Regina Hemmer

1917 - 2006  (89 years)

• Name	Regina Hemmer
  Born	23 May 1917	Illinois, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Oct 2006	O'Fallon, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Buried	25 Oct 2006	Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Shiloh, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I53852	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Edward R. Hemmer,   b. 26 Aug 1888, O'Fallon, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. O'Fallon, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA
  Mother	Mary Frances O'Neill,   b. 1889, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F24531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William H. Koch,   b. 17 May 1912, Illinois, USA ,   d. 5 Sep 1974, O'Fallon, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1938
  Children	1. Barbara Louise Koch
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F16413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Regina M. Koch Regina KochRegina M. Koch, nee Hemmer, 89, of O'Fallon, Ill., born May 23, 1917, in O'Fallon, Ill., died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006, at Covenant Care of O'Fallon, Ill. Regina grew up in Taylorville, Ill., and graduated from Taylorville Township High School in 1934. She was an excellent stenographer and worked for the State of Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings, Division of Highways, (now IDOT); for the former State of Illinois Institute of Juvenile Research; as a secretary at Estelle Kampmeyer School in O'Fallon, Ill.; and for many years at the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in East St. Louis, Ill., retiring in 1982. She was a member of St. Clare Catholic Church, O'Fallon, Ill., and a former member of the St. Clare Altar Sodality. Regina was a loving wife and mother, had a wonderful sense of humor, was proud of her family, and of being three-fourths Irish. She married William H. Koch in Springfield, Ill., on April 16, 1938. He died Sept. 5, 1974. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Edward R. and Mary Frances, nee O'Neill, Hemmer; two brothers, Robert J. (Dorothy) Schumacher and Thomas L. (Mike) Hemmer; brothers-in- law, Charles Kloustermeyer and Felton Koch; and sister-in- law, Mary Ann Klutho Hemmer. Surviving are her daughter, Barbara (Albert) Kimmle of O'Fallon, Ill.; her son, William J. (Jeanne, nee Booth) Koch of Fairview Heights, Ill.; one grandchild, Cynthia Kimmle of O'Fallon, Ill.; a brother, Gene (Melva) Hemmer of Sun City, Ariz.; sisters, Geraldine Kloustermeyer and Peggy Berens, both of O'Fallon, Ill.; and sister-in-law, Mary Lou Hemmer of Annandale, NJ; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Memorials may be made to St. Clare Building Fund, or in the form of Masses and will be accepted at Wolfersberger Funeral Home, O'Fallon, Ill.May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warmupon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again,May God hold you in the palm of His hand.-Irish BlessingThe family wishes to thank her many caregivers at Covenant Care of O'Fallon and Heartland Hospice. Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006, at Wolfersberger Funeral Home, 102 W. Washington St., O'Fallon, Ill.Funeral: Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, at St. Clare Catholic Church, O'Fallon, Ill. Interment will follow in Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Shiloh, Ill.WOLFERSBERGER FUNERAL HOME, O'Fallon, Ill. Published in the Belleville News-Democrat from 10/23/2006 - 10/24/2006.