Lois H. Rendall, 79, of Wiscasset, passed away on Feb. 26 at Brigham & Women’s Hospital after battling Erdheim-Chester Disease for the last five months.
Born on May 6, 1931, in New Brunswick, N.J. she was the daughter of Frank and Hazel Welchman. On Sept. 13, 1952 she married Kenneth M. Rendall Jr.
Lois was employed by the Episcopal Church for the last 26 years; 11 years as Parish Administrator for Trinity Church in Princeton, N.J. and the past 15 years as Parish Secretary at St. Andrew’s Church in Newcastle. She was an active member of the Altar Guild at Trinity and St. Andrew’s and was invited to participate in the Altar Guild Flower Seminar at the Washington National Cathedral in 1998. She was a 20-year member of the Wiscasset Garden Club, served as President 1995-97, and co-President 1997-99, she was a recipient of the Thomas & Lansdale Gardiner Silver Bowl, and was a Master Gardener, Honors Member of the Landscape Design Consultants Council and Mentor for the Flower Design Practice and Committee.
Lois was an avid reader, who consumed at least four mysteries a week; a gardener, she was very proud of her wide varieties of orchids; and a seamstress, she loved making outfits for her nieces and granddaughters and needlepointed kneelers for Trinity Church, St. Luke’s Cathedral and Saint Cuthbert’s Chapel which were later photographed and published in The Story of Saint Cuthbert in Many Voices. Lois enjoyed nothing more than extended dinners in her dining room surrounded by her family.
Besides her husband Ken, she is survived by three sons, Kenneth M. Rendall III, of Peapack, N.J., R. Keith Rendall of Wiscasset and Craig H. Rendall and wife Lisa of Brunswick; and grandchildren, Kyle, Sean, Talia, Stephanie and Nicholas.
Services 11 a.m., Sat., March 5 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Newcastle.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Lois Rendall’s name may be made to The ECD (Erdheim-Chester Disease) Global Alliance, P.O. Box 775, DeRidder, LA 70634.
