They also reveled in traveling, sporting events, and were continually on the go.Įd and Louzetta were members of the Wilmington Country Club and charter members of the Rehoboth Beach Country Club. Ed and Lou each possessed a gift to make others feel valued and at ease, and they entertained frequently and with style. Ed was a well-known insurance and securities broker in Wilmington, and the couple entertained for both business and pleasure. Lower,' more often known as 'Aunt Lou,' became a multi-generational second mother and confidante to innumerable nieces, nephews, and children of friends and neighbors.

At their insistence and continued pleasure, the Lower homes in Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach had a gravitational pull of hospitality, fun, generosity, laughter and friendship. In 1955 Ed and Lou moved from downtown Wilmington to Carrcroft Crest where they raised their children, and savored entertaining family and an extraordinary network of lifelong friends and neighbors. The young newlyweds loved Rehoboth Beach so much that they built their first home in 1945 directly across from the original Rehoboth Beach Country Club while living in an apartment in Wilmington. Throughout their marriage they lived in Wilmington and spent every possible seasonal weekend at their second home in Rehoboth Beach. In 1943 Louzetta married a high school and college suitor, Edward Vincent Lower, and they were gifted a 37-year marriage blessed with four children. Louzetta enjoyed junior high school, high school, particularly at the local hangout Patsy's, and her college experience with a wide circle of friends, and she excelled in athletics, dancing and academics. du Pont High School in 1939 and the University of Delaware in 1943 with a bachelor's degree in secondary education. Louzetta was raised in Wilmington and spent her summers in Rehoboth Beach. Louzetta was born in Worcester, Mass., and moved as a young child to Delaware, where she became a beloved and devoted Delawarean for the remainder of her life. Louzetta Schafer Lower Morris, 96, was called home to God Monday, Dec.

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