In loving memory of Lois Anna Fedrau, who passed away on January 23rd 2022, at home. She left on her own terms surrounded by her family, playing music and telling her stories.
Lois was born on her mother Mildred’s’s birthday on March 3rd, 1930 in St Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She was the youngest of 3 children. Her siblings were Shirley and Don. Her father, Duncan Dewar worked as a CNR agent so they moved a lot, living in 10 different towns while she was growing up.
After completing Grade 12, she attended Normal School in Saskatoon and became a teacher. She taught school in several different towns, starting in Raymore district at Flanders Country School, a one room schoolhouse with students from grade 1 to grade 9. She then taught in Eastend, Regina and Saskatoon. When she was about to start her assignment in Saskatoon, she fell ill with polio and spent 2 months in an isolation room shared with an 11 month old baby in City hospital. Her recovery was helped by her determination to get better and by January, she was able to go back to teaching. A couple of years later, she met Abe Fedrau and they married shortly afterward, eventually moving to Watrous. While there, she taught a kindergarten class and made many life long friends.
Abe and Lois had 5 children; Patti, Wendy, Donald, Bonnie and Michelle. Before Michelle was born, they moved to Grande Prairie for 3 years, then back to Watrous where they remained for good.
Lois was an integral part of the community, involved in many organizations; Kinettes, U.C.W., CGIT leader, Women’s Golf, Prairie Reflection History Book Commitee, and the Red Hatters. She was a substitute teacher at the elementary school when her children were young and continued to volunteer for many school activities such as sports, band and choir. She had many other interests including games, puzzles, curling, golfing, sewing, quilting, knitting, reading and was a supporter of the fine arts. In her 80’s and 90’s Lois knit preemie toques and sewed blankets for the RUH NICU and was interviewed by CTV news in 2016 as a result of a social post going viral, demonstrating what a positive role model she was.
Lois was devoted to family and was a kind, fair and loving mother. Quoting her niece Carol, “a fun loving person, who brought grace and originality and a new sort of spark to the entire Fedrau clan.” She put her creative and organizational talents to good use when she decided to research and create histories and family trees for both the Fedrau and the Dewar families.
Lois is the last of her generation. She is survived by her children, Patti Fedrau (John Smith), Wendy Thomson (Eldon), Donald Fedrau (Mieko), Bonnie Fedrau, Michelle Fedrau (Elise Brust) and her grandchildren, Bogart Giner, Cassidy Bishop (Jill), Delaney Thomson, Yuko Fedrau, Rio Fedrau and her great grandchildren, Oliver and Abel Bishop.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Watrous United Church, Watrous, Saskatchewan in the Summer of 2022.
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Lois Fedrau Sunday January 23rd 2022..
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Death notice for the town of: Watrous, Province: Saskatchewan