Catherine Juch

Catherine Margaret "Kitty" Zeisler Juch, 90, died April 8, 2007, at Spring Branch Healthcare Center in Houston, Texas.

Visitation will be at 10:30 a.m. April 21 at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

The service will immediately follow at 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home, with Monsignor Edward Eftink of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson, officiating. Burial will follow at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau.

Mrs. Juch was born May 2, 1916, in St. Louis, to Nicholas Sebastian and Emma Louise Eckenfels Zeisler. She married Roy Frederick Juch, July 3, 1932. He preceded her in death Feb. 11, 1976.

Two children were born, June Marie and Roy Frederick Jr.

Survivors include her children, June M. Dodd Vickery; Roy F. Juch Jr. (Judene); grandchildren: Donald D. Dodd (Felicia), Denise Dodd Mitchell, Catherine M. Dodd, Deborah C. Gore (Larry), Roy F. Juch, III (Martha) & Lisa R. Breen (Brian). Great-grandchildren, Catherine E. Dodd, Cody J. Mitchell, Jessica L. Juch, Jason R. Juch, B. Duncan Breen, Bailey C. Breen and Parker D. Breen; a sister, Gertrude Cahill Feldhaus of Salem, Mo., and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Other family members preceding her was a sister, Agnes Peters (John); brothers, Francis Zeisler, Frank Zeisler (Margaret), John "Jack" Zeisler (Ida), and Edward Zeisler (Lucille). Until her move to Texas, Kitty lived most of her life in St. Louis, Jackson and Millersville. Some time was spent living in Forrest City and Little Rock, Ark., and Houston.

Pallbearers are grandsons, Donald Dodd and Fred Juch; great-grandsons, Cody Mitchell, Jason Juch and Duncan Breen; and a special friend, Bob Manning.

Honorary pallbearers are: Donald Darnell, Louis Rohlfs and Arthur Obermann.

Special friends are Goldie and Donald Darnell and family, Peggy and Bob Manning and family, and Sherri Upton Dodd.

Kitty used her skill in knitting and crocheting to serve as a 4-H teacher and adviser in Millersville; served as a volunteer at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Jackson Manor in Jackson, Catholic Nursery in Little Rock, and as a Girl Scout leader in St. Louis.

Many will remember her as the teacher who taught them to knit and crochet.

Kitty asked that these words be written in her obituary: "No flowers, no tears, a fond and affectionate farewell to all of my many friends and relatives, may they go with God."

In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorial donations be made to Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, or Saint Francis Medical Center, or a charity of choice.