Lois Somerville Ridout

LOIS SOMERVILLE RIDOUT

Anamosa

Lois Somerville Ridout, 90, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at the Univeristy of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, following a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at United Methodist Church, Anamosa, with interment in Wyoming Cemetery. Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. at the church. The Rev. Marty Schumacher will officiate at the services. Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa, is in charge of the services. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

Surviving are three children, Kevin Somerville of Oxford, Keith (Joni) Somerville, Wyoming, and Kay (Al) Strother, Anamosa; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Jean Sievers, Anamosa, and Leah Oppedahl, Story City.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Robert Somerville and Clayton Ridout; her son, Kenney; and a daughter-in-law, Mary.

Lois Arlene Huffman was born Aug. 29, 1926, at Anamosa, Iowa. She was the daughter of James and Bessie Wyrick Huffman. Lois graduated from Wyoming Community Schools in 1943. She married Robert Somerville on Aug. 10, 1947, in Wyoming, Iowa. He preceded her in death on July 2, 1987. Lois was employed at Youthtown and Mickie's Model Shop in Anamosa. She married Clayton Ridout on May 16, 1990. He would precede her in death in 2002.

Lois was a member of the Anamosa United Methodist Church and the Hospital Auxiliary. She was very family-oriented. She was the Queen of Sarcasm. Her sarcastic quips did not stop at the hospital until she was unable to talk.