Felma L. Kottmann 1928 - 2000

KOTTMANN, MILLER, RICH

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/3/2014 at 22:29:25

Sioux City Journal
27 December 2000

Felma L. Kottmann, 72, of Sioux City died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000, at a Sioux City hospital following a lengthy illness.

Services will be 11:30 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception Church, with the Rev. Paul-Louis Arts officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arr-angements are under the direction of Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel.

Mrs. Kottmann was born Aug. 26, 1928, in Sioux City, the daughter of Ernest J. and Blanche L. (Miller) Rich. She graduated from East High School in 1946. She received her teaching certificate from Briar Cliff College.

She married Maurice J. Kottmann on July 22, 1950, in Sioux City. He died June 13, 1995, in Sioux City.

She taught school in Spencer, Le Mars and Sheldon, Iowa, for a few years.

She was a member of the Sioux City Women's Club, the Humane Society Auxiliary, and the Welcome Wagon Club.

Survivors include a daughter and her husband, Mary and Randy Benton of Le Mars; a son and his wife, John and Roxanne Kottmann of Omaha; a brother and his wife, DuWayne and Margaret Rich of Sioux City; and a granddaughter, Sarah Benton.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Calvin Rich; and a sister, Catherine Rich