IN MEMORIAM: Lois Itzen, 88;
Raised Sheep In Milford Center
COOPERSTOWN – Lois L. Itzen, 88, who raised sheep, spun yarn and knitted at her Milford Center farm, passed away Friday morning, Dec. 11, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. She had been living at Woodside Hall.
She was born Lois Laura Nelson on April 26, 1927, in Montpelier, Vt., a daughter of Richard and Mable (Potter) Nelson.
On Nov. 17, 1946, Lois married Victor Itzen in Wyckoff, N.J. The family moved to Milford Center in 1951, where they raised sheep. He also worked at Simmonds Precision, Norwich. In 1988, the couple moved to a home in the Town of Middlefield.
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