Lois Maye Smith Wrigley

Lois Maye Smith Wrigley passed away on August 13, 2025, in Buena Vista , Colorado at the home of her daughter, Debbie. She was born on May 28, 1929, in Fairbury, Nebraska to Edgar and Golda Smith.She attended Fairbury High School where she was involved in "Who's Who of America", on the varsity cheerleading team and Prom Queen in her senior year. She graduated in 1947. On February 27, 1948, she married Frederic Wrigley of Harbine, Nebraska at the Presbyterian Church in Fairbury. This union brought forth four children: Kathleen, James, Deborah and Rebecca. She worked as a lab tech in the Fairbury Clinic and at St. Mary's Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas while her husband attended Kansas State University.After Fritz graduated, they moved to Fairbury, Nebraska, then Borger, Texas; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Citrus Heights, Ca.; Huntsville, Alabama; Lancaster, California. In 1975, they moved back to Idaho Falls where Lois worked as a receptionist for Dr.'s Klinger and Boyce.She loved to travel and visited 39 countries and nearly every state in the union. She made lifelong friends easily and was always recognizable by her boisterous laugh, which was heard far and wide! She loved playing bridge with her many friends and played well into her nineties often beating her younger friends. She was also a member of P.E.O. [51 years], active in the Presbyterian Church and served as Deacon. In July 2016, they relocated to Fairbury, Nebraska, to be near their children. In 2020, they moved into Cedarwood until 2023 when Lois moved into Gardenside. In 2025, she moved to Palmer Lake/Buena Vista, Colorado area to live with her daughters, Debbie and Becky. She is preceded in death by her husband Fritz, her parents Edgar and Golda Smith, brother Don and his wife Alice, sister Shirley and nephews Don Jr. and Shawn. She is survived by her four children: Kathy Coil [Rod] Fairbury, Nebraska, Jim [Ellie] Anderson Island, Washington, Debbie Mcferrin [Ron] Buena Vista, Colorado and Becky, Palmer Lake, Colorado. She had 7 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Also, her sister-in-law Marilyn Wrigley of Sioux City, South Dakota.Lois went out the way she wanted, in her sleep, free of pain and surrounded by her family.

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