Lois Laster

Lois moved from Peoria to St. Louis with her mother and sister when she was very young. She grew up going back and forth between households – her mother’s residence in Carr Square Village and her godparents’ home on Howard Street in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood. Lois was one of the first African-American students to integrate at St. Leo’s in St. Louis Place and she attended high school at Rosati-Kain. She shares a vibrant picture of the tight-knit community where she felt loved, supported and nurtured.

Lois' Collection of Memories