Lois Sue Chain, 79, Wabash, died at 3:17 a.m. Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, at Miller’s Merry Manor East, Wabash.

She was born March 23, 1938 in VanLear, Kentucky to Eugene and Opal (Collins) Fields.

She married Willard Henry Chain in Richvalley  on Feb. 8, 1986; he died Sept.17, 2017. She retired from General Tire in Wabash after 30 plus years. She enjoyed her family, shopping and traveling.

She is survived by three children, Sheila (Bill) Sluss, Wabash, Vicki (Scott) Pennington, Urbana, and James (Melissa) Chain, Wabash; four stepchildren, Michael Chain, Osprey, Fla.,  Ronald (Lori) Chain, Lafayette, La., Scott (Michelle) Chain, Sedona, Az., and Giuliana (Lance) Dettman of Palm Harbor, Fla.; eight grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and her sister, Emmalou (Charlie) Daniels, Wabash.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, grandson Franklin Pennington, sister, Cleda Mae DeHart, and two brothers, Herschel Ray Fields, and Ronald Dean Fields.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Tim Prater and Pastor Charlie Easterday officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call from 2-8 pm Tuesday, at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is Miller’s Merry Manor Activity Fund.