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Submitted: 9/11/19 • Approved: 9/11/19 • Last Updated: 9/14/19 • R270174-G270173-S3
Veronica M. Eich
Jan 13, 1915 – June 18, 1992
Veronica Eich, daughter of John and Anna Kirschbaum Hockhausen, was born at Dell Rapids on January 13, 1915. She started her education in rural Moody County school and graduated from Trent High School in the spring of 1933. On Aug. 14, 1933 she married Michael Eich at Colman. They farmed in the Colman area and after the death of her husband, Veronica moved to Vermillion, SD where she was a Housemother at Alpha Phi Sorority House for four years. In the spring of 1984 she moved to Flandreau where she has continued to make her home. She was a member of the Ss. Simon and Jude Catholic Church, Colman, Catholic Daughter of America, American Legion Auxiliary, and the V.F.W. Auxiliary.
She is survived by two daughters; Betty, Mrs. James Brown, Dell Rapids, Patty, Mrs. Gary Duncan, Flandreau; four sons: Jack, Macon, GA, Arnold, Flandreau, Mile (Ron), Dell Rapids, and David, Egan; 19 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren; one brother, Julius Hockhausen, Flandreau. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mike (January, 1973), parents, one sister, Marcella and one brother, Raymond.
Contributed on 9/11/19
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