Obituary of Lois Marie Brandt

Lois Marie Brandt, of Abington, CT, died peacefully Monday at the Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam. She was born March 21, 1943 in Putnam, daughter of John and Irja (Klemola) Brandt, Sr. She had made her home all her life in the Elliot section of Abington. Lois was a graduate of the Putnam High School and the Quinebaug Valley Community College in Danielson where she received an Associate Degree in Secretarial Sciences. She was a devoted member of the Abington Congregational Church, the Wolf Den Grange where she had held several offices, and the Abington Social Library. Lois worked many years for the State of Connecticut, was the office manager at the Homer Babbidge Library at University of Connecticut in Storrs. She enjoyed rug hooking with her friends and the love of her life her little dog "Beau'. She leaves her twin brother John Brandt, Jr. and many close friends. A Memorial Service will be June 19th (Saturday) at 10:00 AM in the Abington Congregational Church, Hampton Road, Abington, CT. Burial in Abington Cemetery at a later date. No calling hours. Donations may be made in her memory to the Abington Congregational Church, PO Box 289, Abington, CT 06259 or the Pomfret Ambulance Corp. Arrangements by Smith and Walker Funeral Home, 148 Grove Street, Putnam. To share a memory with her family, "Light a Candle" at www.smithandwalkerfh.com