Lois Joyce (Simpson) Beving went to be with the Lord on June 11, 2021. She was born on June 17, 1931, in St. James, Minn., to Harold and Clara (Schwingler) Simpson. She graduated from Maynard High School in May of 1949 and married Raymond “Paul” Beving on February 2, 1950. To this union were born three daughters: Dianne (Paul) Stevens of Caledonia, Minn., Cheryl (Wolfgang) Griesinger of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Paula Ruesink of Spring Valley, Minn.
Lois grew up active in 4-H and took special pride in showing beef cattle and demonstrating bread baking. She met “Paul” through 4-H activities. After marriage they moved to Northern Minnesota, eventually settling in Silver Bay. Lois was a very talented artistic and creative lady.
She led many youth activities in Silver Bay as her girls were growing up. She took great pride in her creative endeavors, from painting, stained glass art, and quilting and was a very talented seamstress, making all of her girls’ clothing when they were young, which was the envy of their friends. She loved nature and planned many family camping trips across the entire United States and later she and Ray traveled the entire nation on bus tours. Lois was also an exceptional cook, even sharing her talents with the school children of Silver Bay. She then opened a ceramic studio in her home, which she ran for several years. Upon moving to Spring Valley in 1986, Lois was very active in her church – the Faith United Methodist Church, her garden club and her quilt clubs.
Lois is survived by her three daughters, her grandchildren: Stacey (Corey) Lewis of Coconut Creek, Fla., Nikki (Clint) Phillips of Brownsdale, Minn., Adam (Bridget) Stevens of Hermantown, Minn., Ericka (Greg) Miller of Colorado Springs, Colo., Andrea Griesinger of Denver, Colo., Jeremy (Nicole) Ruesink of Eagle River, Ark. and Danielle Vogel of Summerville, S.C.; a brother, Richard Simpson of Madelia, Minn.; a sister, Maxine Ray of the Quad Cities; 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter. She is also survived by many beloved nieces and nephews.
Lois was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Raymond “Paul” Beving, her son-in-law Roger Ruesink, her sister Patricia Schmitke, and all of her husband’s siblings.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday June 19, 2021, at Faith United Methodist Church, with visitation held one hour prior to the service also at the church.
Condolences may be left at www.Hindtfuneralhomes.com.