On Tuesday, December 6, Lois Lee (Nienke) Holtz of Salina, Ks, a beloved mother and grandmother, left her home on earth to join her family in heaven. She was seventy-six. Lois was born in Ellsworth, Ks in 1946 to Hulda (Haase) and Ruldolph Nienke.  She graduated from Black Wolf High School and then later graduated from Brown Mackie College with an accounting degree.  Lois worked for many years at Gibson Department Store before going to the Saline County mailroom and tag office for the next 18 years. She retired in 2010.

Lois was an avid gardener, loved feeding the birds and animals and was often attending her grandchildrens’ events. Family was very important to her and she could often be found cooking Sunday night family dinners for everyone. Even if you were not family, you were included. The grandkids’, their friends, and her neighborhood children knew her as Grandma Bubbles. She was known for tossing bubbles at the kids while doing dishes with them. She was always playing and was quite the jokester when it came to the grandchildren. Lois is survived by her children: Jeffrey Holtz, Jennifer Zimmerman, Jonathan “Jo” (Wendy) Holtz, Monica (David) Daniel-Palmer, Melissa (Vernon) Melder; Grandchildren: Kasey (Mykiala)Lien, Jacob Daniel, Coltan Daniel, Mason Daniel, Alexis Holtz, Haylee Holtz, Logan Holtz (Lexi Mendenhall), Samantha (Cody) Melder White, Cody (Jessica) Mayeux. Great-Grandchildren: Everly Lien, Brek Lien, Nya Mendenhall Holtz.

The Celebration of Life will be held on Monday, December 12, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Ryan Mortuary, 137 North Eighth Street, Salina, KS. Burial will be in the Kanapolis City Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. that day. Visitation will be on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, at the mortuary from 4 until 8:00 p.m. that evening.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Presbyterian Manor Memory Care Unit.