Lois D. Augur

AUGUR Lois Dean Augur, age 83 and resident of Columbus, Ohio, died March 27, 2012 at Riverside Methodist Hospital. Born July 3, 1928 in Mendota, Ill. the daughter of Harold F. and Edna Niebergall Dean. Lois is survived by her husband of 61 years, Allison Augur and four children and their families; Susan Niehaus, her husband Paul, and their children Coston and Allison Jane and her husband Daniel Olson and their daughter Zoe; Harold, his wife Ann, and their children Luke and Morgan; Catherine Augur, and her son George; and James, his wife Kandi, and daughters Kasey and Lauren. Lois’ infant son Dean Augur preceded her in death. During her 34 year residence in Columbus, Lois participated in many charitable organizations with her primary interest being art. She was a multi-media artist working in and exhibiting oriental watercolors, oil paintings, collages and ceramic works. She studied for over ten years with the late Woo Chong Yong, an accepted master of Chinese painting. Lois and CY Woo shared a showing at the Great Southern Hotel during the Sun of Heaven exhibition in 1989. Lois also studied at Otterbein College, Columbus College of Art and Design, and with Michael McEwan and Char Norman. She was a member of Worthington United Methodist Church, Zeta Tau Alpha, Brookside Golf & Country Club, Coldstream Country Club, the Critical Eye, Women's Art Guild of Central Ohio, Worthington Art League, and several paper making organizations. Prior to moving to Columbus, she lived for eight years in Anderson Township, Cincinnati, Ohio where, among other volunteer activities she served as a docent at the Cincinnati Art Museum and assisted starting the Kindervelt auxiliary for the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital . Lois moved to Cincinnati from Barrington, IL and eight years earlier from Wilmette, IL to Barrington. While living in these communities she was very active in her church and her children’s school activities. Lois graduated from the University of Illinois, Urbana in 1950 with a BA in Education and taught elementary school there while her husband finished his degree. While her husband was serving in the US Navy during the Korean War, she returned to Mendota where she also taught elementary school. Services will be held at the Worthington United Methodist Church, 600 High St., Worthington, OH 43085 at 3:00 PM on Friday, March 30, 2012. Visitation will be at the church at 2:00 PM before the service and also following the service. Donations may be made to Urban Concern, Inc. or to the giver’s favorite charity. Arrangements by RUTHERFORD-CORBIN FUNERAL HOME, 515 High St., Worthington, OH.