Lois Irene Archangeli: 1923

Lois at age 1. Lois Irene ARCHANGELI
January 14, 1923 - April 22, 1993

You are here: Photo Albums • ARCANGELI / ARCHANGELI • Lois Irene

Lois was the third of four children born to Fred and Margaret (ARCHAMBOULT) ARCHANGELI. Her birth place was Carrolton, Michigan. When she was 9 months old, the family moved to a brand new house at 2525 Barnard Street in Saginaw, Michigan. Lois lost her older sister Helen to leukemia when Lois was only 10 years old, but never forgot her and continued to mention her throughout her life.

Lois began dating Lloyd EASTMAN when she was just a teenager. Lloyd was a friend of her older brother Bob. Bob didn't have a car and when he began dating a girl named Kate Parker, he suggested that Lloyd go out with his younger sister Lois, and then he and Kate could ride along in the back seat. This plan worked out quite well as both couples later married, and the two families remained close for years.

Lois and Lloyd's wedding photograph. Lois and Lloyd were married on May 29, 1942. Lois was 19 at the time and worked in an office of Bell Telephone. She left this position in 1945 when her first child, Wayne, was born. The couple had two more children, Cheryl and JoAnne. While raising her three children, Lois was active as both a Cub Scout den mother and a Brownie leader.

One evening in the early fifties, Lois decided to cook a new kind of food for her three small children ... pizza pie. Lois was a wonderful cook but was not familiar with how to prepare this early "box kit" and no one liked this new type of food. So they tried to feed it to their Cocker Spaniel "Taffy" and even he would not eat it. It was then decided that pizza pie was not fit for even dogs. It was a long time before they learned to like pizza.

Lois feeding Wayne - 1946. Lois did lots of cooking and was an early champion of "ethnic" foods. She cooked lots of spaghetti, ravioli, chop suey, and Spanish rice. Many other meals were prepared from the fruits of Lloyd's hunting and fishing trips. Oftentimes a piece of "shot" was located while eating rabbit or pheasant. Perch were always filleted and pike were always filleted and skinned, to get the "wild" out of them.

Lois stayed home during the years when her children were young and taught them her organizational skills. She was good with her sewing machine and even stitched up a cover for their Lyman boat out of heavy canvas. She also made three duffel bags for the kids, each one with their name on it. When it came time for a trip to the cottage, Lois would present the children with a list of what they were to pack for the trip, and it was their responsibility to pack the proper items in their duffel bag. She said, "If you don't have enough clean underwear for the trip, it's not my fault."

The "Club" Lois was a member of a "Club" that met monthly (see photo at left). This was merely a group of friends that would gather at each other's homes to play cards and socialize. These eight women got together for years until the death of Kate Archangeli, the sister-in-law of Lois. After the break up of this group, she joined a "Scrabble Club" with another sister-in-law, Kay ARCHANGELI, and a lady named Betty BESAW. Betty and her husband Mickey would become close friends of Lois and Lloyd and took many fall vacations with this couple to the cottage.

When her children were teenagers, she went back to work as a cook at Plainview school in Saginaw Township. At age 40 she left the school kitchen and entered college with her daughter Cheryl. She graduated four years later from Michigan State University with a teaching degree. She then taught 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades at Mackinaw Middle School in Saginaw, Michigan for about 15 years, and earned a Master's Degree along the way.

Lois the teacher - 1970's. Severe headaches plagued her at times during her life and when they were too powerful, she had to lie down on the couch until they subsided. These headaches often came forth at times when the family was getting ready for another trip to their cottage. Lois had a special affection for the cottage and even kept a journal of activities and events that occurred there. When the cottage was to be torn down and rebuilt, Lois made a scale model of the new cottage. During the construction of this model, Lois asked Lloyd where the stairs were going to be located. Lloyd simply said "What upstairs?" Sometimes, while at the cottage, Lois and Lloyd would get up early and go out fishing before the children were awake. The instructions were to put up the flag when they awoke. When Lois and Lloyd saw this from their boat out in the bay, they would come back in and have a family breakfast.

