CAIRO, Ill. -- Aldeen Koch, 83, of Cairo died Thursday, April 14, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
She married Leonard R. Koch, who died in 1985.
Koch was a telephone operator with Illinois Bell Telephone Co. 45 years, and a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.
Survivors include a nephew, Donald Koch of Cairo; and a niece, Margaret Hagen of Paducah, Ky.
Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo after 5 p.m. Sunday. The rosary will be recited at 7:30 Sunday.
Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Church, with the Rev. Jerome Fortenberry officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge.
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