Lois DeBode, aged 97, Bowman ND passed away on March 7, at Southwest Long Term Healthcare. Memorial service will be held in early spring, after the snow is gone, as so many of her family live in Montana, South Dakota, and Minnesota.

Lois Elizabeth Enloe was born August 31, 1913, in Hart Township, Bowman ND, the daughter of S.H. and Annie (Slack) Enloe. She was reared on a farm west of Bowman and attended Hart school to the fourth grade. Her family moved to Bowman in 1922 and she graduated from high school in 1931. She attended Capitol Commercial College in Bismarck for one year. She worked as a telephone operator for several years in Bowman, then Bellingham, WA. She returned to Bowman and married Paul DeBode on Dec 31, 1939. To this union one daughter was born, Margaret Carroll.

She was a member of Bowman United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Lamplighter Circle, Birthday Club, Prayer Group, Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary and Sunset Home Auxiliary. She volunteered at the Prairie Trails museum and the Cedar Chest. Lois was an avid letter writer and sent get well and greeting cards for the Prayer Group for many years. She kept in contact with many friends and relatives all of her life. She also enjoyed her little email machine for quick notes.

Her husband, Paul, and her immediate family of two sisters and one brother preceded Lois in death. Survivors include her daughter Margaret and her husband Steve Pounder; four grandchildren: Jennifer Jenkins and her husband Murray, Shannon Dearing and her husband Ryan, Kristi Arnzen and her husband Travis, Zachary Pounder and his wife Tonya; six great-grandchildren: Hailey and Makena Arnzen, Avery and Ethan Pounder, and Wyatt and Parker Jenkins, and numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews; and special friends Debbie and Bert Patterson and Denise and Don Huso.

Memorial are suggested to the Bowman United Methodist Church.