KOTHE, Florence L. 1897-1991

KOTHE, HERREN, SPENCER, TIMSON, HOSTELLER, ROWLEY

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 10/8/2013 at 23:34:03

[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, June 11, 1991]

LA PORTE CITY — Florence L. Kothe, 93, of Colonial Manor of La Porte City, formerly of Waterloo, die.d at the manor Sunday, June 9, 1991, of cancer.

She was bom Sept. 13, 1897, in Nashua, daughter of Charles and Lillian Spencer Herren. She married Eric Kothe on April 29, 1920, in Waterloo. He.died Feb. 21, 1955.

Mrs. Kothe had been employed in admissions at Schoitz Memorial Hospital for 17 years, retiring in 1973.

Survivors include a niece, Lynn Timson of La Porte City; and two nephews, Mark Hosteller, serving with the U.S. Air Force in England, and Jeff Hosteller of Waterloo.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Carl and Will Herren; and two sisters, Neola Hosteller and Lila Rowley.

Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Chapel of Memories- West Funeral Home, Waterloo, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Waterloo. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and for an hour before services Thursday at the chapel.

Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Washburn.