Rock Island resident and Van Buren County native Lois Montandon, 89, was born March 5, 1927 and died Sept. 1 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville following an extended illness. Retired from Genesco, she was the daughter of the late Willie C. and Dovie Alice Craig Mills. She was married Oct. 2, 1946 to Don Montandon, who preceded her in death March 15, 1997.