The Funeral Service for Cathy Perschbacher of
Albert Lea
will be held at
11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at
Grace
Lutheran
Church
, Albert Lea.
Reverend Todd Walsh and Reverend Andrea Myers will officiate.
Interment
will be in
Concordia
Lutheran
Cemetery
,
Pickerel
Lake
.
Visitation will
be from 4-7 on Monday at Bonnerup Funeral Service,
Albert Lea
, and
one hour before the service at the church.
Cathy died peacefully on Friday, July 9, 2010 after struggling with cancer
since September.
She was 73.
She was born on March 29, 1937, in
Los Angeles
,
California
, the daughter of
Walter and Ruth (Wright) Koepp.
She graduated from High School in
Los Angeles
and moved to
Minnesota
.
She married
Lester R. Perschbacher on April 30, 1960.
They had 50 precious
years together.
Cathy had worked for 16 years at Land O’ Lakes, then for 3 years at Wedge Nursery.
A member of
Grace
Lutheran
Church
since 1962, Cathy had been very involved
in church activities.
She enjoyed being in choir, served on the Altar Guild, was
a Sunday School Teacher, participated in Bible Studies, Senior activities and
the Church Women.
She had a special talent for attention to detail and
had served as the Wedding Coordinator at Grace Lutheran for several years.
She was a member of the Garden Club, the Minnesota Rose Society, and associate member of
the American Rose Society.
She enjoyed knitting, gardening, cooking (she was awesome) and walking, and in her younger years was an avid athlete- active in swimming, softball and volleyball.
She will be greatly missed by her family, husband Lester; three children and their
families: son David and his wife Vicki and their children Katie, Jackie and Matthew of
Coon Rapids
,
MN
, daughter Sharon and her husband Lynn Morton and their daughter
Emily of Cerritos, CA, daughter Barb and her husband Steve Brunswick and their daughter Chloe of Bakersfield, CA, a sister Barbara and her husband Ron Telfer of
Torrance
,
CA
, brother Donald Koepp and his wife Kathleen of Thousand Oaks, CA, step
brothers Chris Schmidt and his wife Cathy of Chisholm, MN, and Charles Schmidt and his wife Linda of Alden, MN, brother-in-law Harry Perschbacher and his wife Doris
of
Albert Lea
, aunt Linda Hamson of
Bricelyn
,
MN
and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father Walter Koepp, her mother Ruth Schmidt,
and father-in-law and mother-in-law Russell and Elsie Perschbacher.
Cathy spent her life always trying to make life a little better for someone else.
She was always doing special things, sending notes, gifts, cards, and treats,
especially for her grandchildren.
She will be lovingly remembered.
Memorials suggested to the American Cancer Society or Grace Lutheran Church.
