Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Couch, Marie Frances November 27, 1939
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot November 28, 1939

Mrs. Marie Frances Couch, age 67 years, widow of Perley T. Couch, died at 9 
o'clock yesterday morning at a local hospital. Mrs. Couch was a native of 
Philadelphia and had been a resident of Norfolk for the past 30 years, residing 
at 739 West Thirty-eighth Street at the time of her death. She is survived by 
two daughters, Mrs. C.R. Davies and Mrs. Helen C. Mears, of Norfolk; one son, 
Frederick J. Couch, of Petersburg, Va. and five grandchildren.
The body will be taken from the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 1501 Colonial 
Avenue, to the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, for services tomorrow morning 
at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.  Rosary services will be 
held at the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments tonight at 8 o'clock.
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Mrs. Marie Frances Couch — Funeral services for Mrs. Couch, widow of Perley T. 
Couch, whose death occurred Monday, were held at 10 o’clock yesterday morning at 
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with the Rev. Leo J. Ryan, S.T.D., the 
pastor, officiating. The Rev. E P. Kilgalen and the Rev. J. O. Schmidhauser were 
in the sanctuary. In his address at the conclusion of the mass Father Ryan paid 
tribute to Mrs. Couch’s loyalty to her home and church. The church choir sang 
“Nearer, My God to Thee," with Mrs. R. P. Smith as organist. There was a large 
attendance and many floral offerings. The casket was covered with a pall of 
Easter lilies, red roses, white chrysanthemums and fern.
Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, and services at the grave were conducted 
by the Rev. J. O. Schmidhauser. Pallbearers were Edward J. Fox, Francis V. 
Bartol, Samuel Annunciata, Quinton Zeller, George W. Cox and Pasquale 
Annunciata.

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot  November 30, 1939

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