Lois was born December 4, 1929 in Los Angeles to Samuel and Rosena Marshall. She married Eugene Pickett in 1946 at the age of 16. She finished high school and raised 2 sons, Larry and Mark and 1 daughter, Diane. She was preceded in death by husband Eugene, daughter, Diane and grandson, Brandon. She worked for 30 years as an assembler and packer of thermostats for Robertshaw Controls in Long Beach. She left behind her 2 sons, daughters-in-laws, her grandchildren and their spouses, and many great and great-great grandchildren and her neices and nephews. She died on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023 after a very brief illness. May she rest in peace