We regret that we are unable to attend the ceremony. We were saddened to hear of Lois' passing. When I emailed our daughter Kara Malott to notify her of the newspaper obituary she quickly emailed back "Sorry to hear about Lois. She seemed like a force that would go on for ever." And that expresses so well how we felt about Lois: she was an incredibly capable person with so much care and energy to expend on clients. She searched for, and helped us find a house in London, a real estate search that took up 4 years of her time!! She was the consummate business lady, always pleasant, and very professional never tiring of showing us dozens of London houses while we waited for our house in the Niagara area to sell. Actually, some Niagara area real estate agents were very happy too when she finally managed to indirectly pull off the sale of our house. Our house was the 4th house in a Domino-effect list of 4 houses for sale: Ours had to sell before the other sales could go through. She got us a reduced price on our current house. We signed the papers for the London house. The Niagara agents went ahead with their 3 other deals, but the London owners decided to NOT sell to us and we were stuck in Niagara without a house. Ours had sold and the London owners tried to take their London house off the market! Then Lois stepped up to the plate and got in touch with the London owners' family and pointed out that it was a signed and sealed deal. That family agreed with Lois and we got the house. So, our residence at 574 Cayley Drive, London, stands as a monument to her negotiating skills and tenacity. Every year, on the anniversary of our moving in here she would send us an Anniversary card that we looked forward to receiving. In that sense, Lois helped marked our family's milestones as we began our delightful 16 years of living here in London. We loved her. She was the only person we knew in London before we moved here and we came to think of her as family. We later encouraged other relatives here to buy through her and they did. She was a fine, fine person. She was very proud of her children and enjoyed her chosen field of endeavour. She was, indeed, a blessing to us. We will always remember Lois with kind thoughts and, to honour her, we are making a donation in her name to the charity of her choice. With love and sympathy, Dorothy and David McPherson