OBITUARY: Marvel A. Lesch, Mitchell County, Iowa


                             Marvel A. Lesch

[ Mitchell County Press online -- Posted July 10, 2002  www.mcpress.com ]

Funeral services for Marvel A. Lesch, 87, of Osage and Waterloo were held
Monday, July 8, 2002, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage. Reverend
Dennis Hanson officiated. Interment was in the Osage Cemetery.

Marvel died Thursday, July 4, 2002, at the Mitchell County Regional Health
Center.

She was born Nov. 15, 1914, on the family farm south of Osage, the daughter
of Alfred Henry and Louise Carolyn (Troge) Lesch. She attended the Cedar #1
rural school and graduated with the class of 1932 from Osage High School.
She took Normal Training in high school and then taught in rural schools
in Mitchell and Floyd Counties. She graduated from the University of
Northern Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts degree then taught for various
schools including Thor, Zwingle, Fairfield and for many years in the
Waterloo School System.

She was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage and the Martha
Circle there, numerous gem and mineral clubs and numerous Audubon Society
clubs.

Marvel was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Ralph and
W. Francis Lesch, a brother-in-law John Feldpouch and sister-in-law Margie
Lesch.

Survivors include one sister, Irva Feldpouch of Osage and Waterloo, a niece
Kay Johnson of Charles City and numerous cousins.

Champion - Bucheit Funeral Home (641)-732-3706 was in charge of arrangements.




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