| Alvin John Eich
Requiem mass for Alvin John Eich, 60, of Carroll will be
celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Augustine Church, Halbur, by the
Rev. Victor Kollasch. Mr. Eich died about 6:10 a.m. Wednesday, March 18,
at home following a long illness.
Friends may call at the Twit Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Thursday.
Rosaries Thursday night will be at 8 by the Holy Name Society of St.
Augustine parish, and at 8:45 by Sacred Heart Council No. 1972, Knights
of Columbus, of Templeton. On Friday the rosary will be recited at 3, 8
and 8:45 p.m. Interment will be in the parish cemetery at Halbur.
Mr. Eich had farmed near Halbur until moving to the present home
at 318 Bluff Street on Jan. 8 of this year. He was born at Halbur Dec.
31, 1909, a son of Charles and Anna Reinart Eich. His marriage to Marie
M. Krogman took place at Halbur Jan. 14, 1941, with the Rev. George
Schumacher officiating. He was a member of St. Augustine Church and the
Templeton Knights of Columbus.
Surviving with his wife are seven children: Wayne and Robert of
Halbur; Jim, of Carroll; Sr. Mary Ann of Loyola University, Chicago;
Carol, of St. Mary's Junior College, Minneapolis; Esther and John, both
at home; and one grandchild, Faye Eich.
Also surviving are two brothers, Ray and Herbert Eich, both of
Halbur; and seven sisters: Sr. Mary Ricarda, Waterloo; Mrs. Adolph (Evelyn)
Langel, Templeton; Mrs. Leo (Luci) Irlmeier, Manning; Mrs. Helen
Eischeid, Halbur; Mrs. John (Katherine) Loughran, Breda; Mrs. Jerry
(Sally) Schenkelberg, Carroll; and Mrs. Lawrence (Mildred) Sporrer,
Manning. Two sisters, Loretta and Ann, preceded him in death.
(Carroll Daily Times Herald, Thursday, March 19, 1970, p. 2) |
