Mrs. Lois Ann Weaver

Lois Ann Alpert Weaver, of Lenox, wife of Terry Weaver passed away peacefully on Oct 12th, at the age of 80 after a twenty-year courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Prior to her passing, Lois managed to gather all of her children this week in Lenox during peak fall foliage season, which was a favorite time of year for her. Lois was born in Utica, NY on Oct. 5, 1942, the daughter of Manuel Alpert and Margaret Bush Alpert. She was raised in the small upstate NY town of Dolgeville. Lois was a cheerleader and salutatorian of her high school class. She attended Rider College in New Jersey, and went to work in Boston for three years. She subsequently went to work at the Albany Medical Center Hospital in Albany New York, where she met and eventually married Terry who was a resident physician in training. They shared a love of children and good food among other things and this lasted for all of their life together. They married July 3, 1966 and a year later, during the Vietnam conflict, the doctor draft fortunately sent them to Germany for three years. It was three obligatory years, but they were wonderful, and in some ways the best years of their lives at the time. They had the opportunity to travel to all areas that were allowable in that time of the ‘The Iron Curtain’ and many new and some lifelong friendships were formed there. Their first born, Patrick, was born there in 1969. After discharge, they moved to the Berkshires, which they found to be a wonderful place to live and raise a family, which they very much desired. They stayed in the Berkshires for the rest of their lives together. Lois went on to be a 'Supermom' to five great kids. She was a champion knitter, fantastic cook and baker, and many of her friends came to her for advice, wisdom, and instructions. In addition, Lois loved to support and encourage her children on the Lenox Middle and High School Cross Country Ski Teams. She hosted many pre-race pasta dinners, which helped spur the teams on to enjoy many fun weekend races. She loved hiking, biking, swimming, x-c skiing, walking on the beach, toasting in the sun, sun rises, sunsets, and full moon rises over the water; all of which she enjoyed at the family’s seasonal cottage at the shore in Madison CT. Other things she loved included: babies, spending time with her eight grandchildren, leaf peeping trips in the fall, XC ski trips, warm chocolate-chip cookies, Pepe's (New Haven) pizza, frozen yogurt, watermelon margaritas, white sand, palm trees, azure water, afternoon cups of tea, glasses of wine and snacks on the porch, watching a good movie on the couch with a box of Good & Plenty, and dancing (if her husband could ever get a sense of rhythm). All of these things will always remind her loving family of her. Lois is preceded in death by her parents, and her brother Ronald Alpert. She is survived by her sister Rosalyn Reichman, her brother Richard Alpert, her five children, Patrick, Christopher, Timothy, Jonathan Weaver, and Rebecca Delafield, and eight grandchildren, Ben, Will, Sam, Sylas, Kaisa, Teddy, Caroline, and Mabel. The family thanks Hospice of the Berkshires and Elder Services of the Berkshires for the kind, compassionate and knowledgeable help in our time of need. Plus, many others who have helped, especially Jen and Princess.

Mrs. Lois Ann Weaver

October 5, 1942 - October 12, 2022