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Sr Virgil Koch

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Birth	:	28 Jul 1923 Wynot, Cedar County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	19 Jul 2013
Burial	:	Benedictine Convent Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.8734900, -97.4135900
Description	:	Sister Virgil Koch OSB, age 89, died on Friday, July 19, 2013 at the Monastery Care Center in Yankton, South Dakota. A wake service will be held at 7:00 PM on Sunday, July 21, 2013 and the Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Monday, July 22, 2013, both in Bishop Marty Memorial Chapel in Yankton. Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Yankton. Catherine Elizabeth was born July 28, 1923 on a farm in "Brookies' Bottom" near Wynot, Nebraska to Alexander... Read More	Sister Virgil Koch OSB, age 89, died on Friday, July 19, 2013 at the Monastery Care Center in Yankton, South Dakota. A wake service will be held at 7:00 PM on Sunday, July 21, 2013 and the Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Monday, July 22, 2013, both in Bishop Marty Memorial Chapel in Yankton. Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Yankton. Catherine Elizabeth was born July 28, 1923 on a farm in "Brookies' Bottom" near Wynot, Nebraska to Alexander and Helen (Sorensen) Koch. She was the fourth of ten children. She attended country school District No. 7, and then went to Holy Trinity High School, Hartington, for one year. She graduated from Wynot High School. Catherine Elizabeth entered Sacred Heart Monastery in October 1940. She was invested as a novice on June 23, 1941 and received the name Virgil. She made her first profession on June 24, 1942 and her final profession on June 23, 1946. S. Virgil ministered in the health care field her entire religious life. She graduated from Sacred Heart School of Nursing in June of 1946 and immediately began courses in Anesthesia. The following year she started work in Anesthesia at Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton. She held positions of night supervisor, OB supervisor, and surgical supervisor. After attending Marquette University for her BSN, she returned to Sacred Heart Hospital and instructed Obstetrical and Surgical nursing and later filled the position of Director of Nursing Services. In 1971, after a refresher course in Anesthesia at Harlem Hospital in New York, she taught anesthesia at Mount Marty College, the first college in the nation to offer a baccalaureate degree in nurse anesthesia. She later earned a Master of Science in Health Sciences degree in 1977 from the University of New York at Stony Brook. She served as assistant and program director of the Mount Marty College Department of Anesthesia, and was an officer in both state and regional nursing and anesthesia associations. She retired from teaching in 1996 and assisted in St. Joseph's Care Center in the monastery. S. Virgil was a Nebraska farm girl who became a steady, unassuming caregiver who saw the sick as God's special people. Her determined and dependable manner often allowed her to step into difficult situations and extend a helping hand. S. Virgil is survived by her Benedictine community, and siblings, Irene Peitz of Orland, CA, and Erwin Koch of Wynot, NE, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and seven brothers and one sister.

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Sr Virgil Koch's memorial is located at: Benedictine Convent Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, USA.
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Latitude: 42.8734900
Longitude: -97.4135900

Family Members:

Parent

Alex Koch

(1886 - 1957)

Helen Sorenson Koch

(1894 - 1988)

Siblings

(1917 - 1994)

(1919 - 2005)

(1921 - 2014)

(1925 - 1992)

Dolores V. Koch LeClair

(1927 - 2001)

Anthony J. “Tony” Koch

(1928 - 2000)

Donald E. Koch

(1932 - 2008)

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