In Memory of Lois Vnuk

Lois A. Vnuk, age 88, of East Bethel, died April 29, 2025 at M. Health Fairview Hospital in Wyoming.  A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Sunday, May 4th at Strike Life Tributes in Isanti.  A time for visiting will be held one hour prior to the service.  Burial will be in Isanti Union Cemetery. 

Lois Ann (Kluck) Vnuk was born February 7th, 1937, at Lutheran Deaconess Hospital in Minneapolis, MN to Gilbert and Hildreth (Lind) Kluck. Lois attended primary school at the Isanti Country School, a one room schoolhouse in Isanti, MN and later attended Patrick Henry High school where she graduated in 1954. On June 11th, 1955, she married Joseph Vnuk, and they started their lives together in Brooklyn Center. Lois had three children back-to-back (Jim, Lynn and Cathy) followed by a fourth (Michelle) nine years later. Lois, husband Joe and family lived in numerous cities where they co-owned supper clubs and a campground including McGregor (the Retreat), Cambridge (the Purple Hawk), McGregor (Savannah Golf Course) and Cloquet (KOA Campground). Lois enjoyed golfing and was on multiples leagues including one with her daughter Cathy.

Lois and her husband Joe were married for 62 years and after retirement resided in McGregor, MN until 2016. They enjoyed wintering in Florida and Arizona. In 2016 they moved to East Bethel, where they lived with their daughter Michelle. A few years after the passing of Joe, Lois moved to Cedar Creek Senior Living in 2021. She was an avid baker and chocolate maker, creating delicious treats, especially banana bread to share with family and friends. She loved to watch golf and game shows, playing Yahtzee, going to the casino and enjoying a good Old Fashioned, however Lois’s greatest love was spending time with her loved ones. Lois often stated that her most momentous accomplishment was the family she was blessed with. She is loved beyond measure and will be dearly missed.

Lois passed away on April 29th, 2025, at the age of 88 years and 2 months at MHealth Fairview Hospital in Wyoming, MN with family by her side. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joseph Vnuk; sister, Carol Gadtke; daughter, Catherine Pierce; sister-in-law, Linda Kluck; and brothers-in-law, Charles Sands and Bill Gadtke.

She is survived by her children, James Vnuk (Jill Koivisto), Lynn Eklund (Jeff Vorbeck), son-in-law Terry Pierce and Michelle (Barry) Blesi; brother, Steve Kluck; sisters, Arlene Sands and Sandy (David) Olson; 8 grandchildren, Melissa, Brandon, Travis, Alisha, Andrew, Corey, Briana, and Alex; 11 great-grandchildren, Kaylee, Ben, Brittany, Dominic, Max, Aiden, Lincoln, Zaiden, Grace, Addalynn, and Avah, and 1 great-great-grandchild, Grayson and by many other relatives and friends.