Obit of Lois McCartor Wilcox Zobisch (z120) - Grady County, Oklahoma

Chickasha Express Star  -  Chickasha Oklahoma  6 Jan 2003
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Lois Zobisch 

Lois McCartor Wilcox Zobisch (February 16, 1912 - December 31, 2002) 
passed away quietly at MonPointe 46 days before her 91st birthday. 
She was in no pain or distress when she reached the end of a twelve 
year struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. 

She and her twin sister, Marguerite, were born in Shattuck, 
Oklahoma, to Frank and Myrtle Bowles McCartor. She was raised on the 
family farm eight miles south of Shattuck, in Ellis, with two more 
sisters, Willa and Leonore. Her parents were recognized by the state 
of Oklahoma as a master farmer and master farmer homemaker, for the 
development of their original homestead into one of the area's 
outstanding family farms. 

All four girls were extremely musical and sang at church and social 
events most of their lives. Lois was a clarinetist, Marguerite was a 
cellist, and all four girls played the piano. Lois continued to play 
electric organ past her 90th birthday. 

She completed a two-year teaching certificate and taught in a one 
room rural school. In 1934 she married Everett Wilcox who achieved 
great success as a high school band director in Wewoka, Oklahoma. 
The Wewoka band won state, regional and national honors during his 
eleven years as their director. The family moved to Chickasha, 
Oklahoma in 1946 to open a music store and school business, which 
was just getting established when Everett was killed in the crash of 
a light plane in 1947. About forty years later, he was posthumously 
made a member of the Oklahoma Music Educators Hall of Fame. 

Lois was always extremely active, and when her son, David graduated 
from high school and left for the University of Michigan, she 
returned to Oklahoma State University and completed her own college 
degree in Home Economics. She became a traveling county agent, and 
then was made a consultant for the state of Oklahoma in all phases 
of home economics, with a specialty of interior design. She 
completely redecorated the Governor's mansion for one of its 
residents. 

In 1959 she married Victor Zobisch and they led a busy life together 
for forty years managing the Zobisch Grain Company, traveling, and 
being actively involved in their church in Geary, Oklahoma. Lois was 
active in P.E.O for over 50 years and in Eastern Star for 40. Victor 
died one day short of his 90th birthday, and for the past 3 years, 
Lois has lived in Morgantown, close to her son's West Virginia 
University band concerts, and thoroughly enjoyed her great 
grandchildren. She was able to spend time with most of her 
grandchildren and great grandchildren only days before her passing. 

Lois Zobisch is survived by a younger sister, Leonore Schultz of 
Booker, Texas; a son, Don Wilcox and Kaye Jean of Morgantown, WV; a 
daughter, Vicki (Zobisch) and Roger Cundiff of Lorton, Virginia; 
grandchildren Laurey (Wilcox) and Dan Richmond, Frederick, Md., Lisa 
(Wilcox) and Kevin Hughes, Mars, Pa., Lynelle (Wilcox) and Verus 
Thelander, Stockholm, Sweden, and Major D. Lee and Michele Wilcox, 
Troy, Il.; great grandchildren Marc and Cathryn Richmond, Brian, 
Shane and Kelsey Hughes, Alex and Liam Thelander, and Trevor and 
Alexis Wilcox. 

Lois is survived by a large close extended family, including her 
niece, Lois Ann Schultz, of Booker, Tx., and four nephews: Earl Mac 
Brown, of Springfield, Mo., Marvin Brown of Lander, Wy., David Davis 
of Kenner, La., and Bradley Schultz of Booker, Tx. 

In lieu of flowers the family requests support of the Alzheimer's 
Association, or the First Methodist Church in Geary, Oklahoma. A 
memorial service will be held in February, and another in Shattuck, 
Oklahoma, in the spring. 
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