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.

Lois was always very proud of the time she spent working with 4-H and her girls, and will be remembered for being very independent, an animal lover, and a lifetime learner.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Vicki Roberson and her husband, Alan, of Lewisville, Texas; a son-in-law, Dale Howe of Bertha, Minn.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Victor, who died Nov. 19, 2008; one daughter, Nancy Itzen Howe, who died Sept. 27, 1973; and one granddaughter, Michelle L. Stanton, who died in December 2004.

A graveside service will be at 1 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in the Milford Center Cemetery, with the Rev. Stephen Fournier, pastor of the Milford Center Community Bible Church, officiating.

Arrangements are entrusted to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, Cooperstown.