Obituary

  Willey - John J. Broich, 85, a retired Willey farmer, died early Thursday, January 26, at the Carroll Health Center Nursing Home in Carroll.
  Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, January 28, at St. Mary Church in Willey with the Rev. Peter Fransco as celebrant. A grandson, Brian Heithoff, will be lector; gift-bearers will be granddaughters: Barb Langel, Sharon Snyder, Marita and Lori Broich and mass-servers will be grandsons, Wayne, Scott and Jim Heithoff and Kevin Broich. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Serving as casketbearers will be grandsons: Kevin Langel, Allen Broich, Terry Klocke, Joe, David and Mike Broich.
  Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 2:30 p.m. Friday. Rosaries will be recited at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., the latter by the parish and Knights of Columbus, and a scriptural prayer service will be conducted at 8:45 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
  Mr. Broich is survived by five sons: Robert, Gray; Thomas and Clayton, Carroll; Jerome, Roselle, and John Broich Jr., Carroll; four daughters: Mrs. Dale (Marilyn) Snyder, Breda; Mrs. Vernon (Delores) Langel, Omaha; Mrs. Ronald (Joleen) Klocke, Coon Rapids, and Mrs. Denis (Laurel Jean) Heithoff, Willey; 40 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; four brothers: Vincent Mount Carmel; Anton, Carroll; Mike, Lake City, and Alfred Broich, Willey, and three sisters: Mrs. Dave (Clara) Pudenz, Lidderdale; Mrs. Hubert (Victoria) Dorpinghaus, Coon Rapids, and Mrs. Albert (Lena) Beyerink, Coon Rapids.
  He was preceded in death by his parents, wife on Jan. 25, 1983; a son, Marvin; two grandchildren: Mike Snyder and Nancy Klocke; two brothers: Frank and Hubert, and a sister, Caroline.
  Mr. Broich was born December 31, 1898, at Wilmont, Minn., a son of Theodore and Caroline Werner Broich. He came as a child with his parents to the Willey area and attended schools in the Willey community. On October 21, 1924, he was married to Emilia Neppl 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. Since December of 1980, he had been a resident of the nursing home. He was a member of St. Mary Parish, Holy Name Society and was an honorary life member of Charles Carroll Council, Knights of Columbus.
(Carroll Daily Times Herald, Iowa, Thursday, January 26, 1984, p. 12)