Christine Elizabeth Weiss Loos
Aug. 11, 1946-Oct. 28, 2015

She was born in Seattle, raised in Burien and one of Edmonds’ biggest boosters, yet everyone who knew Chris Loos knew she left her heart in San Francisco.

Chris lived in the City by the Bay for three decades, arriving in time to bask in the afterglow of the Summer of Love and the attentions of her dear aunt Nona. It is there where she gave birth to her son, Jesse. There where she became the go-to mom whose Boy Scout bake sale efforts sold out first. And there where she taught her grandchildren that being present—cooking, coloring, laughing, creating—is more important than any present she could ever buy. Though she wasn’t against a present, or two.

In San Francisco she met her beloved husband Jack, whose work brought her back to the Puget Sound and to Edmonds, which welcomed her with open arms.

And oh, how she hugged back!

Retired from Delta Dental as assistant to the head of nationwide marketing, Chris made it her business to make her adopted hometown a better place. From her perch in a Victorian-era home within walking distance of downtown Edmonds, she built a reputation as a generous hostess and fierce advocate for the many causes she and Jack supported: the Edmonds Community College Foundation board, where she was a former officer; as board member and past-president of the Sno-Isle Library Foundation; and as an active volunteer at the Edmonds Center for the Arts.

Trained as a cosmetologist, and later at the horticultural program at Edmonds Community College, Chris appreciated a great haircut and kept a glorious garden. She loved a good game of cribbage and a suspenseful mystery novel and was lauded for her ability to compose a pretty posy, a deep-dish apple pie and a perfect thank you note.

Admire her shoes (and share her size 8) and they’d be yours. Chris rarely went anywhere without a gift in hand: a profusion of roses, a Provencal rosé, a pair of red heels. “She had a shoe problem,” says her son, who as a child, once counted 220 pair among her possessions. “It wasn’t a problem,” corrects her husband. “She knew how to fix it!”

Chris knew how to fix a lot of things—and wasn’t shy about telling those she loved how to right a wrong. But she couldn’t fix the pancreatic cancer that took her from us too soon. She died in hospice at Swedish Edmonds with Jesse by her side. But not before baking a big batch of brownies, earlier, as a thank you for the kind nursing staff who cared for her there.

Chris is pre-deceased by her parents, Edward and Hazel Weiss. She’s survived by her husband of 21 years, Jackson Loos of Edmonds; son Jesse Hancock (Jennifer Keeling) and grandchildren Angel and Tehya Hancock of San Francisco; stepdaughter Jennifer Moon (Jay) and grandson Colten of West Hills, Calif.; cousins Gary and Becky Cardiel of Daly City, Calif. and John and Beth Weiss of Longwood, Fla., as well as extended family and lifelong friends who will toast her at a private memorial service. Gifts in Chris’ memory may be sent in her name to the Edmonds Center for the Arts: 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds, WA 98020 or via the ECA website at https://www.edmondscenterforthearts.org/give-and-support/planned-giving.