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Louis John Besch

22 Sep 1904 – 11 Feb 1974

Birth	22 Sep 1904
Death	11 Feb 1974
Cemetery	Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Caldwell , Canyon County , Idaho , USA
Added by	Dennis McIndoo on 23 May 2007
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19501738

Bio

CALDWELL — Requiem Mass for Louis J. Besch, 69, Route 8, Caldwell, who died Monday in a Caldwell hospital, will be celebrated at St. Mary's Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Friday by the Rev. Fr. Nicolas Walsh. Interment will be at Hillcrest. The Rosary will be recited at FlahIff Funeral Chapel at 8 p.m. Thursday. Mr. Besch was born Sept. 22, 1904, at Cedar Rapids, Neb., and moved to Fullerton, Neb., with his parents when he was six. He married Victoria M. Cooper Dec. 31, 1929, in Grand Island, Neb., and they formed at Fullerton. They moved to Central City, Neb., in 1938, and came to the Nampa area in 1947. He worked for the Pacific Fruit Express Co. at the Nampa shops for a time, and farmed near Nampa from 1950 until 1971. The couple moved to Caldwell in 1959, although he continued to farm near Nampa. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Besch are two daughters, Mrs Ellen Griffin of Nampa and Mrs. Mary Arnell of Logan, Utah; three sisters, Mrs. Viola Delaney of Fullerton, Mrs. Anna Snell of Sun City, Ariz., and Mrs. Frances Spalding of Council Bluffs, Iowa; 12 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by a brother and a sister. The Idaho Statesman, February 13, 1974 Page 4-D Burial: 15 Feb 1974

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Family

Parents

• Michael Besch 1872–1949
• Mary Homan Besch 1875–1933

Spouse

• Victoria Marie Cooper Shoemaker 1910–1994 FaG

Siblings

• Viola M. Besch Delaney 1901–1982
• Ann Rosella Besch Snell 1908–1993
• Frances C. Besch Ristau Daughton 1915–1994
• Baby Daughter Besch

Children

• Ellen Louise Besch Griffin 1935–2003 FaG
• Mary Ann Besch Arnell 1938–2011 FaG

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