Lois Ann Ackershoek-Neun, 83, of Barefoot Bay, Florida, passed away peacefully at home on February 14th, 2024.

Lois was born October 24th, 1940 to Kryn & Anna Ackershoek in Paterson, New Jersey.  After graduating high school, she went to work as a Secretary for United Uniform Company.  A couple of years later she married Donald W. Mesler, and they moved to Postbrook, New Jersey before settling down in West Milford, New Jersey and starting a family.

In 1972, Lois and Don, and their children moved to the small town of Northfield Falls, Vermont, owning and operating the Falls General Store for several years.  Lois, and her friend Pat Garland, opened The Fish Net, a very cute pet store, behind the General Store as well.  After the stores were sold, she dedicated herself to raising her children, several foster children, babysitting, and running a little family farm.  Goats, geese, rabbits, horses, cats and dogs, and soon several teenagers in the house, kept her very busy.

In 1982, she went back to school and became a Licensed Practical Nurse.  She worked at Mayo Nursing Home in Northfield, Vermont and then the Berlin Convalescent Center in Berlin, Vermont.  Lois was a natural-born caregiver and in the coming years she worked full-time as a Nurse while spending countless hours caring for her mother, Anna, then her second husband, Don Neun, then her father, Kryn, and then her Uncle Tom.

After her husband passed in 2000, she moved to Polk County, Florida, with her father and her uncle, and then on to her final, earthly home in Barefoot Bay, Florida in 2002.  She worked at the Palms Rehabilitation Center in Palm Bay, Florida until she retired in 2012.  Lois also got very involved in her church, Calvary Chapel Sebastian, after retirement and after her father and uncle went home to be with The Lord.  She served in the Woman's Ministry, the Kid's Ministry, the Homeless Ministry, the Outreach Ministry, and the Hospitality Team, as well as participating in many Bible studies, classes, conferences and Small Groups.

Lois loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and dedicated the last good years of her life to spreading The Gospel message.  Even before then she had a heart for the orphans and the widows, the poor and the down-trodden, the broken and the messy.  If you needed help, and she was able to provide it, she would go out of her way to do so.  She even travelled to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and served with the Samaritan's Purse Team.  She also loved to travel for fun.  She went to China, England, Ireland, Scotland, The Netherlands, Hawaii, Alaska, and numerous other locations.  Her vacations always included one or more of her children and their families, her Uncle Tom, or her oldest, and best, friend, Lorae.

Lois was predeceased by both of her parents, her husband, and her daughter, Susan Mesler.  She is survived by her other three children, Donald Kryn Mesler and his wife, P.K., of Goodyear, Arizona, John Mesler of Barefoot Bay, Florida, and Jill August and her husband, Chris, of Panama City, Florida.  She also leaves behind her sisters, Joan (Paul) Reilley and Karen (Ray) Leopizzi, their children and grandchildren, and her own four beloved granddaughters, her foster grandson, and three great-grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held for Lois at Calvary Chapel, 1251 Sebastian Boulevard, Sebastian, Florida on Saturday, March 2nd, 2024, at 10:00AM.  In lieu of flowers, donations in her honor may be made to the Brevard Alzheimer's Foundation, 4676 North Wickham Road, Melbourne, Florida 32935 or brevardalz.org.