Lois Ann Lessmann, 89, of Omaha, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, Feb. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Roeder Mortuary in Omaha. Funeral services will be held at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Omaha on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 10:30 a.m. followed by lunch at the church. The service will be live streamed at https://gethsemanelutheran.com. Later that day, a graveside service will be held around 3 p.m., at Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Wakefield, where Lois will be laid to rest alongside her husband, Dale.
Lois Ann Lessmann was born July 20, 1932. She attended country school and graduated from Wayne High School in 1949. She married Dale R. Lessmann, of Wayne on June 23, 1954 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Wakefield, with Pastor T. H. Buehner presiding. Lois and Dale lived in Wayne for most of their married years until Dale passed away on July 11, 1986.
Lois moved Omaha in 1992. She was active in politics, supporting candidates running for the Senate, Governor, and Mayor. In 2016 she was voted into the Nebraska Poll Worker’s Hall of Fame in recognition of more than 20 years of service as a poll worker. Lois was also interested in sports including golf, NASCAR, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Last but not least, Lois was active in her church which included singing in choir, making reminder calls, assisting in the preparation of the church bulletins and newsletters, and correcting tests for the prison ministries.
She was a hard worker who loved a challenge. Lois had the travel bug her entire life starting with trips with her sister, Neva, in the 1940s to visit their older siblings in Chicago. She traveled by car across the United States with her family of five, (which included packing for them all). Later in life she traveled to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Germany, Japan, and Singapore.
Survivors include her three children; David (Hiromi) Lessmann of Overland Park, Kansas, Terry Lessmann of Omaha and Lori Lessmann of Allen, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Wilbert (Bill) O. Wieland, and sisters Helen K. Bergens, Vera M. Finke, and Neva E. Echtenkamp.
