Montezuma County CO Archives Obituaries.....Eppich, Genevieve December 27, 2001
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Genevieve Eppich

    Funeral services for Genevieve Eppich will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 31, at 
St. Rita's Catholic Church in Mancos. Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Rosary services will be Sunday at 6 p.m., also at St. Rita's.

    Genevieve was born on Dec. 24, 1919, in Thompson Park, Colo., to Frank and Florence
(Jones-Mahan) Sponsel. She passed away on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at her home in 
Thompson Park. She was 82.

    She was a third-generation rancher whose family homesteaded the ranch that has been 
in their family for 114 years.

    Genevieve is survived by her children, Mary Rita (Robert) Simmons of Lamar, Colo., 
Helen(Mark) Cernich of Phoenix, Ariz., Pauline (Les) Moody of Windsor, Colo., 
Tom Eppich of Thompson Park, Colo., Linda (Dan) Archibeque of Mancos, Theresa (Davin) 
Montoya of Hesperus, Colo., and Gary (Kathy) Eppich of Stafford, Va.  She also leaves 
seven granddaughters, seven grandsons, and two great-granddaughters.  Four sisters and 
three brothers also survive Genevieve.  

    She was preceded in death by her husband, George, son Joseph, grandson Dustin Eppich, 
and sister Ruth Bartel.
 
    Memorial contributions can be made with St. Rita's Catholic Church. Services will be 
under the direction of the Ertel Funeral Home.

-- 
Tom Vaughan, Editor
The Mancos Times-Tribune 
Serving the beautiful Mancos Valley since 1892
P.O. Box 987, Mancos, CO 81328
(970) 533-7766     (970) 565-8527
thomasv@cortezjournal.com  fax (970) 565-8532      

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