DONGOLA, Ill. -- Fern Foster Kotke Zacharias, 75, formerly of Dongola, died Saturday, Oct. 22, 1994, at her home in Racine, Wisc.
She was born here May 21, 1919, the daughter of Walter and Augusta Davis Foster.
She married Russell Kotke, who died in 1961. She married Herb Zacharias in 1967. He survives.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Dongola and was a retired accountant.
Other survivors are one son, James Kotke, Dorr, Mich.; two sisters, Melba Webb, Perryville, Mo., and Gladys Konsin, Racine; one brother, Lowell Foster, Mountain Home, Ark.; and one grandchild.
One son, one brother and one sister also preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Dongola with the Rev. Mike VanDeWalle officiating. Burial will be in the Dongola American Legion Cemetery.
Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
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