Alene Koenig

JACKSON, Mo. -- Alene O. Koenig, 72, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at her home in Jackson.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. The Rev. Robert Henrichs will officiate. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery.

Alene was born Sept. 21, 1929, at Tilsit, Mo., daughter of Oscar and Olinda Best Birk. She and Leonard V. Koenig were united in marriage April 11, 1948.

Loving survivors include her husband; two sons and daughters-in-law, Larry L. and Tamara Koenig and Terry L. and Vickie Koenig, all of Jackson; three brothers, Clement Birk of Cape Girardeau, Norman and Truman Birk of Jackson; a sister, Francis Cobble of Arnold, Mo.

Also surviving are four grandchildren, Andrew L. and Austin L. Koenig, Terry "T.K." Koenig Jr. and wife, Misty, and Jessica Simmons and husband, Chris; and two great-grandchildren, Tristen and Macy Koenig.

Alene was a former member of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Tilsit, Mo., where she was baptized and confirmed. After moving to Jackson in 1953, Alene and Leonard joined St. Paul Lutheran Church. She was a past member of American Legion Auxiliary in Jackson.

Alene worked several years at the former Litz Poultry Plant in Jackson. She then worked at the Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Jackson, and in 1987 retired from Jackson Manor, and then lovingly cared for her grandchildren in her home.

She loved to sew, quilt, garden and cook -- especially for her beloved family.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. Paul Debt Retirement Fund.