Obit: Kocher, Mary Ann (1926 – 2015)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Kocher, Brice, Schmitz, Lindner, Bowe, Vollrath, Hribar, Yeager

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, Wis.) 23 Apr 2015

Kocher, Mary Ann (5 OCT 1926 – 1 APR 2015)

Mary Ann Kocher, 89, Cornell, formerly of Greenwood, died on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Chippewa Falls. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Greenwood. Rev. Steve Brice officiated. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery, Greenwood.

Mary Ann Schmitz was born on Oct. 5, 1926, in Greenwood, the daughter of Joseph and Catherine (nee Lindner) Schmitz. She married Donald Arthur Kocher on May 12, 1945, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greenwood. He died on Feb. 28, 2005. Mary Ann was a true blessing on this Earth. She loved her Catholic faith and always had her rosary close by. Heaven just got a little brighter.

Survivors include three daughters and two sons, Jeannie (Maynard) Bowe, Cornell, Linda (Randy) Vollrath, Wautoma, Beatie (Bob) Hribar, The Woodlands, Texas, Ronald Kocher, Milwaukee, and Robert Kocher, Eau Claire; 15 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Carol (Burnell) Yeager, Greenwood.

She was preceded in death by five siblings.