Obituary of Lois Pins

Surviving are four daughters: Suzanne Pins, Nancy Knepper and Janice (Daniel) Smith, all of Dubuque, IA, and Audrey (James) Golden of Salinas, CA; one son, Kenneth (Kimberley) Pins of Rockville, MD; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; a brother, Neil Goerdt of Dyersville, IA; a sister-in-law, Donna Goerdt of Dyersville, IA; three brothers-in-law: Vince Pins of Des Moines, IA and George (Shirley) Pins and Cy (Doris) Pins, both of Dyersville, IA; four sisters-in-law: Mary Goedken of Monticello, IA, Eileen Pins of Dyersville, IA, Ethel Pins of Earlville, IA and Eldora Pins of Manchester, IA. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Tony; a son-in-law, Joe Knepper; a brother, Lloyd F. Goerdt; 7 sisters-in-law, Sr. Mary Ernest, OSF, Lois Pins, Therese Pins, Clara Pins, Esther Pins, Lorraine Pins and Clara Pins; 6 brothers-in-law: Bert, Jim, Mark, Louis, Jerome and Paul Pins. Lois was born on March 14, 1925 near Dyersville, Iowa, the daughter of William Bernard and Emma Bernadette (Woerdehoff) Goerdt. She graduated from St. Francis Xavier High School in the class of 1942. After graduation she worked at the Ben Franklin Store in Dyersville, at Collins Radio Company in Cedar Rapids, and at the Dyersville Commercial office. On May 25, 1948, she was united in marriage to Anthony "Tony" Pins at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville, Iowa. She began to help him in his business with Three Rivers F-S. Tony preceded her in death on March 28, 1997. She was a 50-year member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court St. Rose #350.