Lois Dunsby Sollish, 89, passed from this life to rejoin her beloved husband on March 14, 2018. She was born in Brooklyn on Jan. 31, 1929 and raised in New Jersey. She met her husband, Robert G. Sollish at Syracuse University and was married on June 18, 1949. The couple moved into a home in Baldwinsville in 1952 where they raised three children.
Lois was a member of the First Presbyterian Church for 65 years and spent a number of years on the Steering and Scholarship committees of the Presbyterian Weekday Nursery School. She was also a long time volunteer at Community Hospital as a “book lady” and later in the gift shop.
She was a superb seamstress and knitter. After her children were grown, she owned and operated The Yarn Cottage in Baldwinsville for 21 years. She also enjoyed gardening and received many compliments on the plantings around her house.
Lois was predeceased by her sister, Jean Helen Dunsby, her parents, Helen and Walter Dunsby, Sr. and her husband of 67 years, Robert G. Sollish.
She is survived by her children George E. (Margaret) Sollish, Jean D. Marsters and Robert W. (Pam McLaughlin) Sollish; three grandchildren, Frank Marsters, Matthew (Bonnie) Marsters and Alexandria Marsters; her brother Walter (Janet) Dunsby, Jr.; three nephews and six great-nieces and nephews.
A celebration of her life will take place at 11 a.m. on April 14 at the First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville.