Viola Bach

Viola A. Bach, age 89 of Carlyle, died on Wednesday, September 20, 2006, at Cedar Ridge Healthcare Center in Lebanon. She was born on March 2, 1917, in Carlyle, Illinois, a daughter of Frank and Cecelia (Niehenke) Erlinger. She married Louis Bach on February 18, 1941, at St. Mary's Church in Carlyle, Illinois and he preceded her in death on May 25, 1985. Mrs. Bach is survived by 2 daughters Gerry Zika and husband Kenny of Belleville, Illinois and Judy Kapp and husband Duane of Trenton, Illinois; a son Bob Bach of Seattle, Washington; 6 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren and a sister Celeste List and husband Ed of Carlyle. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Regis Erlinger. Mrs. Bach was a member of St. Mary's Church in Carlyle. She was active in St. Ann Altar Sodality and the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary. Mrs. Bach and her husband owned Carlyle Laundry Company from 1948-1972. She also worked as a housekeeper at Hi-De-Ho Motel and Carlyle Healthcare Center. Viola enjoyed cooking, quilting and embroidering. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM on Monday, September 25, 2006, at St. Mary's Church in Carlyle, with Fr. George Mauck, officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery in Carlyle. Friends may call at Zieren Day Funeral Home on Sunday from 3:00 PM until 8:00 PM, and on Monday from 8:00 AM until 9:30 AM. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mrs. Bach may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Cedar Ridge Healthcare Center, Heartland Hospice or to St. Mary's Church in Carlyle and will be received at the funeral home Previous EventsViewing
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Zieren Funeral Home 1111 Clinton Street
Carlyle, IL 62231 Funeral
Monday, September 25, 2006
St. Mary's Church 1171 Jefferson Street
Carlyle, IL 62231 Burial
Monday, September 25, 2006
St. Mary's Cemetery 1290 6th Street
Carlyle, IL 62231