Bertha Elsie "Betty" Masscho, 87, of Geneseo, IL formerly of Erie, IL died Saturday, September 22, 2007 at Hillcrest Nursing Home, Geneseo. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Erie. Burial will be in the Erie Cemetery, Erie. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. at the Gibson Funeral Home, Erie. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Parkinson Disease Association. The former Bertha Elsie Boecher was born June 06, 1920 in Erie, the daughter of Henri and Josephine Olson-Boecher. She graduated from Port Byron High School in 1938. She then went on to marry Rene Masscho on September 14, 1940 in Rapids City, IL at St. John's Catholic Church. Bertha enjoyed puzzles, gardening, crocheting and playing bingo. She was also an EMT on the Erie ambulance service from 1978 - 1983. Bertha retired from the Pleasant View Nursing Home in Morrison, IL in 1983. She will be missed by all. She is survived by her children, Hope (Don) Washburn, Rock Island, IL, Faith (Frank) Carter, Hillsdale, IL, Paul (Karen) Masscho, Erie, IL, Laurene Scholfield and her fiance David Rotz, East Moline, IL and Dale (Sally) Masscho, Fenton, IL; sisters, Winifred Guignon, Ava, MO and April Bloom, Cabool, MO; 13 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rene; a grandson, Steve Deppe; five brothers and 1 sister.
Bertha Elsie "Betty" Masscho, 87, of Geneseo, IL formerly of Erie, IL died Saturday, September 22, 2007 at Hillcrest Nursing Home, Geneseo. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Erie. Burial will be in the Erie Cemetery, Erie. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. at the Gibson Funeral Home, Erie. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Parkinson Disease Association. The former Bertha Elsie Boecher was born June 06, 1920 in Erie, the daughter of Henri and Josephine Olson-Boecher. She graduated from Port Byron High School in 1938. She then went on to marry Rene Masscho on September 14, 1940 in Rapids City, IL at St. John's Catholic Church. Bertha enjoyed puzzles, gardening, crocheting and playing bingo. She was also an EMT on the Erie ambulance service from 1978 - 1983. Bertha retired from the Pleasant View Nursing Home in Morrison, IL in 1983. She will be missed by all. She is survived by her children, Hope (Don) Washburn, Rock Island, IL, Faith (Frank) Carter, Hillsdale, IL, Paul (Karen) Masscho, Erie, IL, Laurene Scholfield and her fiance David Rotz, East Moline, IL and Dale (Sally) Masscho, Fenton, IL; sisters, Winifred Guignon, Ava, MO and April Bloom, Cabool, MO; 13 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rene; a grandson, Steve Deppe; five brothers and 1 sister.
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