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Lois Ann Fowler Christensen
23 Jul 1938 – 29 Dec 2022
| Birth | 23 Jul 1938 |
| Death | 29 Dec 2022 |
| Cemetery | Lehi City Cemetery Lehi , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Annie Duckett Hundley on 31 Dec 2022 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247917474 |
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Interment 5 Jan 2023
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Lois Ann Fowler Christensen 1938 - 2022 Lois Ann Fowler Christensen, age 84, passed away quietly in her sleep on Thursday, December 29, 2022, in American Fork, Utah. In the last few days of her life, Lois was surrounded by her loving husband and devoted caregiver, Neal Christensen, her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Lois is survived by her husband, Neal F. Christensen; her children: Rett (Tamra), Kim (Ann), Shawny (Verne Ernst), McKay (Jennifer), Elayna (Curtis Pedersen), Jael (Mark Halversen), Jalene (Shawn Salin), Cortnie (Matt Graham), her 35 grandchildren, her 45 great-grandchildren; and her sister, Reta Madge Fowler (Randy Bryson). She was preceded in death by her parents, Ila Mae Spencer and Milan Pearce Fowler; and her brother, Richard Fowler. Lois was born in Lehi, Utah, on July 23, 1938, the oldest daughter of Milan Pearce and Ila Mae Spencer Fowler. She grew up and attended school in Lehi and spent several years living at Camp Williams while her father was employed there. Finances were a challenge for Lois' family, so she sought work as early as she could. She had jobs pumping gas and cleaning windshields, picking fruit in the summer, working at the Pleasant Grove Cannery, and Penrod's store. On her 18th birthday, she became engaged to Neal F. Christensen, and were married on November 30, 1956, in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They spent 66 wonderful years together. Neal's military career allowed them to make their home in Suffolk County, England, multiple states throughout the United States, and several cities in Utah, before ultimately planting roots in American Fork. In relatively short order following their marriage, Neal and Lois had eight children. For much of her children's lives, Lois was at home, committed to their upbringing and welfare. Whether it was pushing the boys towards their Eagle Scout awards or helping her sons and daughters with their musical and athletic endeavors, Lois was all about the family, and her children certainly loved and appreciated her for it. Lois trained, taught, and testified to her children and grandchildren about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, instilling within them a love for God and the scriptures. Her life served as an example of ministering to others and simply going about doing good. Lois worked tirelessly to create a temple-like environment in her home. The Christensen home was a place of love, peace, cleanliness, and order, wherein the Spirit could dwell. Her children have been blessed to gain an appreciation for the power of work and personal responsibility. Lois loved people. Over the course of her life, she developed many long-lasting friendships, some of which have lasted to the time of her death. These wonderful women, and the time she spent with them, were so important to Lois. In her service and ministry, Lois endeared herself to children and youth. So many have loved her and knew that she loved them. In her later life, she spent many years serving as a Primary teacher – a calling that she loved. Only when her health began to fail was she reluctantly released. Lois had a great influence on the spirituality of many people through her leadership, gospel teaching, and missionary service. Lois and Neal served two years in the Micronesia Guam Mission as Church Education Missionaries, one year in the Atlanta Georgia Temple as temple missionaries, and served for years in the Temple Department at Church headquarters. In 2018, Lois was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She was such an inspiration in this illness and refused to let this diagnosis define the rest of her life. She got up and lived each day with purpose and dignity. She lived. Lois did not ask for healing, but for peace, not for a miracle, but for the ability to abide to the end. She could see from an eternal viewpoint, not merely from the perspective of one weighted with the trials of this mortal life. Her focus was fixed on eternity. "With celestial sight, trials impossible to change became possible to endure." President Russell M. Nelson Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Location: American Fork 20th Ward Chapel Arrangements: Warenski Funeral Home Interment: Lehi City Cemetery Original obituary published by: — Warenski Funeral Home | 2022
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