Lasting Memories

Lois M Nisbet
Nov. 21, 1935-June 22, 2017
Palo Alto, California

Lois had the good fortune to be blessed with all the very best in life: a great education, a sunny intellectual community, a love of fine music, poetry, and literature, the ability to prepare and relish fabulous food, and a remarkable circle of warm and accomplished friends with whom to share it all. 

Friends fondly remember coming together at Lois's house to bring early music to life on their viols; for delectable dinners by candlelight with early music playing in the background; and for lively discussions or laughter over a particularly wryly written article or droll observation.

Lois lived life on her own terms.  Surrounded by people who could share her appreciation of that which was refined and beautiful (while retaining an irrefutable ironic wit), she drew great satisfaction from a life well lived.

The family asks that Lois be remembered with a toast to all life has to offer, and to her transcendence of this life's bounds. To quote Lois's dear friend and mentor Byra Wreden, 'On we go...'

Photo by Laura Hofstadter