OBITUARY: Vivian Catherine Hockens, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted July 17, 2002]


                          Vivian Catherine Hockens
                              
Funeral services for Vivian Hockens, age 77, of McIntire were held on
Monday, July 8, 2002 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in
Riceville with burial in Wayne Cemetery in McIntire. Reverend Ray Atwood
presided. Vivian died Friday, July 5, 2002 at her home in McIntire.

Vivian Catherine Hockens was born on September 26, 1924 at Adams, MN, the
daughter of Joe Jr. and Rosa (Krebsbach) Koenigs. She grew up in the Adams
area and attended Sacred Heart School in Adams.

On February 16, 1946 she was united in marriage to Perry Lorraine Hockens
at the Immaculate Conception Church in Riceville. They started their married
life in Bailey, IA running a restaurant. After a few years, they lived in
the McIntire area, finally settling in the town of McIntire. Vivian was
employed at the Fox River Mills in Osage for the past 30 plus years. The
last four years, she worked part time at LeRoy Products.

Vivian was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and its
Altar and Rosary Society. She liked playing cards and loved to have family
and friends around. She was especially fond of her grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were her parents, husband Perry on March 30, 1978,
one daughter Sandy Kozak on February 2, 1993, two brothers and three sisters.

Survivors include three daughters, Ida Rowe of LeRoy, MN, Brenda (Ben)
Stevenson of McIntire,  and Julie (Rod) Jacobs of Minnetonka, MN, one son,
James (Bonnie) Hockens of Rochester, MN, 12 grandchildren, seven
great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Ernest Koenigs of
California and Edmund Koenigs of Michigan, four sisters, Helen Mullenbach
of Adams, MN, Dorothy Gunsallus of McIntire, Millie Barnes of Grand Meadow,
MN and Margaret Kohel of Wisconsin.

Conway Funeral Home in Riceville assisted with arrangements.




Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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