Lois R. Fehlau died at her home in Cape Coral, FL on Nov 20, 2024, with her family by her side. Lois was born on January 8 ^th , 1927, in Chicago, Illinois to Elizabeth Hess Javier and Conrad Merced Javier.  The family moved to Greenwich, Connecticut where Lois was brought up.  She graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in 1949.  Lois then worked in New York City as a researcher for the W.T.Grant Foundation.  She married Charles E. Fehlau in 1951 and subsequently raised four children in the Westvale neighborhood near Syracuse.

Lois re-entered the workforce in 1974 employed by WCNY-TV, where she was involved in the development of the first TelAuc held at the station. She then was employed at Crouse Hinds Company where she retired in 1985 as a public relations specialist.

Lois was a lifelong Lutheran, holding office and teaching Sunday School.  She moved to Cape Coral, Florida in 2014 and became a member of Faith Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her four children: Eric C. Fehlau (Cindy DeMares) of The Villages, Florida; Patricia L. Nickles, of Ithaca, New York; Karl E. Fehlau, of Cape Coral, Florida; and Kenneth C. Fehlau of Huntington Beach, California, 8 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren, as well as several nieces and nephews.