Obituary

  Willey - Mrs. John J. (Emilia) Broich, 77, of Willey, died Tuesday, January 25, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. She had been in failing health for several months.
  Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, January 27, at St. Mary church in Willey with the Rev. Peter Fransco as celebrant. Bryan Heithoff, a grandson, will be lector; Sharon Snyder, Michelle Broich and Lori Broich, grandchildren, will be gift-bearers and grandchildren Wayne Scott and Jim Heithoff will be mass-servers. Serving as casketbearers will be grandsons Mike Broich, Allen Broich, Richard Broich, Bryan Langel, Jeff Klocke and David Broich. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
  Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 2 p.m. Wednesday. Rosaries will be recited at the funeral home at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. by the parish and a scriptural prayer service will be conducted at 8:45 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.
  Mrs. Broich is survived by her husband John, Carroll; nine children: Robert, Gray; Jerome, Roselle; Thomas, Carroll; Clayton, Carroll; Mrs. Dale (Marilyn) Snyder, Breda; Mrs. Vernon (Delores) Langel, Omaha: Mrs. Ronald (Joleen) Klocke, Coon Rapids; Mrs. Denis (Laurel Jean) Heithoff, Willey, and John Broich, Carroll; 39 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; a sister Mrs. Clara Vogt, Carroll and a sister-in-law Mrs. Rose Neppel, Carroll.
  She was preceded in death by her parents, a son Marvin, two grandchildren: Mike Snyder and Nancy Klocke; three brothers: Jacob Neppl Jr., Maximilian and Herman Neppl, and six sisters: Mary (Sister Honoria), Mrs. George (Frances) Schultes, Mrs. Anton (Bertha) Venteicher, Mrs. John (Cecilia) Berger, Mrs. Bernard (Anna) Pletchette and Mrs. George (Louise) Arndorfer.
  Mrs. Broich was born June 29, 1905, at Willey, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Kraus Neppl Sr. She spent her early years in the Willey area and attended St. Mary school. On October 21, 1924, she was married to John J. Broich at St. Mary church in Willey by the Rev. Msgr. M. A. Schemel. After their marriage, they farmed in the Willey area until 1959 when they retired and moved into Willey. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in October of 1974. She was a member of St. Mary church and the Ladies Guild.
(Carroll Daily Times Herald, Iowa, Tuesday, January 25, 1983, p. 2)