Lois Toles

LOIS RUTH TOLES 95, OF MASSILLON, PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 11, 2025, AT AMHERST MEADOWS WITH FAMILY AND CROSSROADS HOSPICE AT HER SIDE.

SHE WAS BORN JULY 29. 1930 TO THE REVEREND FREDERICK DANCEY BARNES AND MARY (BURNS) BARNES AT CANTON OHIO.

LOIS WORKED MANY PLACES INCLUDING AULTMAN HOSPITAL LABOR AND DELIVERY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, TEREX, AND WASHINGTON PRODUCTS, SHE RETIRED FROM GIBSONS GREETING CARDS IN 1992. SHE WAS ALSO A VOLUNTEER FOR TOSM FOOD BANK WITH JAMIE RUPERT.

LOIS WAS AN EXCELLENT COOK AND WAS OFTEN REQUESTED TO MAKE MACARONI AND CHEESE AND BROCCOLI CORNBREAD FOR HER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND CHURCH FAMILY.

LOIS LIVED IN MASSILLON, OHIO FOR MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE. HER AND FORMER HUSBAND JESSIE A. TOLES OWNED AND OPERATED JESSIE TOLES WASTE COLLECTION BEFORE PASSING IT ON TO THEIR CHILDREN.

SHE WAS A BELOVED MEMBER OF ST. JAMES A.M.E. ZION CHURCH OF MASSILLON, OHIO (REVEREND ARTHUR L. JOLLOWAY II).

LOIS IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING FAMILY, DAUGHTERS SUSAN AND RUTH TOLES, GRANDSON PHILLIP COOPER JR. (SAMANTHA JOHNSON) AND GRANDDAUGHTER JESSICA RUTH PLEDGURE, SISTER MILICENT EASON AND BROTHER MARSHALL H. BARNES. SPECIAL NIECES KAREN S. MITCHAL (MICHAEL HUCHRO) AND CANDY BENNETT. SPECIAL ADOPTED DAUGHTERS JOYCE BENJAMIN, SHEILA CLIFFORD, CAROL HERRING, ANNA HUFFMAN DORETHA STREET AND DEAR FRIENDS REVEREND LECOUNTE NEDAB AND MARIA SKYLLAS.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER TWO SONS ALLEN TATE DECEASED APRIL 16, 2025, JESSIE A. TOLES JR DECEASED MAY 12. 2012, SISTERS ADDELL WILLIAMS, HORTENSE EASTER, FAITH BEARD, MYRTA STAPLES, MARILYN MITCHAL AND BROTHERS OWEN, IRVING AND FREDERICK BARNES.

PER LOIS’ REQUEST THERE WILL BE NO FUNERAL OR VISITATION. SHE WILL BE CREMATED AND LAID TO REST WITH HER PARENTS IN NEWARK OHIO.

MEMORIALS CAN BE SENT IN CARE OF PAQUELET AND ARNOLD-LYNCH FUNERAL HOME, MASSILLON, OHIO.

TO SHARE A MEMORY OF LOIS OR LEAVE A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR HER FAMILY, VISIT THE GUEST BOOK BELOW.