[Nfbmt] Sad Loss

[James Aldrich]

Hi all,

Lois was  a very innovative lady!  I think I helped her set  a talking watch a time or two during a board meeting or two.  She was on the internet and this listserve keeping her chapter together.  I remember the Polson convention and she did  a swell job organizing it!  I agree! She will be missed!

Jim 

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On Nov 29, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Dan Burke <burke.dall at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm really going to miss her ....
> 
> Lois M. Dupuis
> missoulian.com
> 
> Lois M. Dupuis
> 13 HOURS AGO
> 
> POLSON – Lois M. Dupuis passed away Nov. 27, 2012, at the age of 94.
> 
> She was the eldest daughter of Fred and Hellen Houle, and was preceded
> in death by her husband, James; daughter, Janet; son, Victor; sister,
> June Dullaghan;
> and brother, Fred Jr. She is survived by sisters, Lora, Allene and
> Rosemary; brother, Bob; daughter, Anita; son, Virgil; grandchildren,
> Lucas and Ana;
> and numerous nieces and nephews.
> 
> An enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes,
> Lois ventured far from home, for a lady of her generation, seeking
> employment. After
> serving as the recording secretary of the first federally recognized
> tribal council of the CSKT, she worked for the Bureau of Indian
> Affairs in Billings
> and for the Crow Tribe of Montana. She then transferred to work in
> Washington, D.C., for the Pentagon and met and married fellow tribal
> member James Phillip
> Dupuis. She met Jim through the “moccasin telegraph” as she was
> rooming with two of his sisters at the time.
> 
> Upon retirement from the U.S. Forest Service, Lois and Jim became
> cherry orchardists on Finley Point. At 72, Lois lost her sight and
> became a Montana leader
> in bringing awareness to the training and services needed by people of
> low vision.
> 
> Lois was selected, from a field of 6,500 nominees, for a 1999 “Ageless
> Hero” award from Blue Cross-Blue Shield Insurance, winning in the
> “Beating the Odds”
> category for overcoming the challenges of a disability. Lois started
> the Mission Valley Chapter of the Montana Association of the Blind,
> and at 84 served
> as host and organizer of the 2002 annual state conference. Lois served
> as the Prayer Chain chair for the First Baptist Church for 10 years.
> 
> Viewing will take place Thursday, Nov. 29, until 1 p.m. at Grogan
> Funeral Home in Polson. A memorial service followed by a luncheon will
> be held at the
> First Baptist Church on Montana Highway 35 in Polson at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30.
> 
> In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Lois’ name to the Montana
> Association for the Blind or the First Baptist Church. Messages of
> condolences may
> be shared with the family online at
> www.groganfuneralhome.com.
> 
> -- 
> Dan Burke, President
> The National Federation of the Blind of Montana
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