San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Petschuch, Ester October 14, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vickie Stone vctrstv4u@aol.com October 17, 2005, 11:21 pm Lodi News-Sentinel Oct 17, 2005 Ester Petschuch Ester Petschuch, 82, of Lodi, died Oct. 14. She was born April 27, 1923, in Ratzersdorf, Czechoslovakia. Mrs. Petschuch attended grammar school in Ratzersdorf and a home economics school in Unternalb, Austria. She married her childhood sweetheart, Paul Petschuch, who was from the same hometown, on Nov. 24, 1942. They lived in Heubach, Germany from 1948 to 1955, when they moved to Lodi with their two daughters. She was a sorter for Diamond Walnut in Stockton until 1971, when she became a homemaker. She was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Lodi, Hermann Sons of Stockton, Fidelity Society, and the Heimat Choir. She and her husband traveled extensively, touring Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Alaska and most of the United States. She is survived by her husband, Paul Petschuch, of Lodi; daughters, Heidi Petschuch, of Modesto, and Helga Marshall, of Brentwood; sisters, Rosa Kompauer, of Lodi, and Adelheid Lietzke, of Germany; and one grandson. A service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Emanuel Lutheran Church with Pastor Bill Crabtree officiating. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Lodi Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Emanuel Lutheran Church, 1540 W. Lodi Ave., Lodi, CA 95242, or Hospice of San Joaquin, 2888 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95204. A virtual register book may be signed at http://www.lodifuneralhome.com, where memories may be shared. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/p/petschuc420gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb