OBITUARY: John Martin Von Tersch, Mitchell County, Iowa



               MASS OF ANGELS RITES HELD FOR JOHN VonTERSCH

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Osage for John Von Tersch, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Von Tersch, who died Saturday evening at the home of his parents. The child
had been ill since he was 13 months old and was confined to Mitchell County
Memorial hospital during part of his illness.

The Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Conroy, church pastor, was in charge of the Mass of
Angles.

Arrangements were by C. R. Champion and Sons and burial was in Sacred Heart
cemetery.

John Martin Von Tersch was born Sept. 26, 1962, at Mitchell County Memorial
Hospital, the son of Thomas and Marilyn Lewis Von Tersch. He was baptized
in infancy at Sacred Heart church.

Surviving are his parents, his grandparents, Mrs. Jeanette Lewis, Clifford
B. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. William Von Tersch, all of Osage; one great
grandfather, John Moore of Lincoln, Ill,, and Mrs. K. A. Von Tersch of
Omaha, several aunts and uncles.

Preceding him in death was his sister Michele Ann.



Copyright (c) 2002 by Marilyn O'Connor
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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