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Leona M. Koch Houtz

18 May 1915 – 10 Sep 2004

Birth	18 May 1915
Death	10 Sep 2004
Cemetery	Saint Gregorys Cemetery Marysville , Marshall County , Kansas , USA
Added by	Mike on 04 Aug 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113918537

Bio

Marysville Advocate; 9-16-2004 Leona Houtz-Kieffer, 89, died Friday, Sept. 10, 2004, at Cambridge Place, Marysville. A rosary was prayed at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, at St. Gregory's Catholic Church. A Mass was at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at St. Gregory's, with the Rev. Gary Pennings officiating. Organist was Bob Welch, and music included "Here I Am, Lord," "Amazing Grace," "On Eagle's Wings" and "How Great Thou Art." Pallbearers were Gary Cope, Galen Cope, Dave Schultz, Mike Lee, Daniel Lee and Donny Cope. Burial was in St. Gregory's Cemetery. Leona Houtz-Kieffer was born May 18, 1915, in Beattie, the daughter of John A. and Marcella M. Cook Koch. She graduated from Salina High School in 1934. On Sept. 19, 1936, she married Herbert E. Houtz. He died April 4, 1984. On Aug. 28, 1993, she married Larry Kieffer. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Gregory's Church, the altar society, R.S.V.P., Daughters of Isabella, American Legion Auxiliary and Women of the Moose. Besides her first husband, she was preceded in death by an infant son, Galen, in 1941; a daughter, Sharon Pavlacha, in 1994; three sisters, Marie, Blance and Nell; and four brothers, Leo John Koch, George Koch, Paul Koch and Cecil Koch. Survivors include her husband, Larry Kieffer, Marysville; two daughters, Shirley Leem, Stafford, Texas, and Lynn Houtz, Marysville; two sons, Gene Houtz, Marysville, and Brad Houtz, Manhattan; 10 grandchildren; seven grandchildren; 10 stepchildren; 17 step-grandchildren; and nine step-great-grandchildren.

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Family

Parents

• John Anthony Koch 1878–1951
• Marcella Marie Cook Koch 1882–1967

Spouse

• Herbert E. Houtz 1915–1984
• Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Kieffer 1923–2007

Siblings

• Marie T. Koch Noller 1901–1985
• Blanche Ester Koch Stratton 1902–1990
• Leo J. Koch 1904–1975
• Nellie E. Koch Shanek 1906–1997
• Paul A Koch 1908–1931
• George Vincent Koch 1910–1969
• Cecil Robert Koch 1914–1988
• John F. Koch 1916–1984
• Kenneth E. "Ken" Koch 1918–2000
• Thomasine Anna Koch Cope 1920–2001
• William Charles Koch 1923–1978
• James Earl Koch 1925–1978
• Kathryn Marcella Koch Thompson 1926–2004
• Kathryn Marcella Koch Thompson 1926–2004 FaG

Children

• Galen Lee Houtz 1941–1941
• Sharon Joanne Houtz Pavlacka 1942–1994
• Gene Houtz 1945–2020
• Carol Lynne Houtz 1956–2022

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