Obit, Montezuma County, Colorado :Genevieve Eppich -2001 Date:12/31/2001 From:Tom Vaughan http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/montezuma/obits/dyer.txt =================================================== Genevieve Eppich Funeral services for Genevieve Eppich will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 31, at St.Rita's Catholic Church in Mancos. Interment will follow at the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Rosary services will be Sunday at 6 p.m., also at St. Rita's. Genevieve was born on Dec. 24, 1919, in Thompson Park, Colo., to Frank and Florence (Jones-Mahan) Sponsel. She passed away on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at her home in Thompson Park. She was 82. She was a third-generation rancher whose family homesteaded the ranch that has been in their family for 114 years. Genevieve is survived by her children, Mary Rita (Robert) Simmons of Lamar, Colo., Helen(Mark) Cernich of Phoenix, Ariz., Pauline (Les) Moody of Windsor, Colo., Tom Eppich of Thompson Park, Colo., Linda (Dan) Archibeque of Mancos, Theresa (Davin) Montoya of Hesperus, Colo., and Gary (Kathy) Eppich of Stafford, Va. She also leaves seven granddaughters, seven grandsons, and two great-granddaughters. Four sisters and three brothers also survive Genevieve. She was preceded in death by her husband, George, son Joseph, grandson Dustin Eppich, and sister Ruth Bartel. Memorial contributions can be made with St. Rita's Catholic Church. Services will be under the direction of the Ertel Funeral Home. -- Tom Vaughan, Editor The Mancos Times-Tribune Serving the beautiful Mancos Valley since 1892 P.O. Box 987, Mancos, CO 81328 (970) 533-7766 (970) 565-8527 thomasv@cortezjournal.com fax (970) 565-8532 =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.