Zoch

Funeral services for Adelia Zoch, 96 of Giddings, were held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings with Rev. Robert Tiner and Rev. Chris Nietubicz officiating. Burial followed in the Giddings City Cemetery.

Adelia was born on Feb. 17, 1923 to Herman and Hulda (Moerbe) Lehmann in Warda, Texas. She was baptized on Feb. 23, 1923 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church by Rev. Gottfried Buchschacher. On April 5, 1936, she was confirmed at Holy Cross Lutheran Church by Rev. Paul Eifert. Her confirmation verse was John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (Jesus spricht zu ihm: Ich bin der Weg und die Wahrheit und das Leben; niemand kommt zum Vater denn durch mich).”

Adelia married Erwin William Zoch on Oct. 11, 1939 in Warda. Their marriage was blessed with four girls: Lovie, Frances, Joyce and Jane. After they were married, they moved to the Zoch family land near Giddings where she did heavy farm work – picked cotton, picked corn, helped with the cattle, and raised chickens and turkeys. She then went to work as a cashier at Wolf’s Grocery and volunteered as a Pink Lady at Lee Memorial Hospital in Giddings.

At the age of 40, she rode the Blinn bus from Giddings to Brenham with all the younger college students to be a part of the nursing program. She soon received her nurses license and began working at Lee Memorial Hospital. Adelia then went to work at Giddings Convalescent Center. She worked there until her husband, Erwin, had a debilitating stroke. She took care of him for four years until his passing on Nov. 6, 1984. After Erwin’s passing, Adelia continued to raise one hundred head of cattle.

Adelia passed away at her home on the family home place in Giddings the morning of Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Hulda Lehmann; husband, Erwin Zoch; two brothers, Johnny Lehmann and Arthur Lehmann; one sister, Ruby Summers; father- inlaw and mother-in-law, Paul and Emma Zoch; sisters-in-law, Della Lehmann, Odell Lehmann, Lorine Lehmann, Louisa Zoch, Lydia Zoch, Florence Zoch and Lillian Schneider; brothers-inlaw, Edwin Zoch, Gilbert Zoch, Herbert Zoch and Willie Schneider; and nephew, Kenneth Zoch.

Adelia is survived by her four daughters, Lovie Jones of Missouri City, Frances and Roger Berger of Richmond, Joyce and Robert Elkins of San Antonio and Jane and Joseph Ramsey of Austin; six grandchildren, Gail Schneider, Ronald and Cheryl Berger, Brian and Amy Berger, Sean and Tina Ramsey, Stephanie and Michael Livesay and Brad and Janica Elkins; fourteen great grandchildren, Nathan Schneider, Alissa Berger, Ashton Berger, Andrew Berger, Addison Berger, Emily Berger, Trent Berger, Megan Ramsey, Sara Livesay, Jimmy Livesay, Savannah Elkins, Trevor Elkins, Wade Elkins and Rhett Elkins; and two brothers, Robert Lehmann of Warda and Fred and Grace Lehmann of Hendersonville, Tenn.

Serving as pallbearers were Ronald Berger, Sean Ramsey, Nathan Schneider, Roy Brewer, Brian Berger, Brad Elkins and Trent Berger.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Giddings.