Alice Ann (Schaller) KELCH

KELCH, SCHALLER, FRIEDRICH, WOOD, MAHER, DESART, HANLON, SLOAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/10/2010 at 13:01:00

Alice A. Kelch, 98, died on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at the Park Place Long Term Care Unit in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. A Funeral Mass was held on Tuesday, March 9, at 10:30 a.m., at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wesley, with Father Randy Schon, Father Bernard Grady and Father Thomas Spiegel officiating. Interment was in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Corwith.

Alice Ann Kelch, was born on January 16, 1912, to Louis and Theresa Friedrich Schaller in Wisches, France. The family came to Webster City in July of 1913. Later they moved to the Kanawha area. Alice graduated from the Kanawha High School in 1930 and then attended college in Iowa Falls to become a teacher in a rural school. Alice was married to Arthur W. Kelch on June 19, 1934, in the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Corwith. To this marriage there were seven children born. Alice was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wesley. She was also a faithful member of the Corwith Women's Club, Royal Neighbors and the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She loved gardening, doing art work, quilting and shopping.

Surviving are her children, Margaret (Donald) Wood of Indianola, Eugene (Sharon) Kelch of Algona, Donna (Larry) Maher of Mt. Pleasant, Duane (Ruth Ann) Kelch of Hampton, Gerald Kelch of Washington, D.C. and David (Mary Beth) Kelch of Iowa City; 14 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; her sister, Helen DeSart of Lake City; and 20 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband; infant son, James; her parents; siblings, Madeline Sloan, Mary Hanlon, Louis Schaller, Renee Schaller and Robert Schaller.

A Memorial Fund will be established at the Corwith Community Library in her memory. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf Funeral Home of Wesley.

March 10, 2010
Forest City Summit - Iowa