WATERTOWN, NY — Lois F. Gonzalez, 78, Watertown, NY, peacefully passed away on March 20, 2021, in her sleep in Zephyrhills, Florida.
Lois was born on March 24, 1942, to William and Elizabeth (Libby) Saber in Star Lake. After Lois graduated from Clifton Fine High School in 1960, she attended and graduated from Pauldine’s School of Beauty and Culture in Watertown with a license in cosmetology. She then worked as a beautician at The Carriage House Beauty Salon before opening a beauty shop in her home in Watertown.
She enjoyed interior decorating and playing cards.
She met Hernan Gonzalez while in cosmetology school in Watertown. They
married on Oct. 21, 1961. Lois and Hernan went on to have three children.
She is survived by her children Judy (Mark) Breuer, Boca Raton, Florida, Richard Gonzalez (Wendy Dickinson) Watertown, NY, Gregory Gonzalez, Edina, Minnesota, grandchildren Erica Breuer, Janessa Cougler, Tyler Breuer, Amanda Gonzalez and Corey Gonzalez, great-grandchildren Jaelah, Joshlyn and Noah. She is also survived by her sister Helen Chelmey and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband of 46 years Hernan Gonzalez, as well as two sisters Shirley (Francis) Powers and Jean Saber.
Services will be at Reed and Benoit Funeral Home, Watertown on Friday, April
23, 2021, with calling hours from 11 a.m., service at 1 p.m. and burial to
follow in Brookside Cemetery.
