Emma Louise Shoemaker

Louise Shoemaker, age 91  ended her class act  in this last chapter of her life on August 16, 2014.  She had eluded death by leaving hospice three times and returning to her lovely home.  She was granted her wish to be in her comfortable tiny home when she exited for the last time.  Louise was born in Laredo, Texas to Otto and Emma Lyons.   Her mother came from an aristocratic French family that had settled in Coahuila Mexico.  Parts of her family, including her mother, were later ousted to the United States by Pancho Villa during the Mexican revolution.  Her father was a career military man. She married Frank Shoemaker in 1958. She learned the refined manners, etiquette, and charm and fashion sense from her mother, and her preciseness, attention to detail, promptness, and organization from her father.  What were her own most wonderful traits were her generosity, empathy, and thirst for knowledge, childlike curiosity, and ability to be joyous and have fun. She had a great work ethic, and she did all that she attempted well and with seemingly great ease.  Louise had an almost photographic memory and could remember dates, facts, faces, incidents and names for years, much to the astonishment of many of her younger friends.   She would describe herself as “very left brain but just a five year old in an adult body”. As a young girl, Louise spent many holidays and long vacations in Mexico with family and friends.  With her flaming red hair and delicate beauty, she was the belle of many of those parties where she danced into the night in the fancy country clubs of that era.  She was fluent in Spanish and loved to seek out those with who could converse in Spanish.  She also loved Mexican food and loved to cook it.  She cooked many gourmet specialties, but she especially loved to make tamales and share them with her friends.  Louise enjoyed fine dining, traveling all over the United States as well as England and Spain and other countries in Europe, shopping and spending time with family and friends were her joys.  Louise also had a serious side.  She took care of many  sick friends after a full day’s work.  Sometimes she would cook and go visit her sick friends daily for weeks on end.  She was a great listener and in her time heard many a secret or problems from friends she was helping. Louise was a private secretary at Doehler-Jarvis.  She was one of the fastest and most accurate short hand note taker.  She also took many important phone calls while working there for one of the top administrators and talked to many important people.  When anyone could not find an item, could not spell a word or remember some important fact, her boss would say, “Ask Louise.  If anyone knows, Louise will know.”  Later on she went back to school and earned her electrolysis certification and enjoyed a long time career as an owner of an electrolysis business retiring at age 80.  Many of her patients became her long time friends.  They all thought the world of her and she became part of their families until the end of her life. She is survived by her daughter, Marsha Loos; step-son, Greg Shoemaker; grandchildren, Jacqueline (Paul Komisarek) Wilcox, Sarah (Dave) Latta, great grandchildren, Emily Komisarek, Allison and Andrew Latta; and a host of beloved friends.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank; sisters     and brother There will be no visitation.  A celebration of Louises life will be held at a later date. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider  Hospice of Northwest Ohio, 30000 E. River Rd. Perrysburg, OH 43551. Condolences may be share with family and friends at walkerfuneralhomes.com.  Arrangements by Walker Funeral Home 419-841-2422.