She had much patience and loved to work with her grandchildren, teaching them crafts such as macrame and beading.

Lois joined the Eastern Star in her later years, but the enjoyment with this group was cut short as she had her first stroke late in 1982. She seemed to make a full recovery, but more strokes led to Alzheimer's Disease and a steady decline. In August of 1989 a severe stroke immobilized her until her death on April 22, 1993 at age 70.

~Written by son, Wayne EASTMAN, with help from his sister, Cheryl.

Photo Gallery (page 1)

1924

age 8 or 9

age 11 or 12

1936

1930's: with her mother, Margaret

school photograph

teenager

high school

age 17 or 18

high school graduation

About 1937 with mother Margaret, future sister-in-law,
Kate, and brothers Bob and Don (behind rail).

More Photos of Lois >>

genealogy info

Birth:

14 Jan 1923, Carrolton, Michigan

Death:

22 Apr 1993, Saginaw Michigan

Burial:

26 Apr 1993, Saginaw, Michigan - Roselawn Memorial Gardens

Father:

Fred Edward ARCHANGELI

Mother:

Margaret Sophia ARCHAMBOULT

Siblings:

Robert Edward ARCHANGELI , Sr.
Helen Louise ARCHANGELI
Donald F. ARCHANGELI

Marriage:

Lloyd George EASTMAN - 29 May 1942, Saginaw, Michigan

Children:

Wayne Alan EASTMAN
Cheryl Lynn EASTMAN
Jo Anne EASTMAN

Click on the record player above to hear a sound recording of Lois. Wait for the entire file to load (it takes about a minute) and then click on the play button. If you can't hear it very well, turn up the volume and then click play again. Lois says: "This is Grandma Eastman." The recording was made in December, 1971. Lois decided that since her son Wayne and his family had moved to Texas, it would be nice if they could send tape recordings back and forth. This clip is from one of the tapes that passed back and forth. Lois would often read children's stories on tape and send them to her grandchildren, Robyn and Paul.

read the obituary

Saginaw News
April 23, 1993, pg. D7

Eastman, Mrs. Lois Irene
Saginaw Township, Michigan

Passed away at her home Tuesday, April 22, 1993 following a lenghtly illness. Age 70 years. Lois Irene Archangell was born January 14, 1923 in Carrollton. She married Lloyd G. Eastman May 29, 1942. He survives her. She was a graduate of Arthur Hill High School in 1941, attended Delta College and was graduated from Michigan State University in 1968. She received her Masters of Education Degree from M.S.U. She had taught fifth grade at Mackinaw Middle School for about 15 years. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church, the Tri-County Rock and Mineral Club, the Bethlehem Chapter #105 O.E.S., the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, the Daughter's of the Nile and the Michigan Assoc. of Retired School Personel. Surviving besides her husband are one son and two daughters and their spouses; Wayne and Gloria Eastman, Avon Lake, Ohio; Cheryl and Dick Diener, Saginaw; Jo Anne and Phil Karow, St. Charles; eight grandchildren, Paul Eastman, Jeff Karow, Robyn Eastman, Rachel Karow, Stacy Denier, Laura Eastman, Annie Denier, Jenna Eastman; one great-grandson, Zachariah Eastman; her mother, Margaret Archangeli, Standish; two brothers and their spouses, Bob and Elaine Archangeli, Standish; Don and Kay Archangeli, Saginaw; two brothers-in-law and their spouses, Ken and Madeline Eastman, Prescott; Clare and Pat Eastman, Bay City; many loving nieces and nephews. Her father, Fred Archangeli, a sister, Helen Archangeli and a special sister-in-law, Kate Archangell have predeceased her.

The funeral service will take place at 11:00 a.m. Monday at the W.L. Case and Company Funeral Chapel, 409 Adams St. Rev. Asa T. Compton will officiate with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the chapel, 409 Adams St. from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Saturday and 2:00 to 5:00p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children Burn Units or the Alzheimer's Association.