OBITUARY: Gregor Loecher, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ Mitchell County press   June 26, 2001  www.mcpress.com ]


               Gregor Loecher [1905-2001]

Funeral services were held Thursday, June 21, 2001 at the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, Osage, for Gregor Loecher, age 95, of Osage. Father
Philip Recker officiated and interment was in the Sacred Heart Cemetery,
Osage. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, in charge of arrangements.
He died Monday, June 18, 2001 at the Stacyville Community Nursing Home.

Gregor was born December 15, 1905 at Stacyville the son of Mathias and
Mary (Weber) Loecher. He attended school in Stacyville. Gregor was united
in marriage to Rosella Theobald on Jan. 7, 1931 in Stacyville. The couple
farmed in the Stacyville area until 1967 when they retired and moved to
Osage.

Rosella died on Dec. 20, 1986. In 1990, Gregor moved to the Manor in
Mason City and he has resided in the Stacyville Community Nursing Home
for the past five years. He was a member of the Knights of Columbia.
He was formerly active in the Osage Senior Citizens where he assisted
with Blood drives and Meals On Wheels and other senior activities.
After retiring Gregor enjoyed gardening, fishing, square dancing,
playing 500 and playing pool.

Preceding him in death  were his parents; his wife, Rosella in 1986;
three brothers, John, Aloyius, Paul; one sister, Mathilda Mayer.

Those that survive him include his daughter, Darlene Schneider and her
husband, Clem of Mason City and their children; Karen Vitale and her
husband, Domenic of River Falls, WI and their children, Matthew and
Sarah; Mark Schneider and his wife, Michelle of Georgetown, TX and and
their daughter, Kieran; and Sharon Luehrs and her husband, Jeffrey of
Apple Valley, MN and their son, Nathan; one sister, Isabelle Theobald
of Sheboygan Falls, WI; one sister-in-law, Louise Wolf and her husband,
Ray of Austin, MN; several nieces and nephews.


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