Lois Gordian was born on April 27, 1943, in Wilton, ND to Minnie and Fred Krush. She departed this life on Friday, December 2, 2022, at her home in Bismarck, ND surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at the Bismarck Funeral Home. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 5 – 7 p.m. at Bismarck Funeral Home.
Lois lived the majority of her life in Wilton. After graduating from Wilton High School, she moved to Minot, ND where she met her husband Jack Gordian, an airman on the Minot Airforce Base. Soon after they were married, Lois and Jack moved to Maryland, then to Oklahoma, before settling back in Lois’s hometown of Wilton, ND.
After settling back in Wilton, Lois began her career with the US Postal Service. She started working in the Wilton Post Office and soon transferred to the Bismarck Post office. Lois thoroughly enjoyed all her years working at the post office. She enjoyed meeting new people/customers every day and visiting with them as they came in to mail their packages. She made life- long friends, not only with her co-workers at the Bismarck Post Office, but also her many customers. After retirement Lois enjoyed taking trips – “road trips”, loading up her vehicle with family members, neighbors, and friends anyone who wanted to take a drive. She enjoyed seeing new sights, visiting new cities, visiting with new people, and making new friends and memories along the way.
Lois also enjoyed and exciting game or two of pinochle. She loved playing cards at holiday gatherings with family. She loved teaching her grandchildren the game of pinochle to ensure there would always be a competitive game.
Lois was preceded in death by her husband Jack Gordian and her parents, Minnie and Fred Krush, her sister, Murriel Krush and her niece Debi Schuler.
She is survived by her daughter Linda; daughter and son-in-law Brenda and Bruce all of Bismarck; her son and daughter-in-law Tom and Doreen of Dickinson, Grandchildren, Jeffrey, Cole and Erin of Bismarck and Jace from Dickinson and a special niece Connie of Wilton.