Lois was born on March 27, 1926, in Deep River, Iowa to Albert and Susan Lucinda Cowel McKeag. She was raised in Deep River and graduated from Malcom High School with the Class of 1943. Following her education she worked as a clerk at the Malcom Post Office. On September 6, 1950, she was married to Frank Walker Ferneau in Malcom. The couple lived in Malcom and she worked at St. Francis Hospital in Grinnell, the Shuey Insurance Agency and the Grinnell Office Supply. Lois and Frank moved to Bentonville, Arkansas in 1981. She was a member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Rogers and was formerly a member of the Poweshiek County Rebekah Lodge in Malcom. She enjoyed arts, crafts, cooking, yard work and a volunteer driver for elderly people. There are no immediate survivors. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and one brother, Adrian McKeag.