Alphonse J. Kelchen

KELCHEN, HEIMS, RECKER

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ALPHONSE J. KELCHEN: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Thursday, February 12, 1998

WORTHINGTON, Iowa - Alphonse J. Kelchen, 82, of Worthington, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1998, at Shady Rest Care Center, Cascade.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul Catholic Church, Worthington, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be an Altar and Rosary Society rosary at 3 p.m., and a parish scripture service at 6 p.m.

Mr. Kelchen farmed with his wife in the Hopkinton area, retiring in January 1976.

He was born on Jan. 13, 1916, in Hopkinton, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Heims) Kelchen. He married Germaine E. Recker on Oct. 2, 1945, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Dyersville.

Surviving are his wife, Germaine; three sons, Ron "Mickey," of Hopkinton, Ken (Linda), of Dyersville, and Dan "Duke" (Vickie), of Cascade; four daughters, Mary (David) Benke, of Cascade, Joan (Rod) Meyer, of Worthington, Bev (Bill) Hentges, of Batavia, Ill., and Deb (Al) Brunsmann, of Dyersville; 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; four sisters, Louise (Ed) Vaske and Erma Koppes, both of Cascade, Marie (Ray) Kronlage, of Farley, and Mildred Foxen, of Earlville; and a sister-in-law, Florence Kelchen, of Manchester.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jane Blank, in 1978; his parents; two brothers, Paul and Lawrence Kelchen; and three sisters, Rose Heying, Veronica Polfer and Katherine Kelchen.