Lois was born to Roy and Ethel Snow Peterson on January 29, 1928 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated from Hamilton High School, and following a four-year engagement, married Howard T. Wills on February 26, 1949.

She was a wonderful wife and homemaker raising two children. Lois had a love of nature and the outdoors, and spent many years of hunting and fishing alongside her husband.

She is survived by her husband, Howard of Boothbay and Goodland, Florida; son, Bradford and wife Suzanne of Hampden; daughter, Holly LaPointe and husband Edward of Wilton; a special daughter-in-law, Brenda Kauer Wills of Rapid City, South Dakota; grandchildren, Travers Wills of Limestone, Jeromey Wills of Caribou, Renee LaPointe Jordan of Toccoa, Georgia, and Jonathan LaPointe of Auburn; and several great-grandchildren.