always with her family, who cherish memories of her warm smile, unique wit, uncanny wisdom and wonderful cooking, not to mention the love she showed to all.Her parents, her husband, a brother, Bland Maddux, and a great-grandson, Jacob Shaffer, preceded her in death.She is survived by her brother Robert Maddux, of Lebanon, and three children and their spouses: Charlotte and Paul Shaffer, of Warrensburg; Jim and Jane Atteberry, of Ozark; and Susan and Barry Smith, of Ozark; grandchildren and great-grandchildren Aaron and Erica Shaffer (Hannah and Ben); Abigail and Scott Werneke (Arlo); Cassandra and Casey Johnson (Lucy), Matthew Atteberry; Amanda and Brian Lindsey (Jack and Kate); Molly Smith and Robert Lambright (Avery and Hunter); Walker Smith; and Lydia Smith; and beloved nieces, nephews and sisters-in-law. Services were at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29, at Charity Christian Church.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the church or to Missouri Girls Town, P.O. Box 59, Kingdom City, Mo., 65262.

Lois Edith Atteberry

October 3, 1921 - September 25, 2014