CROUCH, Otellie (1881-1959)

CROUCH, SPARLING, FRITZ, LINCOLN, DASHNER, SAWYER, ROENFELD, WHITE, LEE, BARBOUR, ROWE, SELL, ROENFELD, TUCHENHAGEN, BOYCE RAINES, SHAW, SCHWALM

Posted By: Elaine Harrington (email)
Date: 10/12/2006 at 06:20:53

Glenwood Opinion-Tribune
Dated April 30, 1959

Funeral services for Mrs. George Crouch were held inthe Raynor Chapel Thursday, April 23 (1959), 2 p.m. with Pastor Paul Sparling of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Music was furnished by Mrs. Homer Fritz, Mrs. Dale Lincoln, and Mrs. Frances Dashner.

Flower bearers were Mrs. W. D. Sawyer, Mrs. Albert Roenfeld, Mrs. Ivan White, and Mrs. Scotty Lee. Pallbearers were W. D. Sawyer, Ivan White, William Barbour, Stanley Rowe, Glenn Sell, and Albert Roenfeld.

Burial was made in the Glenwood Cemetery.

Otellie, daughter of Frederick and Anna Tuchenhagen, was born in Omaha, Neb., on November 2, 1891. She was one of five children.

She was united in marriage to George Crouch on December 25, 1912. They went to housekeeping on a farm in the West Oak community. He adult life was lived in and around Glenwood. Four children were born to this union.

Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Crouch had made her home in Glenwood. She was baptized and confirmed in First Lutheran Church of Omaha, Neb., by Pastor E. J. Frees. For the past several years she attended the Glenwood Christian Church as much as her health would permit.

Following several months of ill health she passed away suddenly the morning o April 21, 1959, at the age of 67 years, 5 months and 19 days. She was at the home of her son, Kenneth, at the time.

Mrs. Crouch leaves to mourn her passing three sons: Kenneth, Russell and Albert, all of Glenwood; one daughter, Mrs. Lucille Boyce of Glenwood; 12 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Raines of Glenwood and Mrs. Amelia Shaw of Council Bluffs; two brothers, Adolph Tuchenhagen of Council Bluffs and Fred Schwalm of Glenwood. She will be missed by many neighbors and friends